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COVER FEATURE Lilly in sales and marketing, including district sales manman ager, diabetes care brand leader, and regional sales direcdirec tor. He is the founder and coexecutor of the Gertrude Boone Foundation and sits on the alumni board of directors of the Connecticut School of Pharmacy. He volunteers his services to Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Indianapolis. top100 Keith T. Clinkscales, 44 Senior Vice President, Content Development and Enterprises ESPN Harvard University Executive Clinkscales was named to his current position at ESPN in 2007. Since then, he has launched a new ESPN incubator media lab designed to develop and create new sports-driven content for all ESPN media platforms. He also oversees ESPN Publishing, responsible for all operations including ESPN magazine, ESPN Books and ESPN Zones. Prior to joining ESPN, Clinkscales was the founding chairman and CEO of Vanguarde Media, which published HONEY, Heart & Soul and Savoy magazines. He is also the former CEO of Vibe magazine, and the treasurer of the Apollo Theater Foundation Board of Trustees. top100 Tabrina Davis, 44 Vice President, Communications ComEd University of Iowa Executive top100 Lamounte Coleman, 37 General Operations Manager United Stationers Inc. Loyola College of Maryland Emerging Coleman led his facility’s turnaround of its 2006 safety record. He also reduced operations expenses by .06% despite a 5% decline in sales. His facility was one of the top two in the small facility category, with best in class safety, quality, and cost. Coleman also started the “Clear the Cutter” campaign which helped clean up the facility and heighten associates’ safety awareness. An Army veteran who served in Desert Storm and Operation Just Cause, he also helped reduce his facility’s injury rate by 50% when he worked as an assistant general operations manager in Baltimore. Davis led the communications campaign that helped ComEd achieve a successful transition to electric competition, including protecting its corporate reputation and customer satisfaction ratings during a challenging multi-year debate over rates. She was also credited with directing the rebuilding of ComEd’s image following high profile outages in 1999. She was promoted to her current position from director of communications of ComEd, during which she served as director of communications for Exelon Energy Delivery. Davis has served on the boards of the Public Relations Society of Chicago and the Black Public Relations Society of Chicago, and is a member of the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center. top100 Gerald K. Delk, 46 Senior Manager Vanguard Clark Atlanta University Emerging top100 June 2008 Top 1 0 0 Unde r 5 0 D i ve rse Le ade rs Javan Collins, 41 CBD Leader, Prasuqel Eli Lilly and Co. Columbia University Emerging Collins became the global brand development leader for Lilly’s cardiovascular drug Prasugrel in 2006. He began his career at the firm in 1992 as a retail sales representative in Connecticut. Since then, he has held several leadership positions at Delk provides strategic planning, development and delivery of retirement education semisemi nars and counseling to 1,800 institutional clients with assets totaling more than $350 billion. His group successfully delivered more than 7,500 meetings in 2007 on topics ranging from plan enrollment to asset allocation to estate planning, via face-to-face meetings and webinars. Education sessions have contributed to increased enrollments and increased awareness of retirement planning strategies. Delk’s civic 27

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Diversity MBA Magazine - Summer 2008 Contents Letters to the Editor In Your Own Hands Editor's View Find Your Power Voice Business Briefs Off the Shelf The Fourth Annual Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Corporate Executives Negotiation: The Art of Persuasion or Zero Sum Game? Career Planning for Tomorrow's Hispanic Workforce Who's Who In Diversity Entrepreneur Profile: Anita Santiago: Doing It Her Way Businesses that Keep On Giving Rising Sun Going Global: Will An International Assignment Benefit Your Career Work-Life Balance and the C-Suite: An Oxymoron? A Call to Save Travel: Off the Beaten Path - Chile Drawing the Line – Latin Art Exhibit The New Taste of Latin Cuisine American Sabor: Exhibit Highlights Latino Influence in Pop Music Crafting Specialized Business Degrees Latest MBA Salary Suggests MBA Is A Safe Haven Gadgets & Gizmos Gone Phishing – How Scammers Mine Private Data From Web Surfers Advertiser's Index The Meaning of Sanctuary

Diversity MBA Magazine - Summer 2008

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