14 Black Veterans Who Now Sit on Corporate Boards
After their tours of duty, these black veterans were drafted to serve on corporate boards to share their leadership and strategic skills in corporate America....
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Former BET CEO Debra Lee Is Now on AT&T’s Board of Directors
AT&T has added former BET Networks head Debra Lee to its board of directors. Lee led BET for over 20 years, making it a leading...
Ariel Investments Appoints Noted Black Business Executive to Its Board
Ariel Investments adds yet another black business titan to its team. Leslie “Les” Brun has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. ...
Serena Williams Serves Up Another Directorship: She Joins Poshmark’s Board of Directors
Serena Williams is flexing her influential muscles by adding another directorship under her belt—she has joined the board of directors of online social retail and...
Rosalind Brewer to Sit on Amazon’s Board
Amazon has named Rosalind Brewer, the current chief operating officer of Starbucks, and one of the most influential black women corporate executives, to its board....
Nike Appoints Founder of Largest Black-Owned Assets Management Firm to Its Board
Nike has appointed John W. Rogers, the CEO and founder of Ariel Investments L.L.C. to its board of directors. Rogers founded Ariel Investments in 1983...
Richard Parsons Named Interim CBS Chairman of the Board; Bruce Gordon Gives Reason for Stepping Down
Richard “Dick” Parsons, former Time Warner chairman and CEO, has been named CBS Corporation’s Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors, according to a press release...
[VIDEO] DeForest Soaries: How You Can Become A Corporate Board Member – And Get Paid
As we examine the underrepresentation of African Americans in corporate governance, we continue to field questions on how African Americans can become corporate board members. To...
Power in the Boardroom: Registry of Black Corporate Board Members [2018]
For six years, Black Enterprise has identified African Americans who serve on the boards of America’s largest publicly traded corporations. As part of our examination,...
Former Diplomat Susan Rice Gets A Seat on Netflix’s Board
Woman of Power and former ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice will join the board of Netflix, the company announced....