Derrick Braziel
Mortar Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Cincinnati, Ohio
Derrick Braziel serves as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MORTAR, an organization dedicated to see historically marginalized entrepreneurs equipped to build communities, pursue wealth, ownership and leave legacies.
Derrick’s work has led to recognition from the Indianapolis Star, YES! Magazine, Next City, Politico, the Stanford Social Innovation Review and NBC Nightly News. He has also been named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for Social Entrepreneurs and the Cincinnati Business Courier's 2018 40 under 40 list.
He is a member of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s C-Change Class 11, is an Echoing Green and 2016-17 BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) Fellow and a 2018 Next City Vanguard.