ETHNIC GEMS ARCHIVE

  Morehouse College President “David Thomas” elected to the Yale Board of Trustees Distinguished scholar and Morehouse College president David Thomas ’78 B.A., ’84 M.A., ’84 M.PHIL., ’86 Ph.D. has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale’s Board of Trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in worldwide balloting of university graduates. […]

Ethnic GEM in the MAKING:  Kahlil Greene School: Yale University Double Major: Economics & Politics State: New Haven, CT   First African American Elected President of Yale University Student Body      Kahlil Greene is Yale University’s first African American elected student body President for the first time since the school was established 318 years

Ethnic GEM:  Shontay Delaue Title: Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer   School:  Dartmouth College State: New Hampshire   Susan Boutwell – susan.j.boutwell@dartmouth.edu – Resubmitted by Ethnic Online Shontay Delalue, a recognized leader in promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education, has been named Dartmouth’s inaugural senior vice president and senior diversity officer—a role

Ethnic GEM: Frank E. Brady Profession: Speaker, Trainer and Artist State: Connecticut   Born in the Bronx, while growing up in New Rochelle, New York before moving to Connecticut 20 years ago, Frank E. Brady is what happens when the arts collide. Effectively fusing the skill sets of Speaker, Trainer and Artist through his versatility has

Anthony Hill, Team Market Owner  Professional Basketball comes to Connecticut!  Welcome:  “The Connecticut Cobras” Beginning next spring, Connecticut residents won’t need to travel for professional basketball games, with a professional men’s basketball team set to call the state its home for the first time in over two decades.   The Connecticut Cobras will be a part

Ethnic GEM: Claudia Cardozo  Company:  HarborOne Bank Title: Community Development Manager State: Rhode Island  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer In the summer 2002, Claudia Cardozo, left Armenia Quindío and moved to Rhode Island, with only 500 dollars and no family or relatives to rely on. The most difficult sacrifice Cardozo had to make

 Ethnic GEM: Monte Foster Company: TD Bank State: Massachusetts  TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, announced it has named Monté Foster Southern New England Retail Market President. In this role, Foster will lead the Retail Banking team of approximately 1,000 employees and 95 stores in Connecticut, parts of Massachusetts and Upstate New York. He will

Ethnic GEM: Jade-Roy “J.R” Huntington   Company: FCP Euro  State: Connecticut  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer  The University of Connecticut- alum, and Social Media Manager at FCP Euro, Jade-Roy “J.R” Huntington, is cultivating a new presence in the international car culture. Since his formative years, Huntington has developed a passion for automobiles including

Ethnic GEM: Malakhi RL Eason II   Company: International Festival of Arts & Ideas State: Connecticut  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer   Boston Native and current New Haven resident Malakhi RL Eason II is surely making a footprint as an educator in the performing arts sector in the Greater Southern Connecticut area. Combining