The Houston First Corporation recently announced the following new members to its board of directors: Sofia Adrogué, senior counsel at Gray Reed; Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, director of local relations at CenterPoint Energy; Ryan Martin, associate at Vinso ...
The Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) recently held a Kickoff Meeting for their new and expanded Missouri City Branch of the Chamber. The event was hosted by the GHBC and Fort Bend County Commissioner Grady Prestage at the new Fort Bend County Sienna A ...
According to the following statistics, the economic condition of America’s Black community is in dire straits: A recent study by Harvard University found that homeownership in the Black community stands at only 42.2 percent in the nation’s largest met ...
ABOVE: Mayor Sylvester Turner leads Houston delegation to host the prestigious World Petroleum Congress A Houston delegation, led by Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston First executives and leaders of the United States National Committee to the World Petroleu ...
Yet another report, the Nielsen African American Consumer Report, was released in October 2016. Titled, “Young, Connected, and Black – African American millennials are driving social change and leading digital advancement,” it points out var ...
ABOVE: Jennifer Goodall, Branch Manager – PrimeWay Federal Credit Union So Jennifer, how long have you been in the financial services industry, and how did that become your career path? I have been in the financial services industry for over 24 year ...
ABOVE: Lisa Brown, diversity and inclusion consultant for Volkswagen Group of America As tech companies struggle to recruit and hire African Americans and other minorities, companies in another billion-dollar industry, have embraced the importance of dive ...
No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their student loans. Today, 44 million consumers share $1.4 trillion in borrowed student debt – more t ...
As the Senate Banking Committee turns its attention to reform the nation’s secondary mortgage market, civil rights leaders recently spoke in a strong and united voice. For these national organizations, the housing finance system must embrace — not ...
ABOVE: AT&T presents $25,000 check to Mayor Sylvester Turner for his Hire Houston Youth Program AT&T recently announced that they have awarded the Greater Houston Community Foundation a $25,000 contribution to support participants of the Hire Hous ...
