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To p 10 0 Un d e r 5 0 D i v e r s e E x e c u t i v e s As manager, Langston oversaw the number-one sales team in the region for Schering-Plough and achieved an objective of turning depreciating assets into $30 milmil lion of incremental revenue by developing strategic new-product and sales methods. He also grew market share to 29.1% from 14.3% in one year, claiming 8.1 percentage points in a single month. Langston also captured $800,000 in corporate funding by creating alliances with Kraft, Bacardi, and others. He is the former director of chapter relations and membership for the National Black MBA Association. making diversity a business dialogue. Leatherberry serves on Deloitte’s U.S. board of directors, and is a member of the U.S. Firms’ Partner and Director Candidacy and Director Advisory Committees. top100 Connie Lindsey, 50 Executive Vice President, Group Head, Public Entities and Institutions Northern Trust Corp. University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee Executive Shawn Lawson-Cummings, 44 Senior Vice Pres., international licensing United Media University of Virginia Executive Cummings responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of United Media’s international licensing business, which includes operations in Japan, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She reports directly to the company’s presipresi dent and CEO. Prior to joining United, Cummings was vice president, international licensing and sponsorship of Major League Baseball International. She was responsible for all aspects of Major League Baseball’s international licensing operations and corporate sponsorship, as well as marketing relationships for business development. top100 Lindsey heads Northern Trust’s Public Entities and Institutions segment in the Corporate and Institutional Services Business Unit. Joining the company in 1993, she was previously direcdirec tor of enterprise relationship management within worldwide operations and technology and deputy business unit head, responsible for oversight of the finance, strategic planning, and business recovery functions. A certified cash manager, Lindsey also was a senior vice president of Northern Trust’s Personal Financial Services unit, responsible for community, personal, and business banking in Illinois. Her outside activities include serving as a board member of the Joffrey Ballet, Girl Scouts, Women Employed, and Metropolitan Club of Chicago. top100 Tonie Leatherberry, 47 Principal Deloitte, Consulting LLP Northeastern University Executive Vicki Lins, 44 Senior V.P., Marketing and Communications Comcast Cable University of Southern California Executive Lins oversees marketing, including brand strategy, adveradver tising, public relations, public affairs, promotions, creative services, and internal and exterexter nal communications for ComCom cast Spotlight, the firm’s adveradver tising sales division. She ensures consistency in the company’s marketing efforts by leading a vertical marketing initiative between corporate and the field, encompassing the 70-plus markets Comcast Spotlight serves. She has served of the board of Women in Cable & Telecommunications and is a recipient of the group’s Betsy Magness Leadership Fellowship. She previously served on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. top100 Leatherberry is a principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s strategy and operations pracprac tice. As chairperson of its Diversity and Inclusion ComCom mittee, she also participates and advocates the organizaorganiza tion’s Women’s Initiative, servserv ing as principal architect and champion for the advancement of women of color, Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the Executive Leadership Council. Through her leadership, Deloitte is achieving recognition for its efforts to provide career opportunities to diverse talent and success with 34 w w w. d ive r s it y mb a ma g a z in e. c o m http://www.diversitymbamagazine.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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