Aiming High for LGBT Economic Empowerment If the campaign to establish National Entrepreneur’s Day on the third Tuesday of November is successful, Linda Rottenberg should be its spokesperson, as she might be responsible for the creation/support of more entrepreneurs than any other person on the planet....
Aiming High for LGBT Economic Empowerment Mark D. Gibson grew up in the foothills of the Adirondacks in the picturesque village of Ballston Spa, New York. Slight of build and frequently teased, Mark purposely accelerated his education and graduated from high school at the age of...
Igniting a Movement for Women Politicians Did you know that of the 500,000 elected offices, only 22% are held by women? If elections continue at the current pace, gender parity will not be reached for another 100 years…but not if Anne Moses has her way. Anne,...
Global Health Groundbreaker Most folk would be satisfied with the prestige of one Ivy League degree. But Eric Bing is not like most folk; he has earned degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard Medical School plus a PhD in Epidemiology from UCLA and an MBA from Duke...
Flower Girl Manikin to Human Rights Leader Derreck spent his youth in Uganda in a riot of pageantry and fragrance. His mother garlanded the house in colorful fabrics she would orchestrate into wedding gowns; his father conjured vats of bubbling oils, fats and perfumes into bars...
Making History on Broadway Once upon a time Lesley Herrmann attended a musical at the Public Theatre in NYC. The author of the book that led to the musical was in the audience and asked Lesley what she thought of the play. She told him, "I...
Bedazzler Extraordinaire Susan Booth bedazzles her audiences through a variety of vehicles: the introductions she writes for the plays staged at the theatres she manages, the work of the actors in the productions she directs and the conversations and interviews she has with luminaries and regular...
Steel Magnolia, Stellar Advocate Ann Warner can glide gracefully from the tea table to the boardroom to the media stand, all without breaking a sweat. She can charm the socks off a combatant in one breath and deepen the support of a follower in the next....
Father of Four, Godfather of Millions If you have a meeting with Aaron Sherinian, bring your oxygen tank as he sets a very brisk conversational pace; you can bet you will never be bored in his presence. Aaron is a dynamic blend of two divergent cultures:...
Girl Power! Shana grew up in an interracial family in Indianapolis, Indiana where she was one of a handful of students of color attending the magnet high school. She quickly learned that the most powerful differences between black and white kids were resources and access to...