Congratulations To Our 2011 Awardees!
2011 Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders
| Jino Ahn, MBA CEO Nat’l Assoc. Asian MBAs | Maria G. Arias, JD Exec. Director of Diversity & Inclusion Comcast Corporation | Orlando Ashford, MS Chief H.R. & Communications Officer Marsh & McLennan Companies | Aurora Abella Austriaco, JD President/Owner Austriaco and Associates, Ltd | Stephen W. Beard, JD EVP, General Counsel Heidrick & Struggles |
| Calvin Butler, JD Sr.Vice President, Corporate Affairs Exelon Corporation | Catherine Corley, MBA VP Member Program Development Sam’s Club/ Walmart | Anita D’Aguilar, MBA VP Investments UBS Financial Services Inc. | Yolanda Daniel, MBA VP Financial Services W.W. Grainger, Inc. | Juan M. De Bedout, PhD Technology Director General Electric |
| Pedro DeJesus Jr., JD SVP, General Counsel & Corporated Secretary Tampico Beverages, Inc. | Donna G. Dorsey, JD VP Human Resources Navistar, Inc. | Karen Eng, PhD President CSMI | Jinnie English, MA President International & Chicago’s High Achievers | Jared Garza, MBA Business Program Manager General Electric |
| Crystal German, MBA VP, Economic Inclusion Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber | Jules Gianneschi, MS Sr. Director- Human Resources Midwest Division Walmart Stores, Inc. | Kristina L. Gilbert, MBA Sr. Executive Strategy Practice Accenture | Victor Golden, MBA Deputy Superintendent IL Department of Revenue Lottery Division | Commander Dana Gordon, MBA Administrative Aide US Navy, Secretary of the Navy’s Office |
| Cynthia Hardy Young, JD President, Encompass Insurance Allsate Insurance | Alex Hernandez, MBA Managing Partner Hernandez Consulting/Carbon Solutions | Mellody Hobson President Ariel Investments, LLC | Eric Douglas Keene, MBA President Keene Advisory Group | Katy Knox, MBA Consumer and Small Bus. Banking Distribution Executive Bank of America |
| Michelle Lanter Smith, MBA, CEO Hi- Impact Marketing & Sales Solutions, Inc. | Lily Le, MBA Executive VP Chief Marketing Officer AEG Affiliated Energy Group | Daniel Lee, MBA Vice President Invacare Corporation | Mariano Legaz, MBA/ME Verizon Communications | David J. Loo, MBA Managing Dir. & Founding Principal Hudson Realty Capital LLC |
| Vipin Mayar, MBA EVP Global Dir. Of Marketing Performance McCann World Group | James McLetchie, MBA Principal, Merger Management McKinsey & Company | Cheryl Pearson McNeil, MBA Sr. VP Public Affairs & Gov Relations Nielson Company | Sami Miettinen, MS Executive Director The Royal Bank of Scotland | Dara T. Munson, MS President & CEO Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit |
| Kristin Oliver, JD Sr. Vice President, Walmart Stores, Inc. | Richard A. Ortiz, MBA Managing Dir. & Founding Principal Hudson Realty Capital LLC | Cathy Peng, MBA Chief Business Development Officer Ethertronics | Tanesha D.H. Pittman, MBA Executive Director Benedictine University | Sameer Prasad, PhD Professor & Board Member IDSUSA University of Wisconsin- Whitewater |
| Lisa M. Quiroz, MBA Sr.VicePresident, Corp. Responsibility Time Warner, Inc. | Sumant Ramachandra, PhD Sr. Vice President Hospira, Inc. | Anthony J. Rhem, PhD President/CEO A.J. Rhem & Associates, Inc. | Debbie Roberts, CPA VP- General Manager, Midwest Region McDonalds Corp. | Dee Robinson Reid, MBA President Robinson Hill Hospitality Group, Inc. |
| Shane Sanders, MBA S VP Internal Auditing Verizon Communications | Kiernan A. Seth, PhD Global Oncology Launch Team Leader Eisai Inc. | Byron Spruell, MBA Global Managing Dir. Financial Advisory | Anna Kelligrew St. Clair, MBA SVP,US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Mg. | Mina Stewart, MS VP National Network Cration & Provisioning Verizon Communications |
| Belinda Stubblefield, MBA, President Stubblefield Ventures, LLC | Venkat Subramanian, MBA President & CEO Angarai International | Suri Surinder, MBA Managing Vice President Capital One | Cedric D. Thurman, MBA SVP Jones Lang LaSalle | Eileen M. Timmins, PhD CHRO R.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC |
| Carlos Valderrama, MBA Managing Partner Valderrama Partners | Nadine Vogel, MBA CEO Springboard Consulting | Kimberly Waller, MA COO AON Conerstone AON | Mark D. Welch S VP and Global Chief Diversity Officer Northern Trust | Clara Wong, MBA Sr. VP of People Administration & Asset Protection Walmart (China) Investment Co., Ltd |
Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Emerging Leaders
| Elike Mensa Banibensu, MS Assistant Site Operations Manager Affiliated Computer Services | Hardik Bhatt, MBA Dir, Global Smart Connected Communities Cisco System | Anthony Billinger, MBA Dir. Corporate Supplier Diversity OfficeMax, Inc. |
| Rashida Brown, MBA Finance Director, Newark Supply Site Astra Zeneca | Tammy Butler, JD Director Internal Investigations CSX | Katrina Caldwell, PhD Director of the Center for Intercultural Programs DePaul University |
| Sonya Davis, MS Line Manager The Vanguard Group | Kamila Elliott, MBA Relationship Manager The Vanguard Group | Rhom Erskine, MBA Sr. Diversity & Inclusion Manager Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. |
| Solskin Gomez-Krogh, MBA Executive Director National ALPHA Chicago | Laura S. Hertzog, MBA Director, Diversity & Inclusion Programs Cornell University, NYC Extension | Janelle Jones-Rampersad, MBA Director Category Management United Stationers |
| VeRonica Mitchell, MBA Sr. Project Engineer General Motors | Kingsley Mordi, MBA Director Brands & Communications Visaforne Communications | Basil Carl Morris, MBA Associate V.P Nationwide Insurance |
| Lisa Neal-Graves, JD Business Attorney Intel Corporation | Jude Pierre-Louis, MBA Sr. Dir. Of Product Development Walgreens Corporations | Jamie Pritscher, MBA CEO That’s Caring |
| Elizabeth Rubin, MPA Director of Informatics Horizon-BCBS-NJ | Joanne Ryan, MBA Director, Actuarial Horizon BCBS-NJ | Gurdish Singh, MS HCP Brand Director Seroquel XH Astra Zeneca |
| Luis Vargas, MBA Director of Neighborhood Mktg Hispanic Winn Dixie | Richard Velazquez, MBA Sr. Global Product Manager- XBOX Microsoft Corporation | Aimee L. Vessell, MBA/MS Director, Platform Launch Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| Lorelei M. Boyd, MBA Sr. Mgr. Supply Chain Ryder System Inc. | Kathleen Brandt, MBA Asst. VP Applications Development Information Technology CSX | Fatu Jalloh Cooper, MBA General Manager Liberis Woodwork Construction & Trading Corp. |
| Xavier E. Corona, MBA Account Supervisor Flowers Communications Group | Sandra Fernandes, MS Vice President WellsFargo | Shelly L. Flanagan, MBA Assistant General Operations Manager United Stationers |
| Cara Lehane, MBA Director Global Product Team Finance Astra Zeneca | Jessica Lundquist, PhD Assistant Professor, Hydrology & Hydroclimatology University of Washington | Kalyan S. Narayanan, MBA Director, Head of Ebusiness Horizon BCBS-NJ |
| Gina Marotta, JD Managing Director Step Up Women’s Network | Renai S. Rodney, JD Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Dept of Justice | Towanna Rovenko, MBA Site Supervisor PBMS |
| Felicia L. Townsend, MBA Assistant Dean of Recruitment Dominican University | Christina VanDunk, MBA Director Communications, Community, Health Policy, Research and Diversity Kaiser Permanente | Eric Walton, PhD Business Director Cephalon |
