Rhonesha Byng

Rhonesha Byng is the founder and CEO of Her Agenda. Her philosophy in life is represented by her acronym of N.E.S.H.A. – No one Ever Slows Her Agenda, which was also the inspiration for her company – HerAgenda.com.

The site is a digital media platform that bridges the gap between ambition and achievement for millennial women. The site provides access to content and community that gives millennial women access to information and inspiration to help them get started or to move to the next level of their career.

Rhonesha was named to the 2017 Forbes Magazine 30 under 30 list in the media and dorm room founders categories. ESSENCE magazine named her among 50 Founders To Watch. She's also one of NBCBLK’s 28 under 28, and 29 People To Know by BET. She's spoken at The White House during the Obama administration and the United State of Women Summit. Her work received awards from the Associated Press, and the New York Association of Black Journalists. Early in her career, as a field producer with NBC New York (WNBC-TV), she earned an Emmy award as part of team coverage for a breaking news story.

Most recently, Rhonesha co-founded the nonprofit org The Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute (BOMESI). The org was created to unite and advance Black-owned media businesses, educate the public on the importance of these platforms, and provide resources to strengthen sustainability.

Rhonesha is an alumna Posse Scholar and attended Depauw University on a full-tuition leadership scholarship.

Follow Rhonesha on Twitter @NeshasAgenda or @HerAgenda

Sub-specialties:
-Media & Entertainment: Being a young black woman in the newsroom, how to sell and cover under-represented stories, women in media
-Millennials: How millennials feel about the workplace, how millennials can thrive in corporate America, overcoming fear and launching your passion project as a young millennial, millennial women and career, what millennial women want, and how millennials multi-task.