Friday, September 05, 2008 12:00 PM
Leadership Competencies: Championing Diversity within Your Organization
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole
Chair of the Board, Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion Institute
Sponsor: 2008 KeyBank Diversity Thought Leadership Series
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Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, President emerita of Bennett College for Women, Spelman College, and Emory University, has a long and distinguished career as an educator and humanitarian. Her work as a college professor and president, her published works, her speeches, and her community service consistently address issues of racial, gender and all other forms of discrimination.
Cole completed her undergraduate studies at Oberlin College and earned a master’s and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She made history in 1987 when she became the first African American woman to serve as president of Spelman College. From 2004 to 2006, she was the first person of color to serve as the chair of the Board of United Way of America.
The author of numerous publications, Cole’s most recent book is co-authored with Dr. Beverly Guy Sheftall: “Gender Talk: the Struggle for Women’s Equality in African-American Communities.” Cole is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Anthropological Association. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of SOULS and The Black Scholar and on the Advisory Committee of America’s Promise and The National Museum of African History and Culture.
Cole is the chair of the Board of the National Visionary Project and serves on the boards of Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, TransAfrica Forum, United Way of America, and Merck & Co., Inc. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Links, Inc., and the National Council of Negro Women.
In addition to 52 honorary degrees, Cole has received numerous awards, including the TransAfrica Forum Global Public Service Award, Radcliffe Medal, Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, 2001 Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Community Service, The Joseph Prize for Human Rights presented by the Anti-Defamation League, The Uncommon Height Award from the National Council of Negro Women, and the Lenore and George W. Romney Citizen Volunteer Award from the Points of Light Foundation.
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