2016 AWARD WINNERS

Mable Buckner-Payton

President & CEO

Streeterville Chamber of Commerce

Chicago, IL

Ida Goodwin Woolfolk

Community Leader

St. Louis Public Schools

St. Louis, MO

Janice Huff

Chief Meteorologist

WNBC-TV/NBC4 New York

NBC

NY, NY

Susan Munao

Owner

OMG Entertainment

Dr. Susan Scribner

President & Owner

Wiese Monkeys Business LLC

St. Louis, MO

Nancy Tao

Owner

Tao Communications

Atlanta, GA

2018 AWARDEES

Honorable Yvette Mansfield Alexander

City Court Judge, Div. D

Baton Rouge City Court

Baton Rouge, LA

Makeba Clay

Founder & CEO

Innovative Global Solutions Consulting, LLC

Makeba Clayton Consulting LLC

Rockville, MD

Darlene Green

Comptroller

City of St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Ora Matheny Jackson

Senior Accountant & Former Diversity Chair

Department of Veteran Affairs

Las Vegas, NV

Jacque Elaine Reid

National Television & Radio Host, New York
Live-NBC-NY, NY

Dr.  Kendra Taylor

President and CEO

KEYfficiencies, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

Rev. Doctor Janette Wilson

Senior Advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Morgan Park United Methodist Church

Chicago, IL

2019 AWARDEES

Shaun Coard

Senior Vice President,
Commercial Banking Mgr.

Regions Bank

Houston, TX

Rev. Sandra Thompson, Ph.D.

Dean of Students — Retired

Arbor View High School

Las Vegas, NV

Rev. Doctor Elsa Harris

President

Harris House of Music, Inc.

Chicago, IL

Leslie Hale

President & CEO

RLJ Lodging Trust

Bethesda, MD

Emma Rosenblum

Executive Editor

ELLE Magazine

New York, NY

Attorney Pamela Giss

Principal

Launch Development Financial Advisors

Scottsdale, AZ

Attorney Dorothy White-Coleman

Member/Manager

White Coleman & Assoc., LLC

St. Louis, MO