Category: Black Leaders Award

Robert L. Johnson Chief Diversity Officer & Director, Corporate Department Education: JD, Seton Hall University School of Law; Thurgood Marshall School of Law; BA, Rice University Company Name: Gibbons P.C. Industry: Law Company CEO: Patrick C. Dunican Jr. (Chairman and Managing Director) Company Headquarters Location: Newark, New Jersey Number of Employees: 300+ Words you live… Read the full article

Karen M. Kennard Shareholder Education: JD, Texas Tech University School of Law; BA, political science, Southern Methodist University Company Name: Greenberg Traurig, LLP Industry: Law Company CEO: Brian Duffy Company Headquarters Location: Miami, Florida Number of Employees: 4,309 Your Location (if different from above): Austin, Texas Words you live by: You never know what someone… Read the full article

A. Michael Pratt Shareholder Education: JD, Harvard Law School; BA, economics and English, Washington & Jefferson College Company Name: Greenberg Traurig, LLP Industry: Law Company CEO: Brian Duffy Company Headquarters Location: Miami, Florida Number of Employees: 4,309 Your Location (if different from above): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Words you live by: “The ultimate measure of a man… Read the full article

Sid Johnson Vice President, Procurement and Automotive Sourcing Education: MS, industrial management, Indiana Wesleyan University; BS, industrial engineering and technology, Central State University Company Name: HARMAN International Industry: Technology and Consumer Electronics Company CEO: Michael Mauser Company Headquarters Location: Stamford, Connecticut Number of Employees: 30,000+ Your Location (if different from above): Novi, Michigan Words you… Read the full article

Gary A. Smith Co-Founder & Senior Partner Education: BA, Yale University Company Name: Ivy Planning Group Industry: Consulting Company Headquarters Location: Bethesda, Maryland Number of Employees: N/A Words you live by: When my ego goes up, my money goes down. Who is your personal hero? My mom and dad What book are you reading? Tom… Read the full article

Janet Crenshaw Smith Co-Founder & President Education: BA, Harvard University Company Name: Ivy Planning Group Industry: Consulting Company Headquarters Location: Bethesda, Maryland Number of Employees: N/A Words you live by: Pray. Believe. Receive. Who is your personal hero? My mother and father What book are you reading? A Promised Land by Barack Obama What was… Read the full article

Charles V. Lawson Senior Vice President, Government Services Education: MBA, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management; BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst Company Name: JND Legal Administration Industry: Legal Services Company CEO: Jennifer Keough Company Headquarters Location: Seattle, Washington Number of Employees: 200 Your Location (if different from above): Washington, DC Words you live by:… Read the full article

Jonathan K. Waldrop Partner Education: JD, University of Virginia School of Law; BS with honors, Harvard University Company Name: Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP Industry: Law Company CEO: Marc E. Kasowitz, managing partner Company Headquarters Location: New York, New York Number of Employees: 416 Your Location (if different from above): California Words you live by: No… Read the full article

Deidra L. Byrd Senior Vice President & Enterprise Chief Employment Counsel Education: Juris Doctor, DePaul University; BA, psychology, DePaul University Company Name: Kindred Healthcare Industry: Health care Company CEO: Benjamin A. Breier Company Headquarters Location: Louisville, Kentucky Number of Employees: 32,000 Words you live by: All you have to do is put your mind to… Read the full article

Kevin Andrew Chambers Partner, Co-chair Litigation & Trial Department in Washington, DC, and Global Chair Diversity Leadership Committee Education: JD, Yale Law School; BS, State University of New York at Albany Company Name: Latham & Watkins LLP Industry: Law Company CEO: N/A Company Headquarters Location: N/A Number of Employees: N/A Your Location (if different from… Read the full article