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 year’s Busi­ness and Com­mu­nity Award Recip­i­ents include:

Madam C.J. Walker Cor­po­rate Award:
Robin Wash­ing­ton, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent, CFO of Gilead Sci­ence. At Gilead Sci­ence, Robin Wash­ing­ton cur­rently over­sees the Investor Rela­tions depart­ment, the Global Finance and Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­ogy organizations.

Madam C. J. Walker Entre­pre­neur Award:
Denise Con­ley, Prin­ci­pal and Owner of Con­ley Con­sult­ing Group, one of few Black, female-owned, real estate eco­nom­ics firms in the country.

Madam C.J. Walker Pio­neer Award:
The Hon­or­able Teresa D. Cox, was appointed by the US Com­merce Sec­re­tary Gary Locke and United States Trade Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ambas­sador Ron Kirk, to serve as a trade advi­sor, work­ing on small and minor­ity busi­ness initiatives.

Madam C.J. Walker Advo­cacy Award:
Car­olyn Rus­sell, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of A Safe Place (ASP), Oakland’s first shel­ter for bat­tered women and their chil­dren, Car­olyn Rus­sell has become a pio­neer in the move­ment of domes­tic violence.

NCBW Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter 2011–2012

Offi­cers

** Appointed Positions

Com­mit­tees Chairs/Co Chairs

• Bud­get & Finance—Lucretia Cotton
• Pro­grams— Kase­lah Crockett
• Fund Devel­op­ment— Cheri Dove / Artise Hardy
• Mem­ber­ship— Frances Cohen / Joy Gibson
• Pub­lic Rela­tions— Andrea Walker
• Pub­lic Ser­vice & Edu­ca­tion— Adimika Arthur / Deirdre Clayton

                                                      

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