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This is an exciting issue. Okay, it is my job to always think Tyrone D Taborn | Publisher &
Editorial Director
so, but trust me I am an editor. On the inside, you’ll read about
Jean Hamilton | President and CF O
compelling individuals from a spectrum of powerful positions
Ken Miller | Chief Operating Officer
Robert Ingram | Associate Publisher &
in public private, and nonprofi t organizations, as well as job tips,
VP of Strategic Initiatives
Miller J Roberts, III | Chief of Staff
HBCU campus news, and which Web site has $10,000 waiting
for you.
EDITORIAL
Frank McCoy | Editor-in-Chief
Our feature story focuses on the highest-ranking black of-
Lango Deen | Senior Editor
Carolyn M Brown | Contributing Editor
fi cers in the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, and
MV Greene | Contributing Editor
Roger Witherspoon | Contributing Editor
National Guard, and members of the Senior Executive Service
Derek Reveron | Contributing Editor
in the homeland security and defense sector. And on our cover is
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Stephen W. Rochon, a retired rear admiral who cares for the First
Sherley Petit-Homme | Art Director
Family and the White House
CONFERENCE AND EVENTS
Recha Bullock | Director of Conference &
The martial theme continues with profi les of two admirals.
Events
Currently, Rear Admiral Michelle Howard is the senior military
Ana Bertrand | Conference Coordinator
Kayenecha Daugherty | Employer and Campus
assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. In 2009, she will become
Outreach Coordinator
Eula Gautreaux | Employer and Campus
the fi rst black woman to command a Navy battle group. Her Outreach Coordinator
blue water colleague, Vice Admiral Melvin “Mel” Williams, Jr.,
Brittany Wilson | Conference & Events
Coordinator/Registrar
commander, US Second Fleet, is second generation Navy. His
FINANCE
father, Melvin Williams Sr. joined the service after President Stanley Levin | Credit Manager
Harry Truman banned discrimination in the military sixty years
ADMINISTRATION
ago. Decades later, the elder Williams retired from the Navy as
Jack Lo | System Administrator
Lucille Kennedy | Sales Administrator/
command master chief of a destroyer tender. Coordinator
Jay Albritton | Editorial Assistant
You’ll also meet some of the top blacks in positions that
SALES & MARKETING
place great premium on science, technology, engineering, and
Antonio M . Watson, Sr. | Vice President of Sales
math skills. In their ranks are notable individuals who added an
Diane T Jones | Director of Development
Richard Butler | Senior Account Executive
MBA to their STEM degrees, excel in information technology,
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the new Administration faces in its quest to upgrade the nation’s
infrastructure, why two historically black schools may merge
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with majority-white institutions, and which occupations are
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