Myoshia Boykin-Anderson is the founder of AndTech Solutions LLC specializing in information technology consulting and training services for organizations of all sizes.
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Damian Gilling, Ph.D is a scientist by trade and currently does medical device testing. Gilling is a five time published author regarding his work within microbiology and currently holds a patent.
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Dr. Mokysha Benford, aka DrB!Real, has been an educator for the past eighteen years and has served at the elementary, middle school, high school, and collegiate levels. She started out as a long-term substitute and worked her way up to becoming a building principal. She is an educator, speaker, coach, and consultant who has traveled nationwide to build capacity in educators. She is also the author of Any Given Monday: An Urban Educator’s Journey. In this book she discusses lessons, relationships, leadership, and perspectives. She calls for a paradigm shift and begs the question, “How can we do school differently?” DrB!Real is unrivaled in her passion for education and challenges the status quo through powerful communication. She resides in Houston, TX, and is the proud mother of two sons, Thomas (19) and Shelton (14).
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Denzil Ross, MBA, MHA Chief Operating Officer at HCA Metropolitan Methodist Hospital.
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Danny Samuels, FAIA, is a Professor in Practice at the Rice School of Architecture, Director of the Rice Building Workshop (now Construct), and, since 1972, a founding Partner of Taft Architects. Since 1996, students of the Rice Building Workshop have designed and built various projects at Project Row Houses, including research and development in affordable housing.
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LaToya Bullard-Franklin is CEO of The Bulsard Group, LLC-a firm focused on partnering with clients to uncover value, create value, and deliver value in the pursuit of Operational Excellence. She believes her POWER Principles are the way to ensure success: “Persevere, Own, Win, Empower, and Respect.”
She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University, a M.S. in Project Management from Boston University; and an experienced Master Black Belt Facilitator of Lean Six Sigma, Change Management, and Organizational Strategy Development.
In her spare time, she instills excellence and provides scholarships to young students through her non-profit, the Girl POWER Network with Principles to ensure success: “Persevere, Own, Win, Empower, and Respect.”
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Dr. Reagan Flowers shares with us the vision of C-STEM and new changes in store for 2018.
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Tonya Chatton Jordan is the Senior Counsel of Labor Employment at Conoco Phillips. Tonya's primary responsibility at ConocoPhillips is to advise the company's executive leadership, business unit managers/supervisors, and human resource professionals on labor and employment law matters.
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MarCia Ekworomadu is an executive project manager at an academic medical center.
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Charles Samuel serves as Regional Director, Annuity Distribution, AIG Financial Distribution, the life and retirement services business of American International Group, Inc. (AIG). In this role, he is responsible for driving sales results through the sales team and independent distribution partners. Additionally, Charles develops and delivers sales concepts and strategies that maximize productivity, while improving overall core selling skills for agents, wire house financial advisors and internal sales teams. He joined AIGLR in August of 2003.
Since 2005, he has passed 33 industry leading self-study financial service exams. He currently holds 8 financial service designations (CLU, ChFC, FLMI, AFSI, AAPA, AIRC, ACS, ARA). This year he will take 3 additional courses at The American College and will acquire the RICP designation. The pursuit of knowledge and understanding allows him to properly address customer concerns and stay on top of current market trends. Business partners and clients have crowned him with the nicknames “The Professor” and “Book’em”.
At the age of 8, his parents enrolled him in the Theocratic Ministry School. This school trained him to be a public speaker able to present information to individuals and large groups. There he learned the importance of Pace, Pitch and Power along with many other public speaking skills. In 2010, he joined Toastmasters International and later became an Advance Communicator and Advance Leader. Participating in these programs has given him the ability to effectively share what he has learned with others in a way that motivates them to act.
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After a 25 year corporate career, Ivette Mayo launched into entrepreneurship by starting Yo Soy I Am, LLC, training and consulting firm. She helps organizations and people find the skills they need to grow. In this episode we discuss:
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Miara Shaw’s corporate career spans over 25 years with 15 of those years spent as a natural gas trader at some of the nations largest oil companies. Miara has taken her extensive corporate experience and transitioned to professional speaker, coach and consultant. In this episode we discuss:
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Tejuana Edmond is the Vice President & Market Leader, Oil & Gas - North America for Bureau Veritas. Edmond studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas Austin and received her MBA from the University of Houston Clear Lake.
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Dr. Damion Thomas is the Curator of Sports at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the author of Globetrotting: African American Athletes and Cold War Politics.
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Evelyn C. Hankins is the curator of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden located in Washington D.C. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history from UC Santa Barbara, and her master’s and PhD degrees from Stanford University.
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The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time. We seek to share the transformative power of modern and contemporary art with audiences at all levels of awareness and understanding by creating meaningful, personal experiences in which art, artists, audiences and ideas converge. We enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through acquisition, exhibitions, education and public programs, conservation, and research.
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Brittaney Wilmore is a news producer at KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, TX. She produces the 5-6am of the morning show. In addition, she is a journalist with CultureMap.
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Sabrina Lamb is the Founding CEO of the WorldofMoney.org, which has been an 11 year leading provider of immersive classroom financial education for 4,000 youth in the Tri-State New York City area. Sabrina is a NAACP Image Awards nominee in Outstanding Literary Work- Instructional for her book “Do I Look Like An ATM? A Parent’s Guide To Raising Financially Educated African- American Children” and the satirical “A Kettle Of Vultures…Left Beak Marks On MyForehead”.
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Georgia-raised and Chicago-born, LaToia A. Jones is a Democrat, organizer, community leader, activist & strategist. Her purpose and drive have always been to be the most effective public servant possible. In most cases, this meant behind-the-scenes roles and learning from impactful servant leaders.
LaToia is currently the Assistant Director for the Human Rights and Community Relations Department at the American Federation of Teachers where she coordinates, trains and connects members on community, political, and civic engagement. She recently held previous roles directing special projects for both the CEO of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA and for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
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The DNC Meeting/Election is held February 23-27, 2017.
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Dr. Renee Matthews has appeared on television shows such as, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Roland Martin’s NewsOne Now (TVOne) and WGN-TV’s People to People where she discussed different health topics. She started her media career with her own radio show on ReachMD, a medical broadcast network for health professionals. In addition, Dr. Renee has been a featured medical correspondent on SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning and WVON (“The Voice of A Nation”).
Dr. Renee is a contributing writer for Ebony Magazine where she addresses topics such as asthma, health, and wellness. Dr. Renee is the contributing health blogger for BlackDoctor.org and Good Enough Mother; a leading community dedicated to moms providing advice and exposing the myths of motherhood. She is also a sought after speaker for various health organizations and schools. In addition to writing about health, Dr. Renee conducts speaking engagements on social media, branding and becoming an entrepreneur.
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Save A Girl, Save A World is a nonprofit organization focusing on four pillars, wealth, life skills, careers and health & wellness, our mission is to provide education and awareness by sharing successful life experiences through mentoring that brings together several generations of young girls and women whose life experiences transcend time. Through these mentor relationships we:
For more information on Save A Girl, Save A World visit the http://www.saveagirlsaveaworld.org.
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A veteran communications consultant, for more than 20 years, Mimi’s has developed and implemented programs that inform and educate communities on quality of life issues that concern water quality, transportation of people and goods, community planning, air and environmental quality. Today, she educates her clients about the benefits of massage therapy to improve circulation, reduce pain, balance muscles, and provide overall relaxation.
Mimi’s journey to the healing arts was inspired by her passion to assist her son with major side effects from medicines taken for a mental illness. A practitioner of Massage Therapy, Reiki Energy Work, Meditation, and Yoga, she has helped him reduce stress, anxiety and muscular tension. With major improvements to her son’s health and her growing interest in the well-being of others, she found a world of healing open to her and a pathway towards wellness as her life’s work.
For more information on Mimi Percell visit http://www.decaturhealingarts.com/Bios/mimi.html
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