Britney Robbins

Britney Robbins is founder The Gray Matter Experience, a nonprofit dedicated to unlocking the self-determining power of Black youth and strengthening their ties to community through real world experience in entrepreneurship that has served over 300 Chicago youth in its mission. Britney is a serial social entrepreneur who loves innovation, forward thinking and who is constantly identifying problems that can be solved through business creation. She's been active in Chicago's entrepreneurship and tech community for the past seven years with some of Chicago's top venture capital firms and incubators, including Sandbox Industries, Lightbank and 1871. Britney is passionate about improving the well-being of Black communities and is focused on providing quality resources, more direct access and education to see that vision made reality.