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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Dannelle Walker Whiteside

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Dannelle Walker Whiteside-General Counsel Dannelle Walker Whiteside currently serves as General Counsel for Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN where she leads the APSU Office of Legal Affairs and serves as secretary for the University’s Board of Trustees. She has worked extensively in the areas of education law and policy and has dedicated her career to promoting equal access to education. Ms. Whiteside previously served as General Attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, in Philadelphia, PA where she reviewed, evaluated, and resolved complex and sensitive cases ranging from sexual violence to disability discrimination, in both the elementary and postsecondary [...]

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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Laquita Stribling

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Laquita Stribling Over the last two decades, Laquita Stribling has worked her way up from entry-level associate to senior vice president at Ranstad USA. Laquita is now responsible for four districts and nine offices across three states, approximately 1,500 employees and over $40 million in revenue. In addition to her impressive career, Laquita has been extremely influential in her community. Her passion to give her time to community service is driven by the scripture: “To whom much is given, much is required.” Laquita pays it forward every day. She sees the work she does at Randstad to be a ministry. It's very rewarding to help [...]

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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Yolanda S. Greene

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Yolanda S Greene Yolanda Greene serves as Rutherford County Market President with First Tennessee Bank. Yolanda shares more than 18- years of banking and leadership experience. Spending all of her career serving the Rutherford County and Tennessee Market, Yolanda has held various roles within the Commercial, Business Bank, Credit and Community Segments. Greene’s expertise and experience with multiple lines of business, allows her to provide local leadership and delivery to the Rutherford County Market through supporting commercial, consumer and community segments with Reliable, Relationship and Relevant Banking. Yolanda is an alumni of Leadership Rutherford and has been honored as the 2017 Nashville Business Journal 40 [...]

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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Cassandra Wray

Click To Here Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading African Americans Cassandra Wray Cassandra Blakely Wray affectionately known as “Sandy Wray” whether standing in as Mistress of Ceremonies or endeavoring a speaking engagement, Sandy Wray is a highly motivated, community driven lifelong resident of Franklin, TN. A 1975 graduate of Franklin High School, she attended MTSU where she was a member of the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society. After leaving MTSU, she was employed an an Accounting Clerk for Bellsouth/AT&T that spanned a 35 year long career. After retirement in 2010, Sandy was gainfully employed by the Williamson County Government, where she currently is a Deputy with the Election Commission. She is charged with the duty [...]

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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Charnequa A. Kennedy

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading African Americans Charnequa A Kennedy Charnequa Austin Kennedy has been a counseling professional for 10 years with experience in the school and clinical setting. She currently serves as the Vice President for Integrated Behavioral Health and therapist for Ross Behavioral Group. Committed to supporting individuals with achieving goals that allow them to experience wellness and life balance, Ms. Kennedy understands that each person has times when life stressors or challenges can be less overwhelming with the assistance of counseling. Prior to working full-time for Ross Behavioral Group, Ms. Kennedy supported the academic success and social-emotional well-being of school-aged children in Williamson County Schools as a counselor. Ms. [...]

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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Teresa Burns

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading African Americans Teresa Burns Mrs. Burns was born in Nashville, Tennessee March 31, 1963. She graduated from Glencliff High School where she was voted “Most likely to succeed”. She attended Nashville State Technical College where she received degree in Computer Accounting. Her spiritual education began at St. Paul AME in Ashland City, Tennessee. After family changes, at the age of 12, she attended Progressive Baptist then moved on to Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church where she found her gift in developing and implementing youth programs; one of which is Precious Pearls which is still going on to this day. Mrs. Burns’ professional development began at MeHarry Medical [...]

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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Sonya Johnson

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading African Americans Sonya Johnson Sonya Johnson has been serving the Williamson County community over 13 years. Sonya was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Jackson State University and a M.P.A. from Indiana State University in Public Administration. Sonya moved to Nashville in 1999 after completing an appointed term as a Mayor’s Fellow with the City of Indianapolis, Indiana. While residing in Nashville, she continued to work in the nonprofit sector with the Brentwood YMCA school-age program, then as a Community Organizer / Lobbyist and later accepted the position of Kindergarten Teacher in 2002 at Faith Christian Development Center. She [...]

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WilliamsonBusiness.Com 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Pastor Bryant Herbert

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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Harry L. Allen

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Harry L Allen Studio Bank Harry L. Allen, is co-founder and chief relationship officer of Studio Bank (In Organization), a new boutique bank serving Nashville and opening later in 2018. As a co-founder, Mr. Allen has been integral in the formation stage of the bank including recruiting members of the executive team, board of directors, and initial investors of the new bank, helping raise $40 million in start-up capital. Mr. Allen will serve as the Bank’s lead business development officer, supporting and representing the Bank’s commercial lending line of business and informing and shaping the Bank’s approach to relationship management. Mr. Allen will manage the [...]

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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Dr. DeAundra Jenkins-Holder

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Dr DeAundra Jenkins-Holder -The Dream Dr. DeAundra Jenkins-Holder is a native Nashvillian and a career educator with 25 years of service as a teacher, principal and professor. She earned a B.A. from Fisk University, and M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota, an Ed.S. and Ed.D. from Tennessee State University. She began her career in 1993, as the first and only African-American teacher in districts in Minnesota, and subsequently in Utah as well, before returning home to Nashville. She taught high school English and Afro-American studies at Hunters Lane High School, then she became Dean of Students at Maplewood High School. For the next three years, [...]

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