FOUNDED IN 2021

Home of future BIPOC CEOs Investors Philanthropists Businessmen Leaders

Our Mission

BTG’s mission is to increase representation in the business community by identifying, cultivating, and connecting future BIPOC business leaders.

Our Vision

BTG’s vision is to become a global non-profit responsible for producing some of our world’s most transformative BIPOC business leaders.

Meet The Team

Devon Triplett

Founder & CEO

UNC Chapel Hill | Goldman Sachs IBD

Passionate about economic mobility in BIPOC communities, Devon founded BTG as a first-semester freshman in college and continues to serve as the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board.

Devon is a junior at The University of North Carolina where he studies Business Administration on a full academic scholarship. This summer, he will join Goldman Sachs as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst. Last summer, he interned at McKinsey & Company as a Summer Business Analyst.

Outside of BTG, Devon works as a Venture Capital Fellow investing in Harvard and Harvard Business School startups.

Kana Cummings

Chief Strategy Officer

Stanford University | Boston Consulting Group

Kana is a senior at Stanford University studying Sociology, Data Science and Mandarin Chinese. Her interests broadly span food sustainability, racial equity, and cultural inclusivity.

On campus, Kana works to minimize food waste as the Financial Officer for Stanford Food Recovery, helps advance gender parity in the board room as an Associate at Stanford Women on Boards, and interns at the Stanford Food Institute.

She is a two-time Summer Associate at Boston Consulting Group and will be joining the firm full-time upon graduation. In her free time, Kana enjoys distance running, reading, and experimenting in the kitchen.

Eugenia Trakal

Chief Operating Officer

Arizona State University | Goldman Sachs

​​Eugenia is a sophomore at Arizona State University – Barrett, the Honors College pursuing a Finance on a full-ride merit scholarship. This summer, she will join Goldman Sachs as an Investment Banking Sophomore Summer Analyst. Passionate about financial literacy, FinTech, and investing, Eugenia previously interned at Greycroft, New Enterprise Associates, and Bank of America.

On campus, she serves as the Director of Education for the Arizona Microcredit Initiative, Marketing Chair for the Association of Latino Professionals for America, Business Ambassador for the W.P. Carey School, and Concertmaster of the ASU Symphony.

In her free time, Eugenia loves playing tennis, practicing her violin, and watching futbol (vamos Argentina!).

“Imagine the impact we can have by graduating ~40 of our nation’s brightest BIPOC business leaders each year with a 100k+ job, no debt, and a homeownership grant. That is what we are accomplishing at BTG.”

Devon TriplettCo-Founder & CEO

Founding Story

Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, BTG Co-Founders were eager to leverage their business acumen to provide pro-bono consulting services to minority-owned businesses impacted by the pandemic.

The team quickly realized that because the work must be done virtually, they could provide services and welcome team members from anywhere in the world. With a strong passion for BIPOC economic mobility, consulting, and mentorship and after a short period of ideation, Bridging the Gap (BTG) Consulting was born.

Since then, BTG has grown to become a reputable national organization preparing exceptional diverse students for roles in various business functions.

Meet The Founding Team

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Building generational wealth

Financial literacy is directly correlated to economic outcomes. At BTG, we invest heavily in our students’ path to building generational wealth. Today, we host events featuring real estate investors, personal finance coaches, and investors to prepare our students to protect, compound, and pass down wealth.

Hands on experience at BTG

Pro-Bono Consulting

for BIPOC-owned businesses

BTG’s Nexus Fund

The nation’s first, student-led Digital Asset Fund