Karen Eubanks Jackson, Founder/CEO of Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) is recognized nationally as a true visionary and leader in the African American breast cancer movement and a 21-year breast cancer survivor. Sisters Network is the nation’s only African American breast cancer survivorship organization. Jackson continues to lead Sisters Network’s nationwide effort to focus the spotlight…
Justina Mann is Assistant Director of Procurement and Supply Chain Management for the Houston Airport System. She directs alignment with procurement and supply chain management by understanding and communicating customer (business unit) needs and requirements throughout the organization. Her primary role is to develop, interpret and execute procurement policies and processes, as well as identify…
Dr. Lacey Brooks is the Houston Regional Manager of Hearing Aid Express, Inc., one of the largest privately owned hearing aid providers in the State of Texas. Dr. Brooks has been with the company for more than five years and is responsible for managing six clinics in the Houston area while seeing a full patient…
Dr. Joanie Y. Hare is a physician at Houston Perinatal Associates in Houston, Texas. After receiving her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Dr. Hare completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and her fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia….
Dr. Docia L. Rudley, an attorney and educator, currently serves as Executive Director for Academic Assessment at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University. Dr. Rudley graduated with high honors from Michigan State University and attended law school at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. She was previously a member of the faculty…
As host and producer of the new Houston-based television show, “Thryv360,” CleRenda McGrady is excited to share her voice and platform on what matters most to her: Faith, Family and Community! CleRenda brings her fun, hip and trendy style fused with inspirational, informational and educational topics that will captivate, excite and motivate viewers! “Thryv360” prides…
Carrie Poole was born in Greenville, Miss. She attended Mississippi Valley State University and was a member of Alpha Chi, Alpha Kappa Mu and Sigma Tau Delta National College Honor societies. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Journalism. Upon graduation, she became the first…
Carlecia D. Wright is the Director for the City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity. In this role, she has led the city’s supplier diversity and small business programs; helping facilitate historical accomplishments, including the award of over $1 billion to small, minority and women-owned businesses under the administration of Mayor Annise D. Parker. She…
Betty Young has dedicated her life to service of others through her career in higher education. She most recently served as President of Houston Community College Coleman College for Health Sciences. A priority from her first day in 2009, she began planning for the expansion of the college, which has grown from 1,400 students to…
Dr. Alison Scott Cuillier is a native Houstonian who knew at the age of 12 that her career calling would be dentistry. Since 2002, both she and her team of dental professionals have served many patients at her practice, which is located in Houston’s Third Ward/Midtown/ Museum District. A graduate of the University of Texas…