 FEATURED EVENTS MEMBERSHIP At Friday night's Impact Awards dinner, NBMBAA® President and CEO, Jesse Tyson presented the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Award, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional contributions toward self-improvement and a demonstrated involvement in various business, educational and professional organizations within the African-American community. The 2016 H. Naylor Fitzhugh Award recipient is Kenneth Louis Coleman. Tyler pointed out that Coleman truly embodies the characteristics recognized by this award, which recognizes achievements of Black MBAs who do an excellent job in their companies, but who also remember how they got there and is making his or her career relevant to the Black experience. Learn More...  NBMBAA® Board Member and Vice President Global Inclusion and Staffing, for General Mills, Inc., Kenneth Allen Charles presented the Helping Hands Award, which is awarded by the President & CEO to an individual or organization that has truly exceeded expectations in their service to the NBMBAA.The 2016 Helping Hands Award winner is Dorothy "Dee"Williams. Learn More...  The Silver Torch Award recognizes a corporation that demonstrates its commitment to the NBMBAA® through partnership activities that increase the NBMBAA’s value and effectiveness and provides equal opportunities for qualified African American professionals within its organization, by hiring, training, retaining and advancing African American talent.NBMBAA Board Member and Senior Director, Corporate Affairs for Georgia Pacific, Charmaine Ward presented the 2016 Silver Torch Award to Delta Air Lines. Learn More... EDUCATION A new program and new award were introduced at the Friday Impact Awards dinner, with University of Florida recognized as the first recipient of the Academic Partner Award."This is the beginning of the National Black MBA Association’s launch of our Collegiate Partnership program, said Vice President for Strategic Program Initiatives for the National Black MBA Association, Troy Evans. Learn More... On October 13 - 14, teams of undergraduate students majoring in business and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) gathered together for a new event at the 2016 National Black MBA Association® National Conference - the 2016 NBMBAA® Hackathon Competition. Their challenge? To provide technology solutions to a business issue and to share ideas.
The winners announced at the NBMBAA® Impact Awards were: 1st place - North Carolina A&T State University 2nd place - Southern University at New Orleans 3rd place - Claflin University Learn More... The 2016 Conference saw the launch of The NBMBAA® Undergraduate Minority Business Case Competition. Undergraduate business students from the nation’s leading colleges and universities competed for top ranking cash prizes and employment opportunities.
Winners announced at the NBMBAA Impact Awards were: 1st Place - Indiana University School of Business 2nd Place - North Carolina A&T State University 3rd Place - South Carolina State University Learn More... Graduate business students from the nation’s leading business schools compete for top ranking cash prizes and employment opportunities while participating in the National Black MBA Association Case Competition® sponsored by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC.
Winners announced at the NBMBAA® Impact Awards were: 1st place - University of Michigan 2nd place - North Carolina State 3rd place Georgia State University Learn More... CAREER By Robin Farmer
African-Americans are bicultural out of necessity and the result is a competitive edge that can be honed in the business world. "We are all bicultural. We operate in the larger heritage and also our own," and see things in a way others don’t, said Lara Jordan James, vice president, brand marketing, MassMutual. Learn More... By Renata Toney
Silicon Valley, the home of the California tech industry, has long been criticized for its lack of diversity. Almost two years after major companies, led by Google and Intel, started to publicize their diversity numbers, the ethnic and gender makeup of the industry’s work force remains almost the same. Learn More... By Renata Toney
Quality in the distinguished career of Desmond Howard takes many forms in the development of his brand, in his words, "I’ve lived a lot of life." Start with the legendary 1991 game winning catch as wide receiver at the University of Michigan against Notre Dame en route to earning the Heisman Trophy. Learn More... LEADERSHIP By Robin Farmer
Courageous leaders confront fear, challenge inertia, elevate others and bounce back from mistakes. Fear is the biggest challenge, but pushing through is essential as "courageous leadership is the willingness to take on risk and put people ahead of yourself," said Erik Hawkins, director of global marketing for Facebook. Learn More... By Robin Farmer
The defining qualities of leadership include authenticity and integrity. So said Jerome Bettis, NFL Hall of Fame and Laila Ali, TV host and author. Both shared the stage Thursday at the Keynote Luncheon, which was moderated by Terrance Williams, executive vice president chief marketing officer, Nationwide. Learn More... ENTREPRENEURSHIP By Robin Farmer
Solutions that make life easier for people was the theme of the three Innovation Whiteboard Challenge finalists who presented their ideas in the NBMBAA® Whiteboard Challenge. With only five minutes to make their pitches, Kenneth White Jr. with KleanCollar, Tiffany Smith with Tiltas and Camille Newman with Pop-Up Plus, wowed the audience with their creative, out-of-the-box thinking to address specific needs in different arenas. The winner, announced at the NBMBAA® Impact Awards Friday night was Camille Newman. Learn More... |
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