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Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr.

Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Quality Health Strategies and previously served as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Forsythe served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he led projects that

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Michael L. Lomax

Michael L. Lomax is President & Chief Executive Officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). In this role, Lomax leads the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships and other educational support to African-American students. Under his leadership, UNCF has raised $2.3 billion and

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Ray M. Robinson

Ray M. Robinson was President of the Southern Region for AT&T. Robinson retired from his leadership position after 35 years of distinguished service. Robinson’s career spanned human resources, operations, sales, marketing strategy, customer service, international business, government

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John W. Hill

John W. Hill is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of J Hill Group, a professional services practice specializing in assisting clients in improving their management operations, which he started in 2012. He has been the CFO of the City of Detroit, MI on a personal services contract since November

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Tidjane Thiam

Previously, Thiam was Group Chief Executive of Prudential plc from 2009 to 2015, having served as Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2009. Previously, Thiam served in a variety of leadership roles at Aviva from, holding successively the positions of Group Strategy and Development

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Samuel C. Scott

Samuel C. Scott, III was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for Corn Products

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Cathy Ross

Cathy Ross retired as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President from FedEx Express after 30 years. In this role, Ross was responsible for the company’s worldwide financial affairs, including financial planning, reporting and analysis, accounting and controls as well as long-range

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Ursula M. Burns

Ursula Burns is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation, a global leader in business process and document management, helping people to be more efficient so they can focus on their real business. Xerox has more than 140,000 Xerox employees serve clients in 160 countries. Burns was

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RLJ Entertainment Announces Launch Of UMC - Urban Movie Channel

RLJ Entertainment, Inc., created by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and The RLJ Companies and Chairman of RLJ Entertainment, today announced the launch of UMC – Urban Movie Channel (“UMC”), RLJE’s proprietary digital channel. UMC will feature

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Harlem YMCA honors Lester Strong, VP & CEO of AARP Experience Corps at 44th Annual Black Achievers in Industry Awards Ceremony

AARP announced that Lester Strong, vice president and CEO of AARP Experience Corps was honored for his commitment to community service at the Harlem YMCA 44th Annual National Salute to Black Achievers in Industry (bai) Awards

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Helene D. Gayle

Helene D. Gayle, M.D. was President and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USA, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global social challenges. Currently, Gayle serves as CEO at McKinsey Social Initiative. An expert on global

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Dmitri Stockton

Dmitri Stockton was Chairman, President and CEO of GE Asset Management for GE. In this role, Stockton oversaw $115 billion in assets under management for GE’s U.S. employee pension and benefits plans and a wide range of other institutional

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Phillip R. Cox

Phillip R. Cox, for more than 40 years, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Financial Corporation, an independent financial services company he

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Wonya Lucas

Wonya Lucas is President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta where she oversees Atlanta’s NPR (WABE) and PBS

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America Expands Effort to Close Digital Divide

Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Comcast NBC Universal announced today the Comcast Foundation has invested more than $3 million in BGCA’s My.Future technology initiative. The grants are part of the company’s five-year partnership with BGCA, which was announced last year and is valued at tens

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Craig Arnold

Craig Arnold is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation. Arnold was appointed to his current position in June 2016, upon the retirement of the previous Chairman and CEO Alexander

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NBA community reacts to Moses Malone's death

The death of 76ers great Moses Malone rocked the sports world

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Kevin E. Lofton

Kevin E. Lofton is Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). In this role, Lofton leads a healthcare system operating the full continuum of services from hospitals to home health agencies nationwide. Previously, Lofton served as Chief Executive Officer of the University of

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Frank M. Clark

Frank M. Clark was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation that delivers electricity to approximately 3.8 million customers. Clark has extensive community and civic involvements including being Co-Founder of the Rowe-Clark Math

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Juanita Powell Baranco

Juanita Powell Baranco is Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Baranco Automotive Group, a company that consists of Mercedes Benz of Buckhead in Atlanta, GA and Smart Center

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Charles A. Tribbett

Charles A.Tribbett lll is a Partner at Russell Reynolds Associates. In this role, Tribbett specializes in board services assignments and has conducted CEO assignments, board searches, succession planning and executive assessment projects for leading international corporations. Tribbett co-leads the

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Regina Benjamin

Regina Benjamin , (born Oct. 26, 1956, Mobile, Ala., U.S.), American physician who in 2009 became the 18th surgeon general of the United States. Prior to her government appointment, she had spent most of her medical career serving poor families in a shrimping village on the Gulf Coast of

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Ursula M. Burns

Ursula M. Burns was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Xerox, the global leader in business process and document management. Xerox has more than 140,000 employees serving clients in 160

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Thomas Moorehead Expands to Make History as the First African American Lamborghini and McLaren Dealer in the United States

Thomas Moorehead, President and CEO of Sterling Motor Cars, continues to forge innovative paths by expanding his presence in the automotive industry. Moorehead recently acquired Lamborghini and McLaren to add to his suite of luxury automotive dealerships. With this recent acquisition Moorehead

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Erroll B. Davis

Erroll B. Davis, Jr. was Chancellor for the University System of Georgia. Prior to his educational leadership position, Davis was the Chairman of Alliant Energy Corp., Chief Executive Officer and also served as President. Prior to that, Davis was the Chairman of Interstate Power & Light

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Donald Thompson

from 2012 until March 2015. Thompson’s leadership at McDonald’s contributed to the stability and controlled growth of the global

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Spring 2014: Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America - Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman & CEO Kaiser Permanente

Savoy’s Spring 2014 Issue features the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America. Savoy lists the 2014 achievers and influencers leading some of the world’s largest corporations. Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente is featured in an exclusive interview as the cover

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ROAR Beverages And Odell Beckham Jr. Introduce OBJXIII

Following months of perfecting the flavor and design of the packaging, ROAR Beverages and Odell Beckham Jr. announce today the first product in ROAR’s Odell Beckham Jr. Series. ROAR’s OBJXIII is an all-natural strawberry and watermelon flavored coconut water based sports drink, scientifically

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Lloyd G. Trotter

Lloyd G. Trotter is founder and Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners. Previously, Trotter was the Vice Chairman of General Electric and served as President and Chief

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Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Honorees for 2016 Awards Dinner

The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) announced that it will honor cosmetics industry pioneer Bobbi Brown with its ROBIE Humanitarian Award, Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Ambassador Dan Rooney with JRF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and Vista Equity Partners Founder and CEO Robert F. Smith with the

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