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- 11 Feb 2017
- News
Harvard Business School Makes a Case for Diversity
last week, Rogers said that less than 1 percent of the roughly 10,000 HBS cases focus on a black executive, even though 9 percent of American companies are black-owned. Rogers, who has been teaching at HBS for five years, has set out to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
Black Enterprise is a multimedia company with the mission to ensure that everyone can act on the opportunities this country has provided to so many. Our tagline is “Wealth for life.” My father launched Black... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
becomes one of the only black women to have raised that much cash in private funding. According to Project Diane, just 34 black women have raised over $1 million in venture dollars. Last year, Woolley-Wilson... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
John Rice (MBA 1992) founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit organization, to equip underrepresented minorities with the skills, coaching, and relationships they need to become high-impact leaders in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
number of black students at HBS, the hiring of black faculty members, and the creation of more socially relevant electives. By establishing the African-American Student Union (AASU) in 1968, the five... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
list began in 1955. The figures are only slightly better beyond the corner office. According to a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, a percentage... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 31 Jan 2018
- News
A Visible Example of What’s Possible
spas, in 1999. At San Francisco State’s College of Business, Oubre and her husband recently endowed the Linda and Nathaniel Oubre Leadership Scholarship for first-generation students of color. She also achieved another dream earlier this... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
Clubs News Clubs News Webinars Connect Black Alumni Taking Leadership in Turbulent Times Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, a shaky economy, and racial unrest across the country, the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
black leadership in April. Dozens of related events for prospective and current students as well as alumni have also been underway nationwide since last July. Ken Powell (MBA 1974) Ken Powell (MBA 1974) In... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond
of the Executive Leadership Council, a prestigious membership organization dedicated to developing an inclusive business leadership pipeline for top-level black executives. At... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
diversity strategies and advanced more than 8,000 people of color toward leadership positions, Rice writes that the first step is to define what constitutes racist behavior. He outlines three degrees: Racism in the first degree describes... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
Skydeck, Adams and Stewart speak with contributing host and fellow alum Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6) about the transformational opportunity that business has to engage women of color. READ MORE Chitra: Inclusive leadership has been something... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
The Road to Racial Equity
and expand the leadership pipeline. Employers play an important role in moving the needle on racial equity, Rice says. MLT is helping that effort with the creation a first-of-its kind certification program called the MLT View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
demonstrating both the breadth and depth of the desire for change, as well as the tremendous frustration that has been building up over a long period of time.” In her role as senior associate dean for Culture and Community, Hammond is a member of the School’s View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
Relations Division. During his time at Capital, in addition to launching the Blackhouse Foundation, Diamond joined the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), a prestigious membership organization of black board... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
actively pursued his white classmates. His first job after graduation was as an independent salesman in his native Washington, D.C., working for several firms serving the black community. In Washington, Fitzhugh helped to establish the... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
diverse leadership ecosystem. Valence, founded by Primus, is a membership network of more than 20,000 top Black professionals and over 200 corporate clients that connects companies with current directors and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Announces 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Honorees
(GMP 18, 2015) CEO and President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) COO and Treasurer, Ford Foundation Founder, Moms of Black Boys United Raymond J. McGuire (JD/MBA 1984) Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Antonis C.... View Details