Spe­cial Events and Mem­ber Leadership

The Madam C. J. Walker Busi­ness and Com­mu­nity Recog­ni­tion Awards Luncheon

Our annual pre­mier event attracts over 1,300 women and men from all over the Bay Area. The Madam CJ Walker Lun­cheon, estab­lished as our pri­mary fundraiser, rec­og­nizes women in our com­mu­nity for their out­stand­ing accom­plish­ments and enables NCBW to raise funds in sup­port of chap­ter pro­grams, schol­ar­ships, and annual com­mu­nity grants.

This past year fea­tured the fol­low­ing award recipients:

Advo­cacy Award
Deb­bra Lindo, CEO/Chief Aca­d­e­mic Offi­cer, Col­lege Track

Cor­po­rate Award
Shari Slate, Chief Diver­sity Offi­cer, Sun Microsystems

Pio­neer Award
Judge Trina Thomp­son, Alameda Supe­rior Court

Entre­pre­neur Award
Celebrity Chef & Radio Per­son­al­ity Nikki Shaw, Owner Fla­vor Caterer

2010 NCBW Board of Directors

Glo­ria Jenk­ins, Pres­i­dent
Sheryl Grant, 1st Vice Pres­i­dent
Cheryl Anne Pre­vost, 2nd Vice Pres­i­dent
Tamiko Mar­tin, 3rd Vice Pres­i­dent
Akiba Davis Everett, Sec­re­tary
Shari Wooldridge, Finan­cial Sec­re­tary
Bev­erly Greene, Trea­surer
Sahara Alexis, Par­lia­men­tar­ian
Deirdre Clay­ton, His­to­rian
Leilani Cot­ten, Sun­shine
Les­ley Stew­art, Member-At-Large
Lydia Tay­lor– Bellinger, Chap­lin
Imme­di­ate Past Pres­i­dent – Bar­bara Williams
Found­ing Pres­i­dent – Cathy Adams

2010 Com­mit­tees and Chairs

Bud­get & Finance – Lucre­tia Cot­ton
Fund Devel­op­ment – LaSan­dra Hunt
Mem­ber­ship – Andrea Walker/KaSelah Crock­ett
Pro­grams & Com­mu­nity Action – Aisha Brown
Pub­lic Rela­tions – E.L. Wash
Pub­lic Ser­vice & Edu­ca­tion – Rose Scott                                                               

Gen­eral Mem­ber­ship Profile

Our mem­ber­ship is com­prised of senior level pro­fes­sion­als in a wide vari­ety of indus­tries and sec­tors including:

Indus­tries

• Tech­nol­ogy
• Edu­ca­tion
• Retail
• Law
• Health and Human Services
• Mar­ket­ing and Pub­lic Relations
• Finan­cial Services

Sec­tors

• Cor­po­rate
• Pub­lic Service
• Pro­fes­sional Services
• Arts/ Culture/ Education