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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 Dallas. Chase is actively involved in funding and leading new business ventures.

Committed to service, Chase has served as Chairman of Houston Zoo Development Board and Chairman of the Board of Greater Houston Partnership. Chase is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Chase also is a tenured Professor of Law at the University of Houston and serves on the Board of Trustees for St. John’s School and KIPP Schools.
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Chairman And CEO Sean Combs Promotes Long-Time Associate Dia Simms To President Of Combs Enterprises
Simms will lead company in all verticals including fashion, spirits, media, and other brands
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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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Tiger Woods Signs Multi-year Deal with Bridgestone Golf
Bridgestone Golf, a leading manufacturer of premium golf balls, clubs and accessories – announced today that it has signed Tiger Woods to a multi-year agreement to exclusively play and promote its high-performance golf
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Kenneth C. Frazier
Kenneth C. Frazier is Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. Frazier previously served as President of Merck before his current position as the head of this pharmaceutical giant. Frazier has held a broad range of senior management positions since joining Merck
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Marvin Ellison
Marvin Ellison is Chief Executive Officer of JCPenney. Ellison has nearly 30 years of experience in the retail industry, spending the last 12 years at Home Depot. In his most recent position, Ellison led nearly 2,000 retail locations as Executive Vice President of U.S. stores. Prior to
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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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Todd Corley
Todd Corley is Senior-Vice President & Global Chief Diversity Officer for Abercrombie & Fitch. In his role, Corley reports directly into the Chairman & CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch. During his tenure, he has worked collaboratively across business units to position A&F as one the most
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
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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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
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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Stanfield, Sylvia Gaye (1943- ) - Birthday
Ambassador Stanfield was born on October 28, 1943, in Houston, Texas.
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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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Lawrence V. Jackson
Lawrence V. Jackson is a Senior Advisor to New Mountain Capital, a private equity
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Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., And The Next Dimension to Star In "Up, Up & Away! a musical fable"
Music icons Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., will make their debut in the new musical, Up, Up & Away! a musical fable. World premiere for the highly-anticipated theater production, is Thursday, January 21st 8:00 P.M., at the prestigious McCallum Theatre, which this season will present
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19
– Philanthropist, entrepreneur and fashion designer, Tina Knowles Lawson, has created the #IDIDMYPART campaign to encourage residents in her beloved home city of Houston to get tested in wake of the COVID-19
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Africa: A24 Media Launches Yebo VoD Service Focused On History, Biography and African Discovery - Mobile Deals in the Offing
Two weeks ago pan-African TV content producer A24 Media launched its Yebo platform focused on history, biography and African
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Source: allAfrica.com
Dwayne A. Wilson
Dwayne A. Wilson is a former Senior Vice President of Fluor Corporation. In this role, he reported to the Chairman and CEO on key initiatives of strategic importance to the corporation. Previously, Wilson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
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Lydia H. Kennard
Lydia H. Kennard is President & Chief Executive Officer of KDG Construction Consulting. In this role, Kennard leads a company that provides program and construction management services to public and private sector clients throughout California and the Western United States. Kennard has also
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Lloyd H. Dean
Lloyd H. Dean is President & Chief Executive Officer of Dignity Health. Dean is a nationally recognized leader within healthcare with over twenty years in the industry. Dean has led Dignity Health through significant strategic, operational and financial transformations to its current status as
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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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Oil Trade: Claude Wilfrid Etoka, CEO of SARPD OIL, Wins the Prize of « Builder of the African Economy
The CEO of Société Africaine de Recherche Pétrolière et de Distribution (SARPD OIL), Claude Wilfrid Etoka, received last Thursday the award of « Africa Economy Builder » during a ceremony held in Abidjan (Côte
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N. Anthony Coles
N. Anthony Coles, M.D. is Founding Investor, Chairman & CEO of Yumanity Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company focused on transforming drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, Coles was Chairman and CEO of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by
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Rise Buildings and LifeStart Partner to Deliver Streaming Content to all Properties Powered by Rise
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITES STATES, May 11, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Rise Buildings, a property operations and occupant experience platform that manages daily operations and activities for building staff and occupants, announced today that it is partnering with LifeStart to stream a wide variety of
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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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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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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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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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Sponsored by New York University
Martin H. Nesbitt
Martin H. Nesbitt is Co-Chief Executive Officer and founder of Vistria Group, LLC. In this role, he shares the leadership role of the Chicago-based investment company focused on education, healthcare and financial services
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Acquires Rights To Sammy Davis, Jr. Bio
Entertainment Studios, Inc., which produces and distributes 38 television programs worldwide, making it one of the largest independent producers/distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations and owner of eight 24-hour HD cable networks, proudly
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
BBVA Compass, WNBA and NBA treat Phoenix students to a lesson in financial education
BBVA Compass teamed up with WNBA and NBA stars Thursday to share with students at Machan Elementary School in Phoenix the importance of financial literacy and how a solid foundation can open doors to a brighter
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Robert F. Smith - Investor, Philanthropist
Born in Colorado to two parents with PhDs, Mr. Smith trained as an engineer at Cornell University, earning his BS in Chemical
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Source: Vista Equity Partners - Market-Leading Investment Firm

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