Tag: African Descent

Dorcas Ndegwa

Introducing Osh Agabi

Osh Agabi is the Founder & CEO, Koniku Inc. He has more than 17 years’ experience working on neuroelectronic interfaces in the industry and academia. He was a robotics engineer (theoretical physics) straight out of college, doing statistical learning from 2002 to 2005. He built and programmed pick & place robots in Zurich, Switzerland. He …

Dorcas Ndegwa

She is Michelle Greene

Michelle Greene is Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Global Technology and Business Services at Cardinal Health, leading teams to harness technology and innovation to better serve customers and evolve healthcare delivery. Before joining Cardinal Health, Greene served as the Vice President, Information Technology for Masco Corporation based in Livonia, Michigan. In this role, she …

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Monica Web Hooper

Dr. Monica Webb Hooper is Deputy Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). She works closely with the Director, Dr. Pérez-Stable, and the leadership, to oversee all aspects of the institute and to support the implementation of the science visioning recommendations to improve minority health, reduce health disparities, and promote …

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Meet Murisiku Raifu

Dr. Murisiku Raifu, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Talamus. He is a neurosurgery specialist in Encino, CA and has over 20 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2002. Dr. Raifu is affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Well done!! Please note: To nominate …

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She is Patricia Monthe

Patricia Monthe is the Founder & CEO, of MEDx Care, an eHealthCenter that brings together health and technology in ways relevant to the social contexts of growth markets (emerging and developing countries). Medx is an institution dedicated to making accessible good healthcare to those that need it, and in an affordable manner. Health is both …

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Ramcess Jean-Louis

Ramcess Jean-Louis is the Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at Pfizer. He is responsible for developing and leading the execution of Pfizer’s global, enterprise-wide strategies to transform the company’s DEI agenda. He oversees the teams responsible for executing Pfizer’s Global DEI programs and initiatives across the enterprise. His priorities include but are not …

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She is Ola Brown…

Olamide Brown, née Orekunrin, is a British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur and founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group and a director of Greentree Investment Company. Dr Ola studied medicine and surgery at the Hull York Medical School after which she worked in Acute Medicine in the UK. She then went on to be …

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Meet Patricia Lewis

Patricia Lewis is the Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer at UnitedHealth Group. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of human capital, including compensation and benefits, talent management, leadership and employee development, rewards and recognition and organization development. She leads a large global team to deploy a human capital strategy in support of a …

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Rosalind G.Brewer

Rosalind G. Brewer (born 1962) is an American businesswoman, and the CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance since March 2021. She is one of only two black women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. Brewer is the first black woman to become CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, group president and COO of Starbucks, and CEO of Sam’s …

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Introducing Timnit Gebru

Congratulations on your MIPAD recognition!! Kindly send your updated biography via do****@***ad.org Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, visit http://www.mipad.org/nominate To become a MIPADian, enroll for Connectology: A Practical Guide to Connect for Success www.mipad.org/connectology To begin to think and operate like a true MIPADian, enroll for our  Online Course (On-Demand 24/7 starting $99), Sign …