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State Senator Eric H. Kearney, President's Luncheon Senator Eric H. Kearney serves as the Senator for Ohio’s 9th District. A life-long Cincinnatian, he is a graduate of St. Xavier High School and earned a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College. He received his J. D. from the University of Cincinnati... Read More → |
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Former Houston Mayor Lee Brown, President's Award Honoree Capping a career of public service dedicated to law enforcement, Dr. Lee P. Brown was elected Mayor of the City of Houston on December 6, 1997, sworn in on January 2, 1998; and reelected in 1999 and again in 2001. During his three terms in... Read More → |
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Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, Energy Working Session Hilda Pinnix-Ragland is Vice President-Corporate Public Affairs for Progress Energy, a Fortune-500 electric utility company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. In that role, Hilda has responsibility for working with officials at the federal, state and local levels... Read More → |
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David Owens, Energy Working Session David K. Owens is Executive Vice President, Business Operations, of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). In this capacity, he has significant responsibility over a broad range of issues that affect the future structure of the electric industry and new rules in evolving... Read More → |
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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Green Jobs and Environmental Justice Special Forum Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is the Chief Executive Officer of Green For All. Since taking leadership in March 2009, Phaedra has led the organization to a stirring string of victories. Chief among these was assembling a civil rights coalition... Read More → |
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Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Green Jobs and Environmental Justice Special Forum Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., is a minister, community activist and organizer, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life. Rev. Yearwood works tirelessly to encourage the Hip Hop generation to utilize its... Read More → |
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Stacey Brayboy, Economic Development Plenary Stacey Brayboy is the Director of Economic and Community Development for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she serves as a member of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food task force. She has experience in all levels of government. ... Read More → |
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Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Economic Development Plenary Keynote Mignon L. Clyburn was nominated as a member of the Federal Communications Commission on June 25, 2009, and sworn in August 3, 2009. Her term runs until June 30, 2012. Commissioner Clyburn has a long history of public service and dedication... Read More → |
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David Honig, Broadband Working Session David Honig co-founded the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) in 1986. MMTC currently represents over 70 minority, civil rights and religious national organizations in selected proceedings before the FCC and other agencies, and it operates the... Read More → |
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Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Broadband Working Session Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee is Vice President and the first Director of the Media and Technology Institute for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The Joint Center is one of the nation’s leading research and public policy institutions and... Read More → |
