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COVER FEATURE marketing to the Hispanic market. The division provided a bilingual and bi-cultural service to more than 2,000 policy owners without adding any fixed expenses or addiaddi tional head count. Lopez helped grow the company’s Hispanic sales by 28.9% in 2006 and 27.8% in 2007. In two years, Lopez increased Pan-American Life’s first year life sales in the Latin American market to $14 million of target premiums, up from $8 million. top100 Lisa Lloyd-Washington, 41 Brand Finance Director AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals University of Delaware Emerging Lloyd-Washington has spent 19 years in the pharmaceutical industry. In her current position, she works closely with the company’s vice president and brand team in working with the respiratory and cardiovascular markets. As brand director, Lloyd-Washington was responsible for working on Seroquel, which became the number-one prescribed atypical antipsychotic. She also had sole responsibility for the development and implementation of market strategies for federal and state governments, Medicaid, and Medicare, resulting in incremental revenue. top100 Fidel Marquez, 47 Vice President, External Affairs and Large Customer Services ComEd Northwestern University Executive top100 Lewis Paul Long, 42 Marketing Director Verizon Communications Harvard Business School Emerging Long manages a $500 million expense budget and develops integrated acquisition and retention marketing plans for Verizon’s $15 billion retail consumer segment, including FiOS TV, broadband, and wireless business. He also negotiates deals with national retailers to create retail distribution outlets for VoIP, broadband, and video services. His business unit has exceeded growth targets, achieving 104% of stretch businessplan and subscriber penetration goals. Long was a White House fellow during the Clinton administration, sits on the board of the Harlem Educational Activities Fund, and spent 13 years on the Greater Washington Urban League board. Marquez is responsible for the overall leadership and relationship management of the City of Chicago and more than 400 municipalities in Northern Illinois. Prior to his appointment, he served as vice president of transmission and subsub station operations. He also spent more than two years as senior vice president of electric transmission & distribution for the City Public Service in San Antonio, Texas. Marquez is a member of the boards of trustees of BUILD, Inc., Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, National Museum of Mexican Art, Luna Negra Dance Theater, and Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago. top100 Ruby McCleary, 48 Director, Supplier Diversity United Airlines Lindenwood College Emerging top100 June 2008 Top 1 0 0 Unde r 5 0 D i ve rse Le ade rs Eric Lopez, 37 Vice President, Key Accounts and National Hispanic Sales and Marketing National Life Group Tulane University Executive In 2006, Lopez implemented a Hispanic virtual marketing and service division within National Life to service Hispanic clients, train Hispanic agents and support agents McCleary, recently appointed to her current position at United Airlines, has 15 years of corporate experience, much of it in diversity. Before joining United, she helped formalize U.S. Cellular’s supplier diversity program. As director of supplier diversity at SBC, she gathered a successful track record in procurement, customer relationships and proposal management. McCleary taught a business seminar at the University of Wisconsin/Madison and is involved with the Chicago Minority Business Development Council. She also sits on the Elliott Donnelley Youth Centers board of directors. 35

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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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