Merck announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors has named Kenneth Frazier its next CEO as he will replace Richard Clark effective January 1, 2011. Kenneth C. Frazier will become one of just four Black CEOs leading Fortune 500 Companies when he takes the helm at Merck & Co. in January. Frazier, 55, was appointed [...]
On Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College will present the 2011 Katharine Hepburn Medal to Helene Gayle, president and chief executive officer of the international humanitarian organization CARE, in honor of her efforts to fight global poverty and reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS. The Katharine Hepburn Medal recognizes [...]
Vikki L. Pryor has been named CEO of American Red Cross in Greater New York. Recognized as one of the 50 most powerful women in New York by Crains New York Magazine in 2009, Pryor was most recently president and chief executive officer of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company in New York for 11 [...]
Amy S. Hilliard is founder, president and chief executive of Chicago-based ComfortCake Company LLC, a major distributor of southern-style pound cakes. Hilliard was the first African-American elected to the board of directors of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. She is author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE: Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears, [...]
Dr. Andrew Brimmer, chairman of the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees, announced the appointment of Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon as the sixth President of Tuskegee University, effective Nov.1. Rochon comes to Tuskegee from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Rochon comes highly recommended with an impressive set of credentials, Brimmer stated. Rochon currently serves as [...]
On July 1, veteran nonprofit leader Jacquelyn Lendsey was selected to serve as the new director of the Black Philanthropic Alliance. Active as a civic leader, Jackie serves on the boards of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington and the Consumer Health Foundation. A native Washingtonian, Jackie is a member of Leadership Greater Washington and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. “Jackie [...]
Desiree Rogers, former White House social secretary and Illinois Lottery director, has been named chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing Company, the Chicago-based publisher of Ebony and JET magazines, the company announced today. Rogers will oversee day-to-day operations and be responsible for aligning core business strategies for all of the company’s brands. Rogers said in [...]
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