The Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation (BPACF) has named Robyn Minter Smyers (CBB 2003, LC 2016) the 2018 Black Professional of the Year. The BPACF has also announced the 2018…
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Accelerate 2018’s Tonia Porras on Golden Opportunities
Accelerate 2018 presenter Tonia Porras and event co-chair Ursula Cottone (LC 2017, CBB 2003) of Citizens Bank were on WKYC-TV‘s Golden Opportunities on Sunday, March 4, 2018. They chatted about the…
Read MoreFreshWater Cleveland calls Accelerate “pitch”-perfect
“More than 500 Clevelanders gathered for the fourth annual Accelerate event at downtown’s Global Center for Health Innovation—or what event co-chair Ursula Cottone calls a “civic ‘Shark Tank.’” Sponsored by Citizens Bank and orchestrated…
Read MoreECDI announces Danielle Sydnor as Executive Director of Northern Ohio
ECDI has named Danielle Sydnor (CBB 2014) Executive Director of Northern Ohio. According to ECDI’s website, “as the Executive Director, Danielle will cultivate relationships within the community and work to…
Read MoreBlack Girl in the CLE take on Accelerate
Dawn Rivers, recently intrigued by pitch competitions, attended Accelerate last week and wrote a blog post describing her experience. “Each of the ideas I saw pitched were well thought out…
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