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Careers Briefs Dems hire Hinton The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) have announced that Greg Hinton will serve as chief diver sity officer of the organizations. Hinton will serve as the first ever Chief Diversity Officer for the DNC and DCCC and will advise the DNCC on diversity staffing and minority procure ment. This position grew out of the Democratic Party's ongo ing efforts to make sure that the party - from employment to Hinion procurement and contracting - reflects the diversity of the country. Hinton will be leaving his role as chief diversity officer of US Cellular, a major regional wireless car rier based in the Midwest. Hinton is a native of Chicago. Hinton has worked in the corporate sector for sev eral major companies (US Cellular. Abbott Labs. Pepsi General Bottlers) and has also worked in the health care provider and nonprofit sectors. He has developed and implemented diversity/inclusion pro grams. from both a supplier diversity standpoint and from a hiring/human resources perspective. Blackstone Entrepreneurs names executive director The Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network has named Robert Creeden. founder and managing partner of Partners Innovation Fund (P1F) of Boston, as its first executive director. The consortium of major Triangle universities and the Durham-based Council for Entrepreneurial Development received $3.6 million from The Blackstone Charitable Foundation earlier this year. Partners in the project include: Duke University, North Carolina Central University. North Creeden Carolina Stale University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. Creeden brings 30 years of experience to North Carolina's Research Triangle. He will coordinate a major effort to draw marketable innovation out of the Triangle and its universities. He will lead the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network in achieving its mission of boosting the region's economy and help ing turn the Triangle into one of the country's top entrepreneurial hubs. Perdue stresses importance of innovation in China North Carolina and China both have sei/ed eco nomic opportunities by focusing on education and innovation. Gov. Bev Perdue told an audience of university and government leaders, business leaders, alumni, professors and students at Fudan University in China last week. "Investing in education is one of the most important things we can do to spur job growth," Gov. Perdue said. "Globally competitive, innova tive modem industries are criti cal to the health and the future of both our economies." Perdue, whose visit high- ^ lighted the 30-year relationship Pur ur between Fudan University and the University of North Carolina, stressed how both China's and North Carolina's economies have made dramatic transitions and underscored North Carolina's unrelenting push lor education and inno vation. "This focus allowed North Carolina to expand our economy into growing new industries like microelectronics, semi conductors, telecommunica tions. and pharmaceuticals. And at the same time we worked to rcengineer our traditional industries into becoming more efficient . more automated to fit into the new cost competition of globalization," she said. Luck to speak to Salem grads Salem College President Dr. Susan Pauly has announced that Jo Luck, former president ;tnd (TO of Heifer International, will ho the speak er at Salem's commencement on May 19, 2(112. Luck served as CEO ;ind president ol Metier International from 1992-201(1. Under her leadership, the organization increased its budget from S>7 million to more than $130 mil I.uck lion, primarily through Luck's introduction of ihe Heifer International (it ti Catalog. in which people c;ui buy livestock lor |XH)f families airumd the globe. The charily works i<> end poverty ami hunger intern at ion all > by supplying needy fami lies with incomc-pmvid ing animals. Since 1944. Heifer has assisted more than (it) million people in moie than 125 countries Site ranks most HBCU-friendly employers CHRONIC! I STAFF REPORT HBCUConnect.com - which bills itself as the nation's largest portal geared toward the historically black col leges and universities community - has compiled a list of the employers who have the best track records of hir ing students and graduates of HBCUs. To compile its list, HBCUCON NECT says that it first considered com panies' HBCU-specific outreach out reach efforts; companies relationships with black schools and HBCU alumni and the companies' visibility in the HBCU community. Conversations were also conducted with leaders at the companies. Consideration for spots on the actu al Top 50 rank ings was based on companies' consistency in effort, level of investment, actu al hires and cre ativity in their outreach. "Over the last 1 1 years, my team has been Moss working hard to connect employers with the talent pro duced hy our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities," said Will Moss. CEO and founder of HBCU CONNECT. "Having a top 50 list is a great way to congratulate and encourage these companies to continue their efforts, and also it is a great way to notify HBCU faculty, students and grad uates about the employers really put ting forth an effort to recruit them." New York City-based McGraw-Hill Companies topped the list. McGraw Hill is perhaps best known for its busi ness and education publications. The company also has broadcasting hold ings and financial and business servic es. It publishes numerous textbooks and magazines, including Architectural Record and Aviation Week, and is the parent company of Standard & Poor's. Platts. and J.D. Power and Associates. The University of North Carolina at Ashevjlle was the only employer in the Tar Heel State that made thie list. It came in at number 24. The other top ten companies are: 2. Microsoft 3. Defense Intelligence Agency 4. Staples 5. Anixter 6. College of Lake County 7. Department of Veterans Affairs 8. General Dynamics C4 Systems 9. NextEra Energy 10. Verizon Wireless Oldham joins Clariant Corp. CHRONIC! I STAFF ft! POM Winston-Salem native Donna E. Oldham has been named head of North American Corporate Communications and Public Affairs for the Clariant Corporation, a global chemical compa ny based in Muttenz, Switzerland. Clariant owns more than KM) com panies worldwide and employs about 16.200 employees. Prior to joining Clariant. she was director of communications at Duke University Hospital: senior communications manager at Dell Inc., and senior communications manager for GE Energy's Center of Excellence. A crisis com munications and ty/in elusion expert, Oldham is an award-winning reporter and corpo rate communicator, is APR certified (Accredited in Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America) and has earned Lean Sigma black and green belts for global operations com munications projects. A graduate of Winston-Salem State University. Oldham attended graduate school at Duke University. She is a life-long member of United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, a 25-year plus member of both Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and The Links Inc.. and a sustaining mem ber of the Junior League. A daughter of the late Rep. Warren C. "Pete" and Gladys D. Oldham, she will be based in Charlotte and Basel. Switzerland. Stale of SC. Photo The City Council poses at the groudbreaking ceremony for the new plant. Manager of W-S Caterpillar plant to speak CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Rusty Davis, the operations manager at Caterpillar's new Winston-Salem faeility, will speak at the Winston-Salem Chamber Tech Council's Technology and Innovation Series on Thursday, November 10, 8:30 a.m. at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Refreshments will be served afterward, during a network ing session. The Technology and Innovation Series is free and open to the pub lic thanks to sponsors like Cook Medical. NC BioNetwork, DataChambers and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, but regis tration is required by going to www.winstonsalem com . "As Caterpillar's advanced manufacturing facility gets closer to opening, this will be Anderson an excellent opportunity for our community to hear directly from Mr. Davis about the innovative products that will be made here in Winston-Salem," said Chamber President/CEO Gayle Anderson. "We are fortunate to have Caterpillar in our community and grateful that Mr. Davis is eager to share their story at the Technology and Innovation Series." Caterpillar is currently build ing a 850.000-square-foot. $426 million plant in Forsyth County. It is designed to increase produc tion capacity for the company's next generation of mining trucks, and is projected to have 392 full time and 118 contract workers at peak pro duction capacity. With 2010 sales of $42.6 billion, Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. Officials Locked Up Rockingham C ounty Photo In an effort to generate funds for the Rockingham County L'nited Way, four public officials - (in photo, from lefty County Safety! It isk Manager Mark Holzer, Information Technology Director David Whicker, Hoard of Commissioners C hairman James Kallam and Health Director (ilenn Martin - were locked away overnight in County Jail. The men were released after thousands of dollars in pledges came in. Mr. Woods Goes to Washington HAWS leader fights to bring more federal dollars to the city CHRONICI. I STAFF REPORT | H 1 Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS) CEO Larry Woods testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on Oct. 13 in an effort to get HAWS into a federal housing program. He spoke about Housing Authority's efforts to receive Moving to Work (MTW) program dollars. The federal govern ment decided to dis qualify HAWS as a program applicant based on its size. "Before, we were too small, now, they are saying we are too big," said Woods. whose remarks before the Committee served as HAWS' appeal to the eligibility rul ing. Administered through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HIJD), the MTW program is designed to allow housing authorities more flexibility with their funding to create cost savings, promote self sufficiency among residents and provide more affordable hous ing choices for the communities they serve. Housing agencies that qualify for MTW dollars must be high performing based on the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) and operate with 5.000 or less Housing Choice Vouchors (Section X) and public Housing Units. Without question, HAWS is high performing, with a PHAS score of 90 out of 100 possible points. But the agency doesn't meet the Other standard. HAWS currently operates with 4.4.VS See HAWS on AS
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