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Coleman H. Peterson
Coleman H. Peterson was the Executive Vice President of People for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In this role, Peterson was responsible for the recruitment, retention and development of Wal-Mart’s retail organization. Peterson headed human resources during Wal-Mart’s most aggressive global expansion and
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Born: 5/7/1905 Seattle, WashingtonLavizzo-Mourey heads the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest healthcare foundation in the U.S. She became the CEO in 2003, a position which has her overseeing an estimated 800 grants, a $10 billion endowment and annual disbursements of more than $450
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Arthur H. Harper
Arthur H. Harper is Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners. In this role, Harper heads a private equity firm that is focused on business-to-business companies. Previously, Harper was President and Chief Executive Officer at General Electric Corporation, Equipment Services Division from 2002
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Gloster B. Current Jr.
Gloster B. Current Jr. retired in 2009 from Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee, WI, as Vice President-Corporate Affairs and Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. He also held the positions of Vice President-Corporate Planning, and Vice President of the company’s policy owner services
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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: A Brief History
In the account that follows, Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., the President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute describes the museum’s origins in the powerful and poignant story of the struggle for racial justice in Alabama’s largest city in the
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Huggins, Joseph (1951- )
Ambassador Joseph Huggins is a retired Career Diplomat who on November 15, 2002 was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Ambassador to Botswana. Following U.S. Senate confirmation, Huggins arrived in Gaborone, the capital, where he served from January 28, 2003 until July
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Anthony R. Chase
Anthony R. Chase is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChaseSource, LP. Chase is also Co-Founder and Chairman of SBC Communications Inc. Previously, Chase was an Executive Vice President and Principal of Crest Investment Corp. Chase was also Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of
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Lawrence V. Jackson
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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter and actress who has been making hit records for almost 25 years. She was born on January 11, 1971 in the Bronx, New York to Cora and Thomas Blige. She grew up in a very neglected and disastrous neighborhood and her childhood was marked by
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Tony Prophet
Tony Prophet is Chief Equality Officer of Salesforce. He leads the company’s equality initiatives, focusing on gender, LGBTQ and racial equality to ensure that Salesforce reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. He is a member of the company’s executive committee, reporting to Chairman
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Major General Elder Granger U.S. Army (Ret.)
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Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
Eddie N. Moore, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer at Norfolk State University. Prior to his appointment as President of Norfolk State University, he served as President of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA (2011-2012) and Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA
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Regina Benjamin, MD
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Vada O. Manager
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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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Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )
J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military
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Angela Archon
Angela Archon is currently Vice President, Operations, in the Watson Health business unit of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). In this capacity, Archon drives operational excellence and innovative business processes, to enable faster routes and time to market. Prior, Archon served
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Ann M. Fudge
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Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.
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National Black Chamber of Commerce
The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) was incorporated as The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in 1993. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities. Additionally, the organization indicates that it
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Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson , in full Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946, Hickory, Miss., U.S.), American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United
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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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Cook, Suzan Denise Johnson (1957– )
Suzan Johnson Cook is a religious leader, pastor, motivational speaker, and diplomat who was born on January 28, 1957, in Harlem, New York. Her father, Wilbert Johnson, was a trolley driver and later founder of a successful security company, and her mother Dorothy Johnson, was a public school
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Adams, R. Miller
R. Miller Adams focuses his efforts on the private equity component of Triad Capital Partners. Miller started his career practicing law in a downtown Seattle firm focusing on business, sports, and entertainment law and early stage technology companies. He then spent a decade as a senior executive
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Kelly, Samuel Eugene (1926-2009)
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Dmitri Stockton
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Wineberry, Jesse Calvin (1955- )
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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