Alpha Kappa Alpha Members among "Ebony" Magazine's 'Power 150'
 

Eleven members make prestigious list
Eleven members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority were featured in Ebony magazine's "Power 150" list, which is in the May 2007 issue. Subtitled, "The Most Influential Blacks in America," the listing reflects the scope, power and impact of African Americans.

Members recognized in the magazine cross several disciplines and underscore the contributions made by the Sorority on several leadership levels. Led by AKA's international president, members on the list include:

ORGANIZATION LEADERS

Barbara A. McKinzie – International President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Gwendolyn B. Lee – President, The Links, Inc.
Juanita Head Walton – President, National Order of Women Legislators; Chairman, National Foundation of Women Legislators

BUSINESS

Catherine Hughes – Chairperson, Radio One

POLITICS & LAW

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas)
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
U.S. Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (California)*
U.S. Rep. Diane E. Watson (California)
Kamala Harris - San Francisco District Attorney

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Suzanne DePasse – CEO, DePasse Entertainment

EDUCATION

Maya Angelou – Poet; author; Lifetime Chair, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Wake Forest University, NC

* Juanita Millender-McDonald passed soon after the issue was released.

Skeeeeee Wee!
Our sorors are very impressive indeed. I want to be like them when I grow up. :) How can one not want to be in the company of these kinds of women.

Now I want nothing to do with the business world, but this soror in our grad chapter came to speak at our program about being financially savvy and we were all blown away by her determination, ingenuity, and finesse. She makes up her mind to accomplish something (especially what others don't believe she can do) and God save any obstacle in her way.

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Gwendolyn Smith Iloani

Ms. Iloani is Chairman, President and CEO of Smith Whiley & Company, a privately owned investment firm. The Firm is headquartered in Hartford and has an office in Evanston, Illinois. Smith Whiley is the largest female and black female-owned private equity firm in the country. The Firm specializes in management buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions and growth capital, and makes private equity and mezzanine investments. Smith Whiley has invested in 25 portfolio companies. Ms. Iloani directs the firm’s investment advisory and asset management business.

Ms. Iloani has received several community service and business leadership awards from the Hartford and New York City communities. In November 2006, Ms. Iloani received the prestigious Chase Medallion for entrepreneurial leadership. In September 2006, Ms. Iloani was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System as a Distinguished Business Executive in Residence at Eastern Connecticut State University for the 2006 – 2007 Academic Year. Other recent awards include: One of the “75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street” Award (2006); The Anti-Defamation League Greater Hartford Torch of Liberty Award (2006); One of the “50 Most Powerful Black Women in Business” Award (2006); The West Indian Foundation Award (2005); The BISA 2004 Distinguished Black Woman Award; The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2004 Woman of the Year (Connecticut Chapter); The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Award (2004); WKND Black History Month Award (2004); National Conference of Community and Justice Human Right s Award (2003); Women of Great Esteem Business and Finance. Ms. Iloani has also received several citations from the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford which acknowledges her firm’s success in the business field. Ms. Iloani also was featured in the 2004 Calendar of Distinguished Black Women by the Black Women in Sisterhood For Action organization, an organization dedicated to providing financial and mentoring support to young women in college.

Ms. Iloani’s professional affiliations include: Charter Member of the Marathon Club; the Colgate University Alumni Club, the National Association of Securities Professionals, and The Hartford Club. Ms. Iloani is a member of the Epsilon Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is also a life member of the NAACP. Ms. Iloani has three sons, twins Brandon and Byron (9 years old) and Corey (13.5 years old).

My prophyte SOROR MIA HEASTON was crowned Miss Illinois 2007....she is beautiful inside and out!!! She was born from the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter!


www.epsilonepsilon1908.com ---> sign the guestbook :)

Google Miss Illinois/ Mia Heaston

It is truly a Blessed Holiday!!!
 

Sorors, sisterfriends and fellow greeks, I just received this email this morning:

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:14:33 -0000
Subject: Your Submission

Title: Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in Wrn null mice fed a diabetogenic diet
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Dear Drs.:

We are now pleased to inform you that your paper "Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in Wrn null mice fed a diabetogenic diet" has been accepted for publication in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.

Thank you for submitting your work to the journal.

Sincerely,

Editor-in-Chief
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Basically, I just got another first author publication accepted in a scientific journal!!! YAAY!!!

Awww, Congrats Soror!!! :D:D

Go 'head Soror!

Congrats AKA Monet!

Well done! Although I had to read and re-read and re-read the title! :o :D

Congrats Doc!

Congrats!!!
 

This is wonderful news!

Congratulations and hat's off!!

Sorors, I am THRILLED to be able to tell you that my LS, Soror Tanisha Brito, has been named one of Ebony Magazine's "30 Young Leaders Under 30"! She's in the the new February '08 issue (with Eddie Murphy on the cover). Soror Tanisha was born into Phi Phi Omega Chapter and we're SO proud of her! :D

Also in that issue (I'm just now looking through it because I bought it for her lol) is an article about BGLOs making an impact on history...and it begins like this:

"On a cold morning in the winter of 1908, and 12 years before women of any color could vote in the United States, 16 women from Howard University came together to form the first Black Greek-letter women's organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., with the credo "to provide service to all mankind." :p:D

SO PROUD!!! SKEE-WEE Sorors!

^^That's great!! Hug Our Soror for us!!

This week's "Whose Wedding is it Anyway" featured a Soror as the Wedding Planner (Newport News, VA area).


The show should repeat this weekend. Check Style for more details.

Per Blacksocialite
 

Soror Alexia Hudson is on the cover in the black turtleneck and is featured inside!
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6535106.html


http://librarianbyday.files.wordpres...03/ljcover.jpg

Congrats to Pearl08
 

Congratulations and wonderful wishes on your wedding tomorrow. I'll see you when you get back!!!

Hope you had a great bday yesterday, too!

Boy, your new hubby better remember your bday and wedding day in the future.:D