June 2021 – Closing the Wealth Gap

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 6:30pm est

Ashley Harlan is the founder of Ashley Na’Trice Financial Consultants, a company offering full service money management and coaching to busy CEO’s. 

Ashley teaches six-figure online service providers and coaches how to build a profitable, time saving system to manage their money and build wealth with ease. Her mission is to create a generational transformation for each client.

Ashley is an avid reader, lover of all things personal development, a basketball superfan, and food connoisseur. She enjoys spending time with friends, family and being an amazing aunt to her niece. 

Ashley has been in the financial services industry for over 15 years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree from Middle TN State University, an MBA from King University, and is currently studying to become a Certified Financial Planner.  

Mr. Calvin F. Williams, Jr. is the first African American owner of an automated wealth management platform for retail customers. As the CEO and Founder of FreemanCapital.co, he aims to close the wealth gap in overlooked communities across the country through increasing access to financial planning, investment management, and financial education.

Calvin has completed Google for Startups, Black Founder’s Exchange, Atlanta’s Ascend2020 Accelerator, and Charlotte’s City Startup Lab’s program where the company won ‘Best Technology Platform.’ FreemanCapital.co was also invited to be one of six companies who won the NC Idea Seed Grant in 2018 as well as the first NC Crowdfunding Grant by NC Idea in 2019. He has raised over <!– wp:a8c/post-content,000,000 in funding for Freeman Capital. In addition, FreemanCapital.co was one of the six companies to participate in the 2018 Capital Connects Venture event sponsored by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.

Since age 12, Williams has had an entrepreneurial spirit starting his first business venture, a lawn care service. As a freshman at North Carolina Agricultural & State University, Williams began designing websites for non-profit organizations. Also at North Carolina A&T, he was Student Body President and before graduation, he started XMG Online and built web applications for numerous organizations over the next 9 years. During that time he was named one of the youngest 40 Leaders Under 40 by the Greensboro Business Journal.

Williams was a member of the City of Greensboro Planning Board. The Laurel, Maryland native enjoys spending time with family and friends. He is an avid reader, enjoys traveling, snowboarding and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.