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COVER Evans is responsible for WellPoint’s businesses in California, Nevada, and Colorado. He also worked as part of WellPoint’s Uninsured Innovation Team, which handles developing marmar keting approaches to decrease the number of uninsured resiresi dents in the U.S. His department also focuses on ensuring regulatory compliance in relation to underwriting and Sarbanes-Oxley testing, and provides budgeting/planning support and financial analysis for various individual businesses. Previously, Evans was responsible for WellPoint’s California Hispanic and early retirement initiatives. He also developed www.nuestrobien.com, a destination website for the Hispanic community. FEATURE and implementing business strategies that increase customer satisfaction, drive profitable growth and expand market share. In 2000, Foster was elected national president and CEO of the National Association of Black Accountants Inc. He assists Clorox’s networking strategies in the San Francisco Bay Area to form strategic alliances to increase the overall diversity talent pool at the company. He also serves as treasurer on the board of directors of the Museum of the African Diaspora. top100 Laura Gale, 49 V.P., Content Management/Publication United Stationers Inc. University of Illinois Emerging top100 Cyril Ffolkes, 40 Vice President, Regional Sales Manager Shell Oil Co. Long Island University Emerging Ffolkes leads a 130-employee business unit to grow and develop Western region markets for B2C business while managmanag ing 13 direct sales managers and working with Shell distributors. Responsible for sustaining and growing a customer base of $120 million in revenue, Ffolkes’ management duties include achieving targets for volume, revenue, profit, expenses and Business Development Fund management. Over 15 years, Ffolkes has worked for Eastman Kodak, Nike, Verizon Wireless, and Bank of America. Before joining Shell, he was senior vice president of sales at Bank of America Los Angeles. Ffolkes is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association and an active member of the Big Brother Association and Inroads. Prior to her current position, Gale was senior vice president and led the national sales orgaorga nization for Prinexus, a comcom pany that provides print, online, and electronic marketing comcom munication services. Before joining Prinexus, she was vice president of production technology in the Global Production and Manufacturing Group of International Thomson Publishing, a division of the $7 billion Thomson Corp. She led the team that created the central digital asset repository for the company and was responsible for developing strategic plans and defining practical applications for production and manufacturing technologies across all International Thomson companies worldwide. top100 David Anthony Garcia, 38 Executive Director of Business Affairs Disney ABC Cable Networks Group Loyola University School of Law Emerging top100 Erby L. Foster Jr., 48 Director, Diversity & Inclusion Clorox Co. University of Southern California Emerging Foster advises senior Clorox management and its board of directors on diversity strategy and employment-branding initiatives and manages employee resource groups. He is a CPA with 15 years of experience creating Garcia functions in a dual role as a network and studio negotiator for original and acquired programming for ABC Family, overseeing such projects as Kyle XY and Geek, and a talent-agreement negotiator for writers, actors, directors and producers for the development and production of original programming, live-action, animated, and reality-based pilots and series, made-for-TV movies, and specials. He joined Disney in 2006 as executive director of business affairs. He recently negotiated and closed two key series for ABC Family, Middleman and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. 29 http://www.nuestrobien.com

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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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