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West Basin Board Of Directors Elect Officers For 2016

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 4, 2016

At the January board meeting, the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors elected Director Carol W. Kwan to serve as its board president and Director Harold C. Williams to serve as its board vice president for 2016. Directors Scott Houston and Donald L. Dear were named board treasurer and board secretary, respectively. Director Gloria D. Gray, who previously served as the board president, was named immediate past president. “I am honored to be elected by my board to serve as West Basin’s board president,” said Kwan. “I look forward to working with my fellow board members

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Pathways to Corporate Boards: An Educational Leadership Series

Sentinel News ServiceSeptember 23, 2015

Avenues leading to corporate board membership can look like a maze to those without guidance from experienced mentors, so the African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI) invited a premier panel of experts to illuminate a number of “Pathways to Corporate Boards” as part of its Educational Leadership Series, at a September 16 workshop in the California Community Foundation’s Joan Palevsky Center. Sharing knowledge and best practices with a packed audience of professionals were Larry Taylor, Ph.D., chairman of the board, The Creighton Group (moderator); Anita DeFrantz, Esq., trustee, Western Asset Premier Bond Fund; Bonnie Hill, Ed.D., president, B. Hill Enterprises,

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WEST BASIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 2015

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 24, 2015

On Dec. 22, 2014, the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors elected Gloria D. Gray to serve as its board president and Carol W. Kwan to serve as its board vice president for 2015. Newly elected Harold C. Williams and Scott Houston will serve as the board treasurer and board secretary, respectively. Their combined leadership will help guide West Basin’s initiatives to provide a safe and reliable future supply of high-quality water to its communities. “I am honored to serve as West Basin’s board president and guide the new board to ensure we have local water

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OST Opens Institute for Black Pastoral Leadership

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 3, 2013

Oblate School of Theology (OST), a 110-year-old Catholic graduate theology school in San Antonio, TX, has opened the Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership. Under the leadership of Sister Addie Lorraine Walker, SSND, PhD, the Institute welcomes candidates from all Christian denominations and will offer master’s and doctoral degrees with a concentration in African American studies. The institute’s interdisciplinary categories cover black church history, black biblical studies, black theologies, sociology of black religion, contemporary issues in the black church, African American Christian social ethics, African American Christian education, black church worship and nurture, black preaching and social justice. The

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President Obama Names New Leadership to the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Valerie Jarrett Special to the SentinelSeptember 20, 2013

Dr. Ivory Toldson Dr. George Cooper It is an exciting day at the White House, and across the country, as President Obama names two dynamic new leaders to head the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Dr. George Cooper will begin this week as the Initiative’s Executive Director, and Dr. Ivory Toldson will serve as Deputy Director. The task at hand for Dr. Cooper and Dr. Toldson is to lead a team, stretched across 32 federal agencies, corporate entities, and philanthropic organizations, to work together in strengthening the capacity of over 100 HBCUs, as they strive

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African American Speakers of the California

Sentinel News ServiceApril 29, 2010

Karen Bass Herb J. Wesson, Jr. Willie L. Brown, Jr. Office of the Speaker African American Speakers of the California Â LegendsBy Yussuf J. SimmondsAfrican American Speakers of the California Assembly Even though these three individuals–Karen Bass, Herb J. Wesson, Jr. and Willie L. Brown–have demonstrated an array of possibilities throughout their public service careers, this narrative will focus primarily on their time in the California Legislature as Speakers of the Assembly. It is often stated that the Speaker of the California Assembly is the second most powerful position in the state.Though the Honorable Karen Bass was the third African

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Rep. Donald M. Payne elected board chair of CBCF, Inc.

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 5, 2010

Rep. Donald M. Payne Â Â REP. DONALD M. PAYNE ELECTED BOARD CHAIR OF CBCF, INC. New Slate of Officers and Rep. Andre Carson as Board Member Also Announced WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) Board of Directors has elected Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey as board chairman. Rep. Payne succeeds former chair Rep. Kendrick B. Meek who resigned from the Board to focus attention on his campaign for U.S. Senator. Rep. Payne has served in Congress since 1989 and serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and

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Dr. Xernona Clayton Joins Board of CDU

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 5, 2009

Famed civil rights leader and broadcast pioneer joins the Board of Trustees of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Dr Xernona Clayton, civil rights leader, broadcaster and the founder, president and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, which holds a prestigious event each year highlighting primarily African American accomplishments, has joined the board of trustees of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. Dr. Susan Kelly, CDU's President and CEO, announced the new appointment at a reception–attended also by basketball great Earvin "Magic" Johnson-following last week's board meeting, Dr. Clayton's first. "Xernona Clayton got her start in the midst

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Mervyn M. Dymally Named Director of New Urban Health Institute at CDU

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 1, 2009

Respected Federal, State Legislator to Head one of the University's Health Care Initiatives for Undeserved Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) has named Merviyn M. Dymally, respected former California Assemblyman, Senator, Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Congressman to head the school's new Urban Health Institute. "The University has always been fortunate to have the unfailing support of Mervyn Dymally, and now we have the added benefit of his day-to-day leadership in a much-needed role focusing on health care inequities," said CDU President Susan Kelly. "In addition to his directorship of the Urban Health Institute, he will assist me

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