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Gerald B. Smith
Gerald B. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P. In this role, Smith leads an independent employee-owned investment advisory firm that specializes in providing fixed income and equity portfolio strategies to institutional clients. Prior to
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Cowan, William “Mo” (1969- )
William Cowan, known to most as “Mo” Cowan, served in the United States Senate as a Democrat from February 1t to July 16 in 2013, representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick, a fellow Democrat, appointed Cowan on January 30th, 2013 to fill the seat vacancy
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4
1969
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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Stacy Brown-Philpot
Stacy Brown-Philpot is Chief Executive Officer of TaskRabbit. Prior to this role, Brown-Philpot served as the Chief Operating Officer before taking over the leadership role at this company. Brown-Philpot’s current position makes her one of the most powerful Black executives in Silicon
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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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Dorothy A. Terrell
Dorothy A. Terrell is Founder and Managing Partner of FirstCap Advisors, a venture capital and advisory services firm that helps innovative technology companies successfully navigate the critical early stages of product and business
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Kelvin R. Westbrook
Kelvin R. Westbrook is President and Chief Executive Officer of KRW Advisors, LLC, an organization that provides strategic and general business and consulting services to companies in
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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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Johnathan A. Rodgers
Johnathan A. Rodgers was President and Chief Executive Officer of TV One, LLC, a digital cable and satellite television network. Rogers is an experienced broadcast and cable television executive that has held a number of executive
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Ulice Payne
Ulice Payne, Jr. is President & Chief Executive Officer of Addison-Clifton, LLC, a firm that
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Herman Cain
Herman Cain is the retired businessman and lobbyist from Georgia who in 2011 ran for the Republican nomination for president. Herman Cain came to politics late in life, rising to prominence after a public debate in 1994 with President Bill Clinton over the presidents plan to reform health care. At
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Vada O. Manager
Vada O. Manager serves as President & CEO of his own business advisory firm, the Manager Global Consulting Group and is also a Senior Counselor for APCO
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Roger W. Ferguson
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. Ferguson is the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Ferguson represented
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Anthony Welters
Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the BlackIvy Group, LLC. Welters is also Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Prior to this appointment, Welters was Executive Vice President and a Member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Welters joined UHG upon its
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Spelman College
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2012
Anthony A. Williams
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Eric Leon Holoman
Eric Holoman is the Operating Partner of Magic Johnson Enterprises and oversees the company’s day-to-day operations of its largest portfolio companies including President and CEO of EquiTrust, a $18 billion dollar life and annuity business, Managing Partner of JLC Infrastructure and Managing
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Bush, Dwight L. (1957 - )
Ambassador Dwight Bush had a 35 year career in finance and corporate management before he became a U.S. diplomat. He has served as an executive within numerous financial institutions and sat on the board of directors for several corporate, educational, and non-profit organizations. As of this
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Fayetteville State University (1867-- )
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Wendell J. Knox
Wendell J. Knox was President and Chief Executive Officer of the policy research and business consulting firm of Abt Associates Inc., until his retirement. During his 40 years with the firm, Knox directed the company’s urban economics practice, launched its expansion into the international
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Kimora Lee Simmons
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4
1975
Rosalind G. Brewer
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Johnson, Kevin Maurice (1966- )
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2000
John W. Thompson
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Gray, William Herbert, III (1941–2013)
William Herbert Gray III was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 20, 1941. His mother, Hazel Yates Gray, was a high school teacher. His father, William Herbert Gray Jr. was a Baptist Minister and over his career, the president of two Florida colleges. Upon taking a job as pastor of Bright
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1941
Rose McKinney-James
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New York Giants Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie’s Dreambuilders Provides Food to NY Kids
New York Giants Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie’s Dreambuilders program, Blessings in a Backpack and UnitedHealthcare are providing healthy meals to 250 children at PS 15 in Manhattan, and PS 502 and PS 102 in Brooklyn every weekend for
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Debra L. Lee
Debra L. Lee is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks. In this role, Lee runs the leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience and consumers of Black culture globally. Under Lee’s leadership, BET Networks has become a successfully reinvigorated brand with
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Sheila G. Talton
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