Urban Call Briefs Eunice Mosley Dudley Eunice M. Dudley, Co-Founder of the DudleyQ+ brand, is one of the world’s most sought after African-American female business leaders. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the Dudley Beauty School System. Eunice Mosley was born in Selma, Alabama. She is the seventh of nine children born to Andrew M. Mosley, Sr. and Eva O. Murdoch Mosley. At a very early age she exhibited a “creative spirit” and a deep desire to learn. She got her start as a teenager in the beauty industry selling Fuller Products door-to-door in Brooklyn, New York while a student at Talladega College. It was at this Fuller branch in the summer of 1960 that she met Joe L. Dudley, Sr.; both were selling Fuller Products during the summer to earn their college tuition money. They married in 1961 and both began working for Fuller Products full-time in 1962. By 1976, Joe L. Dudley, Sr. and Eunice Dudley had early success in the beauty industry and helped to develop a sales force of more than 400, a beauty school and a chain of beauty supply stores located throughout the Southeast. Dudley Products was deemed an entrepreneurial success. Eunice Dudley is an award winning building designer. The design, planning and building of Dudley Products, Inc.’s new manufacturing and home office facility in Kernersville, North Carolina were personally supervised by Dr. Dudley. These efforts earned her The Energy Efficient Building Award presented by Energy User News and the ASHRAE Technology Award, an International Award given for second place in recognizing outstanding achievements in design and operation of energy-efficient buildings. Over the past 40 years through dedication, hard work and persistence, she has helped take the DudleyQ+ Brand from very humble beginnings to a respected and world-renowned position in the beauty industry. She helped the company make the transition to the second generation of leadership. In June 2008, Joe and Eunice restructured the Dudley conglomerate and turned over all day-to-day responsibilities over to their daughter, Ursula Dudley Oglesby who began Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC. In 2009, Joe L. Dudley, Sr. and Eunice Dudley were featured in a national movie, “Good Hair,” a Chris Rock documentary about the hair care industry. Eunice Dudley is the mother of 3 children, all of whom are very active in business. Mrs. Eunice M. Dudley is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of The Dudley Beauty School System. Son Joe Jr., holds undergraduate and MBA degrees from Northwestern University and is an author and entrepreneur. Daughter Ursula is a graduate of Harvard University Law School and a classmate of President Barack Obama. Youngest daughter, Genea Dudley Gidey is a graduate of Duke University’s MBA Program and operates spa locations in Greensboro, Kernersville, Burlington and High Point, NC under the Balance Day Spa name. Eunice Dudley has one grandson, Mark Oglesby, Jr. Eunice Dudley is a woman of faith who survived her own personal battle with breast cancer. Today she is strongly committed to helping other women who have been diagnosed with this disease. Eunice Dudley strongly believes in giving back to the community. She frequently volun48
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teers her time, money and resources to various boards and organizations. Some of her community service includes: • Board Member for the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (Gate City Housing board) • Financial Secretary for Greater Greensboro/Reidsville club of NANPBW • United Negro College Fund contributor • Former member of Bennett College Board of Trustees, NCA&T Board of Trustees • Former member of Providence Baptist Church Board of Trustees & Co. • Direct Selling Education Foundation Board She is the recipient of numerous awards including: • The Ollie Chinn Porter Award from The National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. [2014] • The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award [North Carolina 2014] • Carolina Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, Class of 2013 from McColl School of Business, Queen’s College • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Bennett College [1991] • NAAWLI Legacy of Leadership [2008] • The Athena Award from the Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce • The Crystal Award from the NANBPW Clubs, Inc. • Co-Winner of The Kernersville First Citizens of The Year Award [1993]
Vivián Joiner and Chef Stephanie Tyson Over the past 11 years a flock of noted celebrities, business leaders and entertainers have all made an odyssey to dine at Sweet Potatoes including: the late Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, R&B singers and song writers; Dr. Maya Angelou, Author, Poet and actress; Kem (Kemistry); Rev. Al Sharpton; Congressman Mel Watts; Angela Bassett; Andie McDowell; Forrest Whitaker; Natalie Dupree; Bobby and Jamie Deen; Common; Sherman Hemsley; Kim Fields; Melba Moore and James Avery; Susan Taylor, Essence Magazine Editor In Chief Emeritus; Joe Dudley, Beauty Care Products Founder and Author; Larry Leon Hamlin, Founder of National Black Theater Festival; and MSNBC’s TV Host and Wake Forest professor,