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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 André M. Smith 36 Director, Staff Operations for President and CEO Sprint Nextel Corp. Wharton School of Business Emerging Smith leverages diverse experiences across Sprint to assist in brainstorming and strategic discusdiscus sions, ensuring that the president/ CEO is prepared for critical meetings and speaking engagements. Since joining the company in 1999, he has held management positions in product development, business development, marketing, sales operations, strategic alliances, and customer care. Smith was a charter member of Sprint’s Inclusion Council, where he collaborated with senior executives to shape Sprint’s inclusion strategy. His community activities include an appointment by the mayor of Kansas City as a commissioner for the Housing Authority of Kansas City. He is a graduate of the Centurions Leadership Program of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. top100 environmental and safety operations for Hess’s 70,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Port Reading, NJ and 22 petroleum storage facilities with a 32 million barbar rel total capacity. His other supervisory duties include trucking/traffic operaopera tions, terminal engineering and concon struction, and regulatory and environenviron mental compliance. Prior to working at Hess, he was a supply analyst for East of Suez products operations in Mobil Oil Corp.’s supply and trading department. top100 Kelvin Tang, 43 Vice President JPMorgan University of London Executive top100 John S. Smith, 39 Senior Director, Coworker Services CDW Corp. Ohio State University Emerging Smith is the lead HR generalist for CDW’s $9 billion sales organization, supporting executive leadership to deliver human capital and business growth strategies and organizational synergies. He is responsible for all aspects of HR strategy, talent develdevel opment and acquisition, organizaorganiza tion and human capital alignment, leadership development and mergers and acquisitions. He previously worked in various capacities at Ford Motor Co. and PepsiCo. He has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout his career, and has served as president of Oakland University’s Association of Black Students. Also, he is active in the World Vision organization and has remotely adopted a child in Ghana. Tang directs the development of Morgan’s financial and business analysis, including unit cost studies, off-shoring initiatives, operational capacity and efficiency analysis. He also coordinates the development of its MIS reporting system to support the gathering, analysis and preparaprepara tion of management information. This involves continuously assessing and developing MIS strategies, evaluating data requirements for operational studies, performance monitoring and analyses for regional and global projects. Tang manages a team of professional analysts for the preparation and analysis of performance metrics and financial reports on timely basis, and is responsible for the coaching and training of all subordinates. Constance Toliver, 44 Director, Department of Patient Relations John H. Stroger Hospital University of Illinois Emerging Toliver’s managerial responsibilities include collaborating with department heads and supervisupervi sors and governmental and pripri vate agencies for the daily enforceenforce ment of hospital-wide policies and procedures. As incident comcom mander, she also assumed leaderleader ship in situations involving events of internal and exterexter nal emergencies. She also developed and implemented all departmental protocols, procedures, and operational guidelines for a current staff of 20 stationed at various information desks to provide improved customer service. She serves on the board of the Society of Social Work Leadership in Healthcare. w w w. d ive r s it y mb a ma g a z in e. c o m top100 top100 Darius Sweet, 48 Vice President, Terminals and Refining Hess Corp. Columbia University Emerging Sweet joined Hess in 1989 and is currently responsible for the management of overall operations, including economic, 44 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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