CEOs of Black Enterprise and Executive Leadership Council will speak at U-M

February 14, 2006
Contact:
  • umichnews@umich.edu

DATE: Feb. 18, 2006

EVENT: The Black Business Students Association at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan will hold its 30th annual conference and alumni reunion. The event is open to the public, but registration is required.

Keynote speakers include: Carl Brooks, president and CEO of the Executive Leadership Council, who will speak at 8:30-10:15 a.m.; and Earl Graves Jr., president and CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, who will speak at noon-1:30 p.m.

Professional development workshops will be held at 10:30-noon and 1:45-3 p.m. A banquet at 7-10 p.m. will honor Alfred Edwards, professor emeritus of business administration at the Ross School. Edwards joined the business school faculty in 1974 and has been instrumental in recruiting top minority students.

PLACE: Kensington Court Hotel in Ann Arbor, located at 610 Hilton Boulevard near the Briarwood Mall.

SPONSOR: Black Business Students Association at Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

INFORMATION/REGISTRATION: http://www.umich.edu/~bbsa/2006conference.htm.

Business School