Rosalind Brewer, 49, has been promoted to CEO Of Sam’s Club, the warehouse retail chain owned by Wal-Mart. Previously president of Wal-Mart’s U.S. East business
When you read headlines like TMZ Exclusive’s “Precious’ Star Mo’Nique Sues Landlord: My House Smells Like Dog Crap!” Or the “Pants on the Ground” lawsuit brought by
It’s been a remarkable and memorable year already for Chevrolet dealership owner Bill Perkins — even though 2012 is barely a week old. Perkins’ appointment
Ronnie Cotton’s foray into entrepreneurship began in 1995, but he didn’t decide to become a restaurateur until 2006. The first order of business, “I wanted
Who knew that for every sip you take of a Coca-Cola product, you are sending a first-generation student to college and helping to lower the
Cognis IT technology firm CEO Geoffrey Kent knows that Wharton is a stand-alone word in the English lexicon. Even though is just one school under
Richard Baptiste, the president and COO of World Pac Paper LLC, did the exact opposite of what most people do: Consumers on average look at
General Motors’ Don Butler is cognizant that Cadillac and the African American community have enjoyed a long and prosperous relationship that predates the Lyndon Johnson
Edward T. Welburn Jr. is the highest-ranking African American in the world’s auto manufacturing work force as the vice president of global design for General
Bart Phillips understands the importance of next level thinking. For over 20 years, Philips has played a major role in the entertainment business by serving as
By “diversity,” most people mean what I refer to as managing workforce representation, i.e., efforts to assure that an organization’s workforce’s numerical profile mirrors that
“We’re always branding ourselves, whether we know it or not.”
Debbie Ludwig, vice president of Comerica Bank, says the three attributes of a successful woman are: Enjoy your work; balance your work and home life;
Tracey Jennings ranks high among a new breed of executives in small businesses whose impact is far-reaching. The vice president and global director of Liquid
Maggie Ocasio realized early in her career that she enjoyed the company of people and that she loved the beauty industry. Her introduction to the
Lynn Jarrett-Gude’s turtle collection is as fascinating as the story behind the hobby. When she and her husband, Samuel, visited Hawaii, they met a Samoan
Lori George Billingsley is one of those people who can say something and the next thing you know, it will come to fruition. When her
When Kimberly Edmunds started her career in telecommunications, her mother gently suggested that she consider utilizing her University of Southern California education elsewhere, thinking the
“No one would ever tell me no again, no one.”
A little known fact is that Michele Thornton, the senior director of CNN Multi-Cultural Ad Sales who leads the CNN Advantage business groups with sales
