Black MBA - Winter 2007/2008 - (Page 42) RELEVANCE Staying Current, Creative and Credible FRIDAY The plenary session, “Relevance – Distinction or Extinction?” featured Judge Glenda Hatchett moderating a discussion between NBMBAA ® President & CEO Barbara L. Thomas and Dr. Randall Pinkett, chairman and CEO of BCT Partners and season four winner of “The Apprentice with Donald Trump.” The discussion was followed by the presentation of the NBMBAA/Wells Fargo Entrepreneur Excellence Award, which went to Corey Bell, CEO and co-founder of Round Rock, Texas-based TriFusion. The growing influence and impact of entrepreneurship carried on during Friday’s “Relevance – Staying Current, Creative and Credible”: luncheon, where Brian Moynihan, President of Global Wealth and Investment Management, Chair of Global Diversity and Inclusion Council for Bank of America, shared that most of Bank of America’s wealthiest clients have derived their wealth through entrepreneurial endeavors. 1 2 SATURDAY Attendees were up early for the 5K Fun Run/Walk before the NBMBAA® Awards Ceremony, hosted by renowned actors Phylicia Rashad and Clifton Powell, elegantly closed the conference events, celebrating a slew of influential figures in the business world such as David Robinson, son of the late baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and Harris Rosen, President & COO of Rosen Hotels & Resort, among others. 3 42 BlackMBA • Winter 2007/2008 • www.nbmbaa.org w.nbmbaa.org 4 http://www.nbmbaa.org
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