L-R: Rosalind McLymont, TNJ Executive Editor, honoree Janna Andrews, and Aziz Gueye Adetimirin, TNJ Publisher
By Isseu Diouf Campbell
The Network Journal magazine hosted its 15th Annual 40 Under Forty Achievers Awards Dinner, on June 28, 2012, in Manhattan at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square.
The event sponsored by Wells Fargo and WBLS Radio, was hosted by 2010 awardee Karen Nethersole, Esq., CEO of Full Circle NY, and Roman Oben, a former N.Y. Giants and 2003 Super Bowl champion.
The “40 Under Forty” Achievers Awards, recognizes achievers who are continuously reaching for higher goals in their professions, businesses and community involvement.
This year’s honorees are:
Janna Andrews, MD, SUNY Stony Brook Winthorp University Hospital
Charles A. Archer, Esq., Evelyn Douglin Center for Serving People in Need, Inc.
Shante Bacon, 135th Street Agency
Daniel Beatty, Ph.D., Mercer
Ivan C. Benson, Novartis Pharma AG
Shartia Brantley, CNBC / NBC Universal
Samantha F. Butts, MD, Perelman School of Medicine/ University of Pennsylvania Health System
Sydney C. Butts, MD, Suny Downstate Medical Center
Sekou Campbell, Fox Rothschild LLP
Aisha Christian, Russell Reynolds Associates
Nicole Cokley, Bloomingdale’s
Charon Darris, Key Bank
Brooke Ellis, General Motors
Ntiedo Etuk, DimensionU
Derek Fleming, Marcus Samuelsson Group
Tiffeny Forrest, YMCA of Greater New York – Harlem Branch
Michelle D. Hare, State Farm & M.A.J.E.S.T.I.C.
Tracy Richelle High, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Valerie Amanda D. Jackson, Esq., K&L Gates LLP
Monique D. Jefferson, New York Life Insurance Company
Willie L. King, Jr., Ph.D., DuPont
LaTanya Langley, Esq., Diageo North America
Shannon LaNier, Black Enterprise –TV
Tyrha M. Lindsey, L.A.I. Communications
Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Wendy Renae McSweeney, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Aida Moudachirou, L’Oreal Paris
Rhea Norwood, Lowe’s Companies Inc.
Ericka M. Pittman, Blue Flame Agency
Thomas L. Ransom, BB&T Bank
Howard Reid, Janssen Therapeutics (Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson)
Natasha Sandy, MD, Columbia Medical Skin Care and Dermatology/ Primary Care Dermatology
Janelle N. Simmons, Limited Brands, Inc.
Traci Wilkes Smith, Esq., Willinger Talent Agency
Shandra Spicer, S&W Contracting of WNY, Inc.
Timothy Terry, Green Bay Packers
Christine W. Thorpe, Ed.D., New York City College of Technology/ CUNY
Holly Lisette Washington, S&P Capital IQ
Christopher S. Whyte, CW Global Advisory
Charles E. Williamson, Ph.D., JP Morgan Chase
The Network Journal (TNJ) was founded in 1993, by Aziz Gueye Adetimirin to connect, empower and inspire Black professionals, corporate executives and small business owners in the New York tri-state area. For more information, visit tnj.com.
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