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1943
1992
2002
Elizabeth King Personal: Celebrated 103rd birthday Jan. 31, 2021.
Juvonda S. Hodge Professional: Appointed to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
Philathia Bolton Professional: Earned tenure and was promoted to associate professor of English at The University of Akron.
Deirdre Pierce Pate Professional: Elected to the school board serving Atlanta/DeKalb County, Georgia.
Monica Johnson-Lawson Professional: Became the first Black woman chaplain colonel in the U.S. Army.
1979
1993
Erin Harper Professional: Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
1971
Mayela Allen Professional: Promoted to executive director of the American Cancer Society.
1980 Patricia Wilson Aden Professional: Named president and CEO of The Blues Foundation.
1984 Personal: Christel Jones received the Whitney M. Young Service Award from the Atlanta Area Council and Boy Scouts of America.
1986 Alysa Story Professional: Began teaching as a professor of motion media design at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
1987
Gretchen Cook-Anderson, Professional: Named associate vice president/assistant to the president for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism at IES Abroad. Maricia Bennekin-Woodham Professional: Promoted to supervisory administrative judge (Washington field office) at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
1995 Kettisha Jones Education: Earned a doctorate in education from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas.
1996 Schnavia Hatcher Professional: Appointed dean of University of Alabama School of Social Work.
2003 Meagan E. Garland Professional: Was promoted to firm partnership with Duane Morris LLP.
2005 Jennifer Ballard Croft Professional: Hired as chief legal and HR officer at INTREN, one of the country’s largest women-owned utility specialty companies. Birth: Daughter, Caris Alexandria Croft. Benika Dixon Education: Earned a doctorate in epidemiology and environmental health from Texas A&M University School of Public Health.
2008 Allison Henderson-Brooks Professional: Selected as the first assistant director of Student Life for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
Stacy Thompson Speare-Hardy Professional: Promoted by KeyBank to senior vice president, West and Midwest Regional Corporate Responsibility manager.
Libya Doman Professional: Named the 2020 Virginia Art Educator of the Year and elementary Art Educator of the Year by the Virginia Art Education Association.
1988
1997
Candace D. Stoakley Professional: Awarded the UIC Janice Watkins Award for Distinguished Civil Service.
Nikki Harland Professional: Named president of the retail division of Paradies Lagardère, a leading airport retailer and restaurateur.
1989
2000
2012
Monica Purdy Professional: Elected presiding judge of the 95th State Civil District Court in Dallas County, Texas, becoming the first African American in the court’s 100-year history.
Tarayn Caudle Professional: Named program director for Management Academy of the Leadership Greater Huntsville team.
Kelly Harper Professional: Named manager of external affairs at Marietta City Schools.
1991 Tacita A. Mikel Scott Professional: Elected to the management committee at Wong Fleming, a minority and women-owned law firm with a number of national offices. 72
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Andreá Williams Professional: Appointed the new director of The Women’s Place at The Ohio State University.
Remi Onifade Professional: Opened Benchmark Physical Therapy in Ellenwood, Georgia.
2010 Brittnee Gauthier Birth: Son born in Redwood City, California.
2017 Cristy Jones Professional: Named career coach at Agnes Scott College.
