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Vol. 40 • No. 18 • Thurs., May 13, 2021 - Wed., May 19, 2021 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 75¢
Milwaukee's Black Corporate Leaders
Kenneth Robertson
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Reginald Newson
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater MKE
Kathy Thornton-Bias
Chris Miskel Versiti
Raynetta Hill
Jasmine Johnson
Ascension
CommonBond Communities
Ashley Price
Chandra Rodgers
iHeart Media
Eric Conley
Franklin E. Cumberbatch
Grady Crosby
Nick Walls
Kevin Anderson
Adonica Randall
Froedtert Hospital
Northwestern Mutual
Bade Philanthropies, Inc.
Old National Bank
Johnson Controls
Abaxent, LLC
Associated Bank
WI Community Services, Inc.
Generation Growth Capital
Cory Nettles
Darren Fisher
SPEARity
Erin L. Henry, PhD. YWCA Southeast WI
Elmer Moore, Jr. Scale Up Milwaukee
Joe'Mar Hooper Safe & Sound
Karen Nelson Rogers Behavioral Health
Kelly Carter Community Care, Inc.
Ken Goodnight Navitus
Callan LLC
Kofi Short Diverse & Resilient
Mark Thomas American Red Cross
Nina Johnson U.S. Bank
Otis Winstead Great Lakes Dryhootch
Panther Workforce Solutions
Ronald Adams Northwestern Mutual
Sherrice Harrell Community Care, Inc.
Ulice Payne, Jr. Addison-Clifton
Warren Buliox MWH Law Group LLP
Willie Smith Northwest Side Community Dev. Corp.
Baird
Shaneé Jenkins
YMCA of Metropolitan MKE
Seandra Mitchell
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Clarence Johnson
Kevin Joy
Randall Harlan
After years of talking about diversity, the number of black leaders at US companies is still dismal True corporate diversity can't be achieved unless it's reflected at the top. And given the persistent dearth of black professionals in power roles at major companies, corporate America has a
long way to go. There's growing awareness of the need for diversity at all levels of the workplace -- not just because giving equal opportunities to all is the right thing to do, but
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because it helps companies better innovate and compete as US demographics and consumer habits change. Yet numerous studies show the number of black professionals on boards and in
C-suite roles range from not great to dismal. Companies are not required to disclose the race and ethnicity of their C-suites and boards, so the statistics that do exist are
often collected by hand or extrapolated from surveys. Here's a sampling of what we know from a variety of sources. (Continued on pg. 6)
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