Category: Class of 2018

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Meet Chinonso Emehelu

In September 2010, Chinonso Emehelu was appointed the Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Government Relations, ExxonMobil Corporation. In this role, he supports international government relationship building, energy policy and influencing strategies for Sub-Saharan African countries from Washington, D.C. Chinonso joined ExxonMobil in 2008 as an Upstream Public and Government Affairs Advisor in ExxonMobil Production Company Headquarters in Houston. …

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Meet Kabiru Rabiu

Kabiru Rabiu serves as Group Executive Director of BUA International Limited.  Rabiu served as General manager of BUA since 2005. He joined Nigerian Oil Mills Limited owned by BUA in 2002 as Assistant General Manager and was promoted to the post of General Manager in 2005. He has been a Director of Cement Company of …

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Meet Dianne campbell

Dianne Campbell is a talent management, leadership development and Diversity & Inclusion professional with 17+ years of success in a range of human capital functions with American Express and Verizon. She’s a graduate of Manhattan College where she had her Sociology degree and an MBA in Human Resource Managment from Iona college. We are proud …

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Meet Ngozi Okonkwo

Ngozi Okonkwo joined Oando PLC in 2009 as the Senior Legal Advisor. She was appointed the Chief Legal Officer in 2011. She currently manages the general affairs of the Legal Services unit comprising downstream, finance and upstream and key transactions. She serves as a member of the Group Leadership Council, the Disciplinary Committee, the Related …

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Meet Nichole O. Yembra

  Nichole is the Chief Financial, Risk and Investment Officer for Venture Garden Group (VGG) and a Managing Partner at GreenHouse Capital (GHC), the investment arm of VGG. GreenHouse Capital, which launched formally in April 2016, began investments in startups since 2014 under the VGG umbrella. When Nichole joined the VGG and GHC team in …

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Meet Kara D. Nottingham

Kara D. Nottingham earned a B.A. from Hampton University with a major in political science and a minor in Spanish. At Hampton, she served as chair of the cultural affairs committee of the Student Government Association and was active in the Political Science Club, Leadership Institute, and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She interned with Senator …

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Meet Giselle Stewart

Giselle Stewart is an energetic and highly skilled professional with a passion for partnering with stakeholders at all levels to advance key business initiatives. She has proven ability to develop strategies and programming that improves organizational effectiveness, drives bottom line profitability and positions the company as an employer of choice. Also, she has a track …

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Meet Yvonne Manzi Makolo

Yvonne Manzi Makolo is a Rwandan IT specialist and business executive, who serves as the managing director and chief executive officer of Rwandair, the national airline of Rwanda. She was appointed to that position on 6 April 2018. Prior to that, she served as the Deputy CEO responsible for corporate affairs at the same airline, from April 2017 until April 2018. She has specialized training in information …

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Meet Dara Johnson Treseder

Dara Johnson Treseder is a business leader with expertise in building and leading high performing global marketing and commercial organizations. In 2017, she was described on Inc. Magazine as one of the “30 Inspirational Women to Watch in Tech” and recognized on Forbes as one of the “9 Marketing Experts CMOs Need To Be Aware …

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Meet Brandon Andrews

    A communicator, social innovator, and entrepreneur Brandon leads work on technology and entrepreneurship, including leading a nationwide casting tour focused on bringing more diverse ideas and voices to ABC’s hit show, Shark Tank. He is also leading an effort to support entrepreneurs through developing a network of capital, skill-building, and other resources. In 2015, …