Bio

Nate Dillard is a U.S. Air Force reservist based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn, Ohio. He served eight years of active duty as a knowledge operator at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center before accepting his current position as a government IT consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense. Dillard serves as founder and CEO of the National Black Business Directory, a business solutions platform and ecosystem centralized around a core demographic of diverse businesses. Its mission is to develop and deliver tailored solutions to empower entrepreneurs of color. Additionally, he is the CEO and founder of BLK GLD Media, a platform that tells the courageous stories of entrepreneurs, career professionals, and philanthropists of color. Dillard also serves as Startup Grind Dayton’s Director as he continues to build separate business development platforms on the side.