Quotes and Backgrounds

Interview Quotes: "We are overlooking quality Blacks for boards in such areas as Law and Private Equity/Venture Capital." "Black board candidates do not have the same luxury of failure as majority candidates." "Hard to position one for a board seat who has not run a profit and loss."

Interview Quotes: "It’s all about the ability to be the best that you can be at something. The first you need to do is be well respected." "The recent Supreme Court decision regarding diversity in education will spread over into employment." "When you go on a board, only 10% probably of the things discussed are going to be your domain experience. You must be a continuous learner." "One of the best things to do is to go out and vote. Vote for the board of directors of the country."

Interview Quotes: "A little push is always helpful with business." "Ha seen actual examples in the boardroom of the benefits of diversity." "Got on 1st board via a relationship." "If you are going to join a nonprofit you need to be passionate about their agenda." "Do not think going on the largest corporate board that you can get on is necessarily the best first opportunity."

Interview Quotes: "Wanted to apply some of my Silicon Valley experience/expertise regarding innovation to Africa where some of the technologies were still emerging." "You should cast a wide net regarding serving on boards, including serving on boards outside of North America." "We ought to expect that there is always going to be pushback to change." "People should be willing to talk about what worked and what didn’t work."