ALUMNI ON THE MOVE
TNG Consulting LLC has promoted Senior Supervising Consultant Tanyka M. Barber, J.D., ’98, to Partner. With her promotion, Barber becomes TNG’s practice leader for developing products and services for K–12 schools and districts, an expanding market for the company. Barber brought extensive experience in civil rights and equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance in higher education and K–12 settings to TNG when she joined the firm in 2019. Her earlier posts include Director, Diversity and EEO, and Title IX Coordinator at Morgan State University, and EEO Officer for the Baltimore County Public Schools. She began her career with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, where she rose from law clerk to Assistant General Counsel. Barber earned a Bachelor of Science in health education at MSU. Corporate tax lawyer Sabrina Bradley Conyers, ’99, has joined McGuireWoods’ Tax & Employee Benefits Department as a Partner in the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office. Conyers has more than 17 years of experience advising clients on domestic and international tax matters, including service as lead tax counsel, negotiator and facilitator for transactions valued at more than $2 billion. She came to McGuireWoods from the Charlotte office of Nelson Mullins, where she was a Partner in the tax and benefits practice, and previously was a Senior Manager at a Big Four accounting firm. Conyers has received numerous honors for her work, among them selection as a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer in 2021, for her role creating a first-of-its-kind community investment fund for Black and Latinx business owners on behalf of Invest Newark in partnership with New Jersey Community Capital. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications at Morgan.
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Alumni News Spring/Summer 2022
Ed Gainey, ’94, has been inaugurated as Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after a resounding victory with more than 70% of the vote in the November 2021 general election. Gainey left his longtime position as State Representative serving Pennsylvania’s 24th Legislative District to become Mayor and is the first African American to hold Pittsburgh’s top post. Gainey’s mayoral campaign promoted his advocacy for good union jobs, affordable housing, genuine public safety and a culture of inclusivity for the people of Pittsburgh. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Morgan. Randy Griffin, ’96, been appointed Commander in the Technical and Analytical Services Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District of Columbia. In his new post, he oversees all information technology services, as well as research and analytical services used to support innovative policing operations and public safety practices. Griffin had served the department as Commander for the Fourth District since March 2018, during which time the district had overall crime decreases for 2019, 2020 and 2021. He began his career with the MPD as a Fourth District patrol officer in 2001, five years after he received his Bachelor of Science in biology from Morgan. Over the course of his career, Cmdr. Griffin has received numerous trainings and certifications and has volunteered in his community as an AAU basketball coach and in other roles. Alicia B. Harvey-Smith, Ph.D., ’84, President of Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC), has received two recent recognitions for her outstanding work in her profession. The Pittsburgh Technology Council selected Dr. Harvey-Smith as its Tech 50 Outstanding CEO of the Year for 2021, and Smart Business 2021 chose her as a Pittsburgh Smart 50 Award honoree. The Smart 50 Awards recognize top executives in the Greater Pittsburgh region for their ability to build and lead successful organizations. Dr. Harvey-Smith has led PTC since April 2019. A learning-centered educator with 30 years of experience, she came to PTC from Lone Star College in Houston, Texas — one of the largest college systems in the country — where she had served as Executive Vice Chancellor since 2016. At PTC, she supports the institution’s foundational values to provide an immersive, careerfocused education. Dr. Harvey-Smith is the first African American to serve as President of the college. She earned her Bachelor of Science in business administration at Morgan.
