PROFILES IN INNOVATION
PEOPLE AND EVENTS 2015 BLACK ENGINEER CREATES ANOTHER WINNING DESIGN
Welburn, 2015 Black Engineer of the Year. “What could be better than to have our new trophy
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created by one of the auto industry’s greatest designers,” said jury president Mark Phelan at the launch in December 2016. The trophy honors the most outstanding car, truck, and utility vehicle of the year. “The board, jury members, and sponsors are thrilled to
present this work of art to the year’s best vehicles, and there’s no doubt the winning automakers will display it with pride,” Phelan said. “The North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle awards are our industry’s most prestigious and highly desired. This new trophy gracefully embodies the style that has won automotive design a special place in the world of art.” S
THE STEWARDS GO HOLLYWOOD S
o far, Manchester by the Sea has received nominations for the Critics Choice Awards, Indie Spirit Award, and has also been applauded by Vogue Films to Watch and by the Wall Street Journal. It’s also got an Oscars nod by Goldderby. “Please allow a proud father to share some of the latest press coverage on my daughter
Kimberly's latest movie production,” wrote 2012 Black Engineer of the Year David Steward in an email to USBE. “She has been giving this production her all and her mother and I could not be more proud of the blessings the good Lord has bestowed upon her!” David L. Steward is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, Inc., one of the
largest African-American-owned businesses in America. For Kimberly Steward, president of K Period Media, producing her first movie—
Sundance Film Festival darling Manchester by the Sea—meant learning about the business, according to entertainment trade magazine, Variety. “It’s overwhelming, and I’m grateful,” Steward told Variety. If the movie lands a Best
Picture nod (which some say seems likely), Steward would be the second black woman— after Oprah Winfrey—to receive an Academy Award nomination as a producer, Variety said.” S
2006 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR RECOGNIZED AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK DIRECTORS
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GL Holdings, Inc. board of directors’ Linda R. Gooden was recog- nized by Savoy magazine as being among the most influential black directors in corporate America.
“We embrace diversity as a core company value and continuously strive
to strengthen it on our board, among our employees, and with our supplier base,” said Terry McCallister, chairman and CEO of WGL Holdings and Washington Gas. Linda R. Gooden has been a director of WGL Holdings since April
2013. Ms. Gooden sits on the boards of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., General Motors Co., and the Home Depot, Inc. In 2010 she was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. S
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he all-new North American Car of the Year trophy for the 2017 International Auto Show in Detroit on January 9 was created by retired General Motors design chief Ed
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