Sentences with phrase «black business leaders»

In 2014, Legacy Magazine recognized him as one of the «50 Most Powerful Black Business Leaders,» and the Broward Education Foundation recognized him as a «Distinguished Alumni» of the Broward County school system.

WASHINGTON, DC — Following a meeting between The Committee of 40 — a bipartisan group of black business leaders — and Republican Congressional leaders earlier this month, John Burnett, CEO of JLB, Holding, LLC and Strategic Advisor for the New York Republican State Committee, issued the following statement:

One of the nation's wealthiest black business leaders is considering mounting a self - financed campaign to topple Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2017 — saying he has lost faith in the candidate he once supported.

Adams, a former NYPD captain, will have a private meeting with Asian and black business leaders Tuesday before holding a press conference with ex-city Comptroller John Liu and Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Roy Hastick at his Borough Hall office.

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Business, government and community leaders come together at this black - tie gala to officially induct the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's Immediate Past Chair into the Council of Governors.

The National Minority Supplier Development Council is the global leader in advancing business opportunities for its certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business enterprises and connecting them to member corporations.

NMSDC PRESENTS LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO FORD EXECUTIVE Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2014 — The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC ®) named Carla Preston of Ford Motor Company its Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year at a black - tie awards banquet on Wednesday, November 5, to cap its four - day Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in Orlando, FlLEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO FORD EXECUTIVE Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2014 — The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC ®) named Carla Preston of Ford Motor Company its Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year at a black - tie awards banquet on Wednesday, November 5, to cap its four - day Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in Orlando, FlLeader of the Year at a black - tie awards banquet on Wednesday, November 5, to cap its four - day Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in Orlando, Florida.

The Company of Young Professionals program fosters an environment where millennials can learn from seasoned business leaders while forging long - lasting relationships with other young professionals,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Each spring, this black - tie gala brings together business, government, and community leaders to induct the Board of Trade's immediate past chair into its prestigious Council of Governors.

The black - tie gala evening brings together business, government, and community leaders to induct the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's immediate past chair into its Council of Governors and to honour the 2017 recipients of the Rix Awards for Community and Corporate Citizenship.

NMSCD is a global leader in advancing business opportunities for certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business enterprises.

To get us to the finish line — an end to unnecessary malaria deaths — everyone, from church leaders, elected officials, businesses, even Ghana's national soccer team, the Black Stars, are doing their part.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the first black to hold the powerful perch — told a gathering of business, labor and nonprofit leaders today that his ascension to the powerful position «would be in vain» if Albany fails to pass some kind of criminal justice reform during his tenure.

BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams plans to meet Tuesday afternoon with black and Asian business leaders in an effort to diffuse tensions ahead of sentencing for disgraced ex-NYPD Officer Peter Liang.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is convening black and Asian business leaders in Brooklyn Tuesday.

Buoyed by his unprecedented victory, Republican leaders revived the old lily - white southern strategy in an attempt to permanently capture the South for the G.O.P. Basically, this policy required purging black Republicans from leadership positions in the southern wing of the G.O.P. and replacing them with respectable, business - oriented southern whites....

Black has no experience with education and fits, as Liz Benjamin noted, the Bloomberg model of a business leader morphing into a government role.

The searing heat and high unemployment rate has some self - appointed leaders in the African - American community confronting the Italian owner (Danny Aiello) of a pizzeria about why he should have a restaurant in a neighborhood with so few black - owned businesses.

But Taylor says the opening of the school was a collective community effort, and wouldn't have happened without Black - owned businesses as well as the ongoing support of Black community leaders.

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The show profiles Black activists, academics, business leaders, sports figures, elected officials, artists and writers.

This year's black - tie event, themed «Regarding Beauty», will draw over 800 leaders in entertainment, fashion, business, and the art and design worlds.

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

2003 — Womble received the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's highest honor given to businesses — the Corporate Leadership Award — given to organizations whose record of commitment to public historically black colleges and universities, education, and diversity has advanced the overall mission of developing a new generation of leaders.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

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