Black Newspaper Unveils Most Influential List
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest and the Greater Philadelphia Region’s largest newspaper serving the African-American community, will honor ten people who have been named to its annual list of the City’s “Most Influential” African Americans, at a private reception on Wednesday September 15, 2010. The list includes elected and government officials, education leaders, businesspersons, community activists and labor leaders. One outstanding “Influential” winner will be recognized and given the National Achievement Award, given to the individual who has had the most nationally significant impact on the community-at-large.
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Tribune Publisher Robert W. Bogle
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Tribune Magazine Editor Shonda McClain
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Hon. Michael Nutter, mayor, City of Philadelphia
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Arlene Ackerman, superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
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J. Wyatt Mondesire, president, NAACP, Philadelphia Chapter
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Bill Mills, president, Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey market, PNC Financial Services Group
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Vikram Dewan, president and CEO, Philadelphia Zoo
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Denis O’Brien, president and CEO, PECO Exelon Corporation
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Blondell Reynolds Brown, councilwoman, City of Philadelphia
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Gregory Burrell, president, Terry Funeral Homes
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E. Steven Collins, director, Urban Marketing and External Affairs, Radio One Philadelphia
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Lloyd Ayers, fire commissioner, City of Philadelphia
