Congratulations to the 2014 NBMBAA Award Winners
We would like to congratulate all of the award winners from the 36th Annual Conference and Exposition.

MBA of the Year



Norman Fleming
Senior Director, Enterprise Business Solutions
MillerCoors


Entrepreneurs of the Year



Gregory Baranco
President & CEO
Juanita Baranco
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
The Baran Company, LLC, consisting of Mercedes Benz of Buckhead and Smart Center Buckhead


H. Naylor Fitzhugh Award



Jonathan Mariner
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Major League Baseball, Office of the Commissioner


Chairwoman's Award



Debra L. Lee
Chairman and CEO
BET Networks

President & CEO Award



Dr. Kase Lawal
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CAMAC Energy


Helping Hands Award



David Harrison
Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Student Services
Max M. Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University

Silver Torch Award


NBMBAA Case Competition®


First place – Georgia State University
Second place – University of St. Thomas
Third place – Emory University

NBMBAA Chapters of the Year
Dallas
Detroit
Greater Harrisburg
Washington, D.C

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Thank You for a Great Conference!
The National Black MBA Association® would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our members, sponsors, corporate partners, chapters, staff, volunteers and everyone who made the 36th Annual Conference and Expo such a successful week. We'll be asking for your feedback in post-event surveys, so look for those in your email next week.

We hope you enjoyed this week in Atlanta and we look forward to seeing you in Orlando, FL, September 22-26, 2015 as we continue to put the pieces together in your leadership story. #NBMBAA15

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Saturday, September 20

Atlanta Chapter Red Hearts Community Service Project: Community Marketplace
9:00 a.m. - Noon
The culminating event will be a ‘Community Marketplace’ where families in need will freely select donated items from various stations or "stores" within the Community Marketplace and participate in enrichment workshops.

Corporate Partners: Corporate Partners: United Way of Greater Atlanta African-American Partnership, Chick-fil-A, UPS, Tibco Spotfire, SunTrust, Delta Airlines, CIA, and The Physicians Practice S.O.S. Group®

Location:
APS District Family Center,
130 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta GA

 

Four NBMBAA Chapters – Dallas, Detroit, Greater Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. – earned the 2013 Chapter of the Year Award for overall excellence and Norman Fleming of the Chicago Chapter earned the MBA of the Year Award.

The awards were announced Friday at the NBMBAA Annual Membership Meeting, which kicked off with a roll call that elicited an array of lively responses to the delight of attendees at the two-hour gathering.

Other award recipients included: Jackie Vick, president of the St. Louis Chapter, Senior President Award; the Dallas Chapter, Leaders of Tomorrow Chapter of the Year;  Leonard James III, Game-Changer Award.

 

Using the Sony Walkman and the Apple iPod as examples of companies that did not and did anticipate change to enable a pivot in product development as well as marketing strategy, Terra Winston, ringleader of inTerractions Consulting, described how important elasticity is in today’s competitive business environment.
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Recruiters search LinkedIn profiles to find premier talent. So how do you write a winning profile and engage with members so that recruiters find you? Conference attendees learned what action to take to help capture the attention of recruiters during Friday’s General Session, "A Match Made In Professional Heaven." Charlene Narcelles, customer education specialist for LinkedIn, reviewed four key areas members must address: identity, credibility, thought leadership and persistence.
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The National Black MBA Association® honored outstanding members, partners and students at the Friday Keynote Luncheon. A list of Association scholarship winners scrolled on the screen as D. Steve Boland, managing director and home loan origination executive of Bank of America took the stage to kick off the luncheon.
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