Robin L. Washington

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Robin L. Washington

Robin Washington is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc. In this role, Washington oversees the Global Finance and Information Technology organizations. Washington brings extensive leadership and management to her positions which led to successive promotions. Washington was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2014.

by Oracle Corporation in March 2007. Prior to that, Washington served in a number of executive positions with PeopleSoft, most recently in the role of Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Washington is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Washington previously served on the Board of Directors of the Board of Visitors, Graziadio School of Business and Management and Pepperdine University.

Source: Savoy Network

M3 honors Milwaukee Public Schools seniors graduating with early college credit

The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M3 early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers

In the account below Edith Lee-Payne recalls the day she was photographed as a 12 year old participant in the March on Washington, and the curious history of that photograph through

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Source: Black Past

Uganda: Schools Innovate to Keep Pupils Learning During Lockdown

Mr Musa kigongo, an information communication technology specialist at Kampala Parents, yesterday said for one to conduct an online class, they must have a smart phone or computer that has a front camera, with speakers and must be connected to the

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘Ebony’ Magazine’s Board of Directors Removes CEO Willard Jackson

Deadline is reporting the iconic Black publication's Board of directors gave CEO Willard Jackson, Jr. the boot following an "independent inquiry into a number of unspecified transactions led by him raised questions."

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Source: The Urban Daily

ICEA Lion takes over Stanlib Fahari I-Reit

ICEA Lion takes over Stanlib Fahari I-Reit

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Source: Business Daily

Safe Sound’s Bridget Robinson promoted to senior director of operations and administration

Safe Sound announces that Program Director Bridget Robinson will be promoted to Senior Director of Operations and Administration. This crucial new position for the organization will oversee and implement all internal operations. Robinson will serve as the number two at the

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Cook, Will Mercer (1903-1987) - Birthday

Will Mercer Cook was born on March 30, 1903, in Washington, D.

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Source: Black Past

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Magashule defends decision to reinstate VBS-linked ANC leaders

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule confirmed that two ANC Limpopo leaders implicated in alleged corruption at VBS Mutual Bank have been reinstated in their

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Chatham Area Transit Announces New CEO/Executive Director

Mauldin currently serves as Director of Policy and Innovation with the New Orleans RTA, a regional transit authority with a fleet of 130 vehicles, a streetcar system, ferry boat operations and an annual budget of $109

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

CUBM celebrates its graduates

The Center for Urban Biblical Ministries acknowledged their 2020 Bible School Graduates at their Point Breeze Campus on May

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Unions pleased with SAA rescue but lash out at new CEO Saunders

The creditors of SAA voted in support of the proposed plan, which would require government or a strategic equity partner to provide an additional R10 billion in funding.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Veteran Executive, Eglon E. Simons Announced As President And Chief Executive Officer Of The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) announced the selection of Eglon E. Simons as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June

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Source: Savoy Network

Atlanta City Council approves funding for shelter options for the homeless

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council approved legislation Monday to ratify an executive order directing the City’s chief financial officer to allocate up to $1.5 million for nonprofit and philanthropic communities providing individual shelter options with supportive services for persons experiencing

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Publicly traded companies should consider possibility of virtual AGMs

I refer to the postponement of Annual General Meetings and an apparent lack of proper and meaningful communication to the small shareholders by the Board of Direc-tors of publicly traded

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

New KCC stops Tuskys milk supplies on debt

New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (New KCC) has stopped supplying milk to retail chain Tuskys Supermarket over non-payment on deliveries running into millions of shillings.

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Source: Business Daily

Kenya: 'I Have Found a Unique Avenue in E-Learning During COVID Times'

"It's a digital platform where learners from all across the country have a virtual interactions with teachers from the comfort of their

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Source: allAfrica.com

Atlanta City Council legislative items for Monday, May 18

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation during Monday’s remote meeting to ratify an executive order directing the City’s chief financial officer to allocate up to $1.5 million for nonprofit and philanthropic communities providing individual shelter options with supportive

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Stand Down: New York Declines To Enlist African Americans For Civil War In July 1861

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (07/29/2011)(readMedia)-- Early in the Civil War, less than a century after black soldiers helped defeat the British to found America; New York, other states and the federal government refused to enlist black volunteers to fight in the bloody conflict which eventually decided

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

African immigration to the United States

African immigration to the United States refers to immigrants to the United States who are or were nationals of modern African countries. The term African in the scope of this article refers to geographical or national origins rather than racial affiliation. Between the Immigration and Nationality

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias was a fraternal and benevolent order in Boston's small and growing Black community in lower Roxbury that provided effective health insurance and death benefits to widows and orphans. Anchored in its own building at the corner of Ruggles and Washington Streets, it helped

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Brooke, Edward, III (1919-2015) - Birthday

Brooke, was born October 26, 1919 in Washington, D.

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Source: Black Past

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Recruiting for Good to Launch and Fund LA Gigs for Kids in the Fall 2020

Awesome staffing agency, Recruiting for Good creates fun fulfilling LA Gigs for Kids to learn life and work

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Adaptive leadership key to navigating virus crisis

Dynamic adjustments are required to meet the leaders own personal needs and those of the organisation and the workforce is key during critical

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Source: Business Daily

Judiciary goes digital in line with new normal

It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual

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Source: The East African

Air Hero in Vietnam

David L. Ramsay, born and raised in Boston, a graduate of English High School and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, rose to become a captain in the U.S. Air Force. The recipient of many military honors, including the Air Force's highest award, the Distinguished Flying Cross, he died in

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Explained: Why DStv will carry rival streaming services

MultiChoice Group chief financial officer Tim Jacobs

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Source: TechCentral

Huawei CFO loses bid to dismiss US extradition request

Image: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters

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Source: TechCentral

Africa's persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO experts

READ MORE – Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area

President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to

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Source: Raw Story - Celebrating 16 Years of Independent Journalism

Early Numbers Show New COVID-19 Syndrome May Place Black Children at Higher Risk | Black Voice News

Where the nation once believed children were rarely impacted by COVID-19, this mysterious COVID-19 related illness has touched children in every age group beginning with five percent of the cases impacting children under the age of one; 15 percent were between the ages of one and four years; 29

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

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