The Executive Leadership Council Celebrates 20 Years of Building the Black Corporate Pipeline
Westside Gazette › August 12, 2009
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The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the nation's premier leadership organization of the most senior-level Black American corporate executives in Fortune 500 companies, climaxed its yearlong 20th anniversary celebration at its annual black tie gala, "Celebrating our Progress, Facing Tomorrow's Challenges." The awards gala recognized the council's two decades of building the Black leadership pipeline in corporate America and honored two Black American leaders and a pro diversity corporation. Nineteen Black corporate executives, 18 men and one woman founded the ELC in 1986. Today, the organization has nearly 400 members - one-third of them women.
Council board member Laysha Ward, vice president, Target Corporation, emphasized the need for the council to keep building the pipeline of talent at companies. "The next generation of leaders are already at our companies," she said. A special video created by Target echoed the success of the ELC and the impact of Black American senior leaders through provocative insights offered by Fortune 500 CEOs Ken Chenault, American Express; Jeff Immelt, General Electric; Anne Mulcahy, Xerox and [Clarence Otis Jr.], Darden Restaurants. Immelt and Chenault explained why Black American corporate leaders are community role models to influence the next generation.The moving 20th Anniversary dinner program ended with a very special guest - the 2006 Grammy award winner John Legend who shared his link to the ELC. Legend, who holds an MBA, began his business career under the mentorship of ELC member Jim Lowry with The Boston Consulting Group. After graduating college, Legend worked for The Boston Consulting Group, but continued performing and touring with nationally known recording artists such as Musiq Soulchild, Jaheim and Floetry. The entertainer's big break came when he was introduced to hip hop artist and producer Kanye West and was later featured on albums by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. During the ELC event Legend performed and shared songs from his new album.See the full content of this document
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The Executive Leadership Council Celebrates 20 Years of Building the Black Corporate Pipeline
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the nation's premier leadership organization of the most senior-level Black American corporate executives in Fortune 500 companies, climaxed its yearlong 20th anniversary celebration at its annual black tie gala, "Celebrating our Progress, Facing Tomorrow's Challenges." The awards gala recognized the council's two decades of building the Black leadership pipeli...
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