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Watkins Female First Award. .16 Female Firsts . .17 33rd Annual Super Tuesday Conference Workshops. 18 33rd Annual Super Tuesday Luncheon Program. 21 Super Tuesday Finalists. .22 Acknowledgements. 27 Atlanta Business League Programs & Projects . 28 ABL Membership Application. 30 931 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW Post Office Box 92363 Atlanta, Georgia 30314 (404) 584-8126 Office • (404) 584-0445 FAX www.atlantabusinessleague.org @abl1933 atlantabusinessleague 2017 SUPER TUESDAY CONFERENCE SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSOR TITLE SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS ONE GREAT DAY: UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS 5 WELCOME FROM ABL BOARD CHAIR & THE PRESIDENT & CEO Milton Jones Leona Barr-Davenport Board Chairman President & CEO Ladies, get ready! Today is your big day! It is the “One Great Day” we set aside to celebrate all the entrepreneurs and professionals who have shattered glass ceilings, kicked in closed doors and obliterated stereotypes to make your mark on the business world. Today, we celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that inspired you to tap into your genius and take courageous risks to build bold business ideas against the odds, from your home offices to commercial buildings, in creative and non-traditional ways. You have done it! And we couldn’t be more proud of you. For more than three decades, The Atlanta Business League’s “Super Tuesday Conference” has celebrated business women of color and their male counterparts for their exceptional impact on our community. It’s our way of expanding awareness of the significant, innovative contributions they make through their businesses and professions. This year, “One Great Day” will be launched with the induction of Dr. Rogsbert Phillips-Reed, General Surgeon at Metro Surgical Associates & Sisters by Choice, into the Atlanta Business League’s Women’s Hall of Fame during the Women of Vision Breakfast. Workshops, exhibits and networking opportunities are centered on our theme for this year“Untapped Opportunities for Success.” The conference will equip and empower you with tools and information designed to expand your abilities to grasp the goals you have set for your business’s success. The Super Tuesday Award Luncheon will celebrate 12 business owners, and reveal the winners of this year’s business awards in Home Office Business achievement, Creative Style, Success Against the Odds, Non-Traditional Business Enterprise and Outstanding Achievement (Woman of the Year.) We have celebrated the accomplishments of outstanding women; now it’s time to hear from our male counterparts. Join this engaging session to hear some of Atlanta’s most influential business and community leaders share their insights and suggestions for staying relevant and succeeding in today’s business world. Is it as simple as “leaning in?” Or is it still a “man’s world?” How can men and women join together to fight gender equality? Panelists will answer these questions and more. Come weigh in. So ladies, on this 33rd Annual Super Tuesday celebration, we salute you for your extraordinary examples of excellence, energy and endurance! All in all, it’s going to be “One Great Day” for black women business owners and professionals in Atlanta. 6 33RD ANNUAL SUPER TUESDAY CONFERENCE SUPER TUESDAY OVERVIEW The Annual Super Tuesday Conference is a program designed to host business owners and professional women, men and students from throughout the metro Atlanta community. In 1984, under the leadership of Alice White Bussey, the Women In Business Committee of the Atlanta Business League created this forum to interact and raise awareness of African-American women business owners and professionals. At that time the Women In Business Committee solicited the support of The Honorable Shirley Franklin who was then the Chief Operating Officer for the City of Atlanta and former Fulton County Commissioner Michael Lomax to support the idea of on-site certification for women business owners, thereby bringing new resources for corporations and federal, state and local governments. Being a woman and understanding the challenges faced by women in business, Ms. Franklin was responsible for identifying a $5,000 grant to support the Women in Business Committee for a subsequent Super Tuesday program. ONE GREAT DAY: UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS 7 MESSAGE FROM SUPER TUESDAY CO-CHAIRS Welcome to the Atlanta Business League’s (ABL) 33rd Annual Super Tuesday Conference! This year’s theme is One Great Day: Untapped Opportunities for Success. Whether you are a business professional or entrepreneur, today will expose you to new, innovative ideas that will help you walk away with a renewed perspective and refreshed spirit to push forward to reaching the goals you have been dreaming about. The business world is evolving thanks to technological advances and an ever-changing workplace. This conference was developed to help you thrive and achieve in it. Today’s workshops and panels are designed in three conference tracks, each with energizing sessions tailored to help you tap opportunities for success. For entrepreneurs, we will encourage you to take your business to the next level, while corporate professionals will learn how to navigate and stand out in the workplace. Lastly, the personal development track, geared towards all attendees, will help uncover opportunities for growth, personally and professionally. First, we begin the day by acknowledging and celebrating Atlanta’s 100 most influential women for all they have accomplished in business and the community. The dynamic Dr. Rogsbert Phillips-Reed, a general surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons specializing in breast surgery, will be inducted in ABL’s “Women Hall of Fame.” During lunch, we will reward outstanding female entrepreneurs for their achievements in five different categories during the Super Tuesday Awards. Wonya Lucas, the first African American Female President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta will be honored with our “Female First,” now renamed the “Lottie H. Watkins Award.” Culminating the day, for the first time, we will offer a special all-male panel featuring some of Atlanta’s most influential men. They will share insights on how to stay relevant in a changing world. You don’t want to miss this session. Thank YOU for being here today. Thank you to our sponsors. Without you, we would not be able to offer transformational programs such as Super Tuesday. Your support is much appreciated. To Leona Barr-Davenport, ABL President and CEO, thank you for your leadership and support. To the ABL staff, nothing happens in this organization without your phenomenal teamwork and dedication. Thank you. Finally, to the Super Tuesday committee, thank you for your time, commitment, ideas and passion brought to pulling off One Great Day. WANDA YANCEY RODWELL ALEXIS DAVIS SMITH Director, Community Partnerships President & CEO & Global Community Affairs PRecise Communications The Coca-Cola Company THE ATLANTATHE ATLANTABUSINESS BUSINESS LEAGUE LEAGUE BOARD OFBOARD DIRECTORS OFBoard DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS of AND Directors OFFICERS 20172017 BOARD BOARD2017 OFFICERS OFFICERS BOARD OFFICERS CHAIRCHAIR CHAIRCHAIRCHAIR CHAIR- ELECT CHAIR-CHAIR-ELECT ELECT SECRETARY SECRETARY TREASURER TREASURERIMMEDIATE PASTIMMEDIATE CHAIR PAST CHAIR WilliamWilliam Taggart WilliamWilliamMilton Taggart Jones, Jr. Tiffany Callaway FerrellCharmaine WardWard Charmaine WardWard Michael V. Smith Michael V. Smith Milton Jones, Jr. Milton Jones, Jr. ExecutiveInterim in Residence PresidentExecutive & COOInterim in Founding Residence President Member & COODirector, RegionalGeneral OperationsDirector, Manager Regional of Shared OperationsDirector ServicesSenior Corporate Director, RelationsDirector Senior Corporate Director, Relations Senior Manager, Senior Manager, Founding Member Founding Member Morehouse College MorehousePeachtree College ProvidenceMetropolitan AtlantaMetropolitanGeorgia Power Atlanta Georgia Power Georgia Power Assurance Services Assurance Services Peachtree ProvidencePeachtree Providence Partners, LLC Southern CompanySouthern Gas Company Gas Ernst & Young, LLP Ernst & Young, LLP Partners, LLC Partners, LLC Ed Baker Ed Baker Dennis Boyden Dennis BoydenThomas Dortch, Jr.Thomas Dortch,Gretchen Jr. Fuller Gretchen FullerGerard Gibbons Gerard GibbonsRoosevelt Giles Roosevelt Giles ExecutiveAssistant in Residence Dean Executive in ResidenceRegional Director, Regional Director,President & CEO President & CEO President PresidentPresident