11 Black Women To Know In Obama’s Cabinet
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Marie Johns
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Johns comes from a family of small business owners, so she is focused on assisting business in underserved markets. She started out in the telecommunications industry where she worked her way up from a first level manager at Verizon Washington and became the first African American woman to lead the company. Following her 21-year stint in telecom, she founded an organizational effectiveness and public policy consulting practice. Johns has also chaired the DC Chamber of Commerce and created Students Educated for Economic Development Success (SEEDS), a mentoring program that prepared over 200 high school dropouts for entry-level jobs in the telecom industry.
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