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Traci M. DunnN.A. Inclusion & Diversity Lead Accenture

Hy PomeranceChief Human Resources Officer New York Life

Dmitri StocktonPresident and CEOGE Asset Management

Dan HeathKeynote Speaker and Best Selling Author

Bernard TysonChief Executive OfficerKaiser Permanente

Judge Glenda Hatchett Television Personality and Former Juvenile Court Judge

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Susan Chapman-HughesPresident

2002-2003

Oral MuirPresident

2012-2013

Kevan McCraePresident

2001

Mario LewisPresident

2014-2015

Jennifer MilesPresident

1999-2000

Michelle GreenePresident

2016-2017

Sekou KaalandPresident

2006-2007

Joy BookerPresident

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Andrew FrazierPresident

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Mike WatsonPresident

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Message From The President .................................................................................. 3

Featured Speakers ................................................................................................... 5

Connectional Intelligence ........................................................................................ 6

Accenture’s Tech Vision Trend – Extended Reality ................................................ 9

CALIBR Celebrates Its Partnership with Prudential .............................................11

Annual Report ........................................................................................................14

Members on the Move ...........................................................................................16

Former President Profiles ......................................................................................18

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PARTNERURBANOMICS CONSULTING GROUP

DAVID GREENEChief Program Officer

ERIC WINGOProgram Manager

MEGHAN BROWNIntern

OFFICERSMONIQUE JEFFERSONCEO and PresidentCALIBR Global Leadership NetworkHead of HR Business Ser v ices – Americas andGlobal IT HR Business Par tnerHogan Lovel ls

TIMOTHY FOYCOO and Vice PresidentChief Strategy Of f icerOf f ic ia l Talent Spor ts Market ing

GRESFORD GRAYCFO and TreasurerDirector of F inanceACA Compl iance Group

FRANKLIN REYNOLDSCCO and Secretar yAVP, Customer Relat ionship ManagementGenpact

BOARD OF DIRECTORSORAL MUIR*Board Chairman, CALIBRVP, Global Distribution & Cross Channel StrategyHilton

JIMMIE PASCHALL*Executive Vice PresidentHead of Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion and Strategic Philanthropy Wells Fargo

DELE OLADAPOVice President & Chief Enterprise Architect and Technical Innovation OfficerPrudential Financial

MARIO LEWISTeam Leader and Senior Bank ExaminerFederal Reserve Bank of New York

LLOYD BROWN*Managing DirectorCiti

LATOYA LANGCALIBR Corporate CounselStaff AttorneyASHP

PRINTING AND DESIGNDAS GRAPHICS AND PRINTING, INC.

2019 STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Bob Marshall, Wells Fargo

Debra Obanner, Wells Fargo

Michelle Thornhill, Wells Fargo

Brian Johson, Christian Jones Consulting

Cheryl Wade, Cigna

Igace Conic, Prudential

Jessica Battle, Prudential

Mike Chapman, Accenture

Tracey Patterson, Accenture

Rhea Norwood, Capital One

Shavonne Gordon, Capital One

Robert Jefferson, Merrill Jefferson Enterprises

Velma Deleveaux, Booz Allen Hamilton

Glynda Brown, Par LeJeune Fancy Foods

Our Organization Sponsors


Dear CALIBR Members, Guests, and Sponsors,

Welcome to the 2019 Global Executive Forum and 20th Anniversary Celebration. The theme for this year’s meeting is Creating Value Through Creativity and Connectional intelligence, which is based on Erica Dhawan’s book Getting Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence.

This theme is ideal for our 20th-anniversary celebration because it describes how the relationships CALIBR has built since its inception are still bearing fruit 20 years later. In 1999, when CALIBR was founded as NextGen Network, our first members were in the early stages of their careers. After winning The Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) essay competition, those members formed a network of leaders designed to help and support each other as they navigated their careers at Fortune 500 companies.

The relationship between CALIBR and ELC is an excellent example of the power of connectional intelligence and how ELC got something “big done” by supporting NextGen Network. ELC saw a gap in corporate America, so its leaders helped steer the organization to address the need for black talent in the pipeline to executive-level positions.

20 years later, CALIBR has positioned itself at the leading edge of transformational leadership development. And many of our founding members are now ELC members themselves. Some even have children who are ELC scholarship recipients and winners of that same essay contest.

Despite the strides CALIBR has made to increase corporate diversity, challenges still exist in the market. There are very few black women CEOs in Fortune 500 companies, less than 5% of corporate directors on boards are black, and there are still financial impediments to advancing black entrepreneurship.

We need CALIBR now more than ever!

I look forward to seeing CALIBR leverage the support of its longstanding sponsors, like ELC and Prudential, to address these market gaps in the future. And I’m confident the organization will continue to thrive as a result of members who commit time and energy to recruit new leaders into the pipeline while investing in their own personal growth and development.

Lastly, CALIBR will continue its mission to accelerate the senior-leadership readiness of high potential talent thanks, in part, to the foundation laid by the ten NextGen-CALIBR presidents who preceded me. Your vision and leadership have made CALIBR a success, and I am honored to have followed in your footsteps.

Enjoy this year’s Global Executive Forum, and take time to make strategic connections to ensure big things happen in your career.

Sincerely, Monique Jefferson

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ADEOLA ADEJOBI, ESQ. is an attorney, entrepreneur and speaker. Adeola is the Founder and CEO of the Avant-Garde Network (avantgardenetwork.com), the #1 social enterprise and social impact company focused on creating the next generation of black entrepreneurs, business leaders and

executives. The mission of the Avant-Garde Network is to create social and economic impact through a collaborative ecosystem of industry executives, business leaders and entrepreneurs. She organically grew the company to engage over 5,000+ professionals annually hosting events, conferences and forums in the U.S. and internationally, including New York City, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Texas, Lagos, Nigeria, Johannesburg, South Africa and more.

ERICA DHAWAN is one of today’s most provocative business thinkers. She helps organizations unlock the key to 21st century success: cutting through the noise created by technology to achieve unprecedented impact and meaning by harnessing the power of relationships and networks. The co-author of

Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence, she believes that the game charger is a thoroughly modern skill called “connectional intelligence,” and she shows audiences how to maximize their potential and achieve breakthrough performance by developing this crucial ability.

TONY MITCHELL leads the strategic develop-ment and execution of Booz Allen’s Justice, Homeland Security, and Transportation busi-ness. Tony has nearly 30 years of consulting experience, supporting private and public sector clients in the U.S. and Europe. In the community, Tony is a board member and chair

of the Audit Committee of United Through Reading, an orga-nization dedicated to uniting U.S. military families through the gift of reading. Tony is also on the Board of Directors of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Board of Directors of SRC Inc., which is a not-for-profit research and development company.

ERICA MCBRIDE STARK is Executive Director of The National Hemp Association (NHA). Erica brings to the NHA years of experience in legislative advocacy, industrial hemp education, and non-profit administration. Erica was instrumental in enacting legislation

in Pennsylvania which provided farmers and hemp advocates the opportunity to grow hemp for the first time in 80 years. She is proud to have managed the permits and grow hemp in Pennsylvania since 2017.

SEAN WOODROFFE is responsible for TIAA’s human resources strategy and execution for the company’s global workforce, including compensation and benefits, talent acquisition, organizational design and effectiveness, and inclusion and diversity. He also oversees the company’s internal communications strategy,

which focuses on driving the alignment and engagement of more than 18,000 employees.

DONNA RAGINS WRIGHT is President of Aurora Technical Systems, LLC - an SBA 8(a) certified, woman-owned business that provides support to government and prime contractors in implementing best practices in the areas of contracts compliance, acquisition

support, and program management services to support engineering, scientific, research, and Information Technology contracts for NASA, DoD, and DOE contractors.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

FEATURED CALIBR MEMBERS

ROBERT JEFFERSON is currently Founder and Managing Principal of Merrill Jefferson Enterprises LLC. Mr. Jefferson has a corporate finance background and has experience managing multi-billion dollar P&Ls for several Fortune 500 companies

(Procter & Gamble, Walt Disney, American Express). Merrill Jefferson Enterprises LLC is a private real estate investment company that invests in multi-family apartments within key strategic US markets. The core goal of Merrill Jefferson Enterprises LLC is to build wealth for its clients and partners while at the same time providing quality residential housing resources for the communities that it operates in.

MIA BAYTOP RUSSELL serves as the Content Strategy and Integration leader for Wells Fargo’s Hands on Banking® program, an award-winning program that provides free financial education, tools, and resources to children, teens,

adults, seniors, military, and entrepreneurs. In 2017, Hands on Banking received the AFCPE® Outstanding Consumer Financial Information award. In her role, Russell is responsible for developing financial education content and measuring program outcomes to advance financial capability and demonstrate the program’s effectiveness and impact.


In their book, Saj-Nicole Joni and Erica Dhawan highlight a revolutionary force redefining how leaders can drive innovation in the 21st century, which they call “Connectional Intelligence” (or CxQ), defining this key capability for the next century of leadership intent on creating breakthrough results.

Over the last 25 years, society has built a platform of connection that combines systems of logistics and transportation with mobile, social, and digital networks. Today, anyone with a browser on their smartphone or computer can connect to a meta-platform of these combined networks to do research and compare or redesign existing ideas at unimaginable speed. Millions of us can view complex phenomena from seemingly infinite perspectives, and connect globally with people and events in real time.

This combination is unleashing a massive wave of an innate human capacity – something we call Connectional Intelligence™. CxQ is the ability to realize value from networks of relationships, to harness units of knowledge and reuse them to innovate, to convene communities and to marshal a variety of resources in order to transform everything from snack chips to entire societies.

Connectional Intelligence is driving previously unimaginable transformations in companies, families, communities, industries, and governments at record speed.

• Connectional Intelligence harnesses the value produced by increased connectivity to ignite transformation across sectors at record speed. CxQ has allowed:

• GE to unearth thousands of breakthrough ideas for reducing humanity’s carbon footprint across sectors and platforms.

• Nabisco to create the top Superbowl 2013 commercial –a no-cost Twitter ad created in just 15 minutes.

• Frito-Lay to leverage its Latino Diversity ERG group to develop a Guacamole Doritos chip—a $100M product.

• Nike to create Green Xchange (GX), a Web-based marketplace making more than four hundred of Nike’s own patents for widely available research, leading to innovation across sectors.

• Starbucks to create MyStarbucks platform, crowdsourcing over 100,000 customer product ideas, leading to innovations like the iconic Starbucks green stick.

• A hobbyist farmer named Ron Wallace to grow a never-before-seen 2,000-pound pumpkin, doubling the world record and unlocking secrets to radically increasing global food supply.

• Groups of bicyclists used social networks like Facebook and Twitter to uncover Lance Armstrong’s web of lies.

• Harvard researchers to tap into the knowledge of interdisciplinary thinkers to crowd source research questions to tackle Type I diabetes.

• Programs like Poptech and Presidential Innovation Fellows, where multidisciplinary thinkers come together to tackle today’s most pressing problems in business and society.

• An uproar that brought thousands into the streets in India, demanding justice following the gang rape of a young woman in India, leading to sweeping government action.

CxQ is made up of following five fundamental capabilities – one, a few, or all of which can be deployed at once:

Contextualization, the ability to gain a broader, peripheral perspective on a phenomenon and use it as a catalyst for action.Community, the ability to bring together people to spark, create and care together.Combination, the ability to take different ideas, resources or products and combine them to create an entirely new concept or product, generate a new way of thinking, and develop surprising new results.

Connectional Intelligence™ is the capability to consistently deliver transformative results by harnessing the value of relationships and networks.

In their upcoming book, Saj-Nicole Joni and Erica Dhawan highlight a

revolutionary force redefining how leaders can drive innovation in the 21st

century, which they call “Connectional Intelligence” (or CxQ), defining this key

capability for the next century of leadership intent on creating breakthrough

results.

Over the last 25 years, society has built a platform of connection that combines

systems of logistics and transportation with mobile, social, and digital networks.

Today, anyone with a browser on their smartphone or computer can connect

to a meta-platform of these combined networks to do research and compare

or redesign existing ideas at unimaginable speed. Millions of us can view

complex phenomena from seemingly infinite perspectives, and connect

globally with people and events in real time.

This combination is unleashing a massive wave of an innate human capacity –

something we call Connectional Intelligence™. CxQ is the ability to realize

value from networks of relationships, to harness units of knowledge and reuse

them to innovate, to convene communities and to marshal a variety of

resources in order to transform everything from snack chips to entire societies.

Creating results that matter

Connectional Intelligence is used to innovate growth, solve highly complex challenges, marshal resources fast. Properly utilizing CxQ will unleash full workforce potential, reduce waste, enable interdisciplinary science breakthroughs, and allow all leaders to maximize their impact.

is the capability to consistently deliver transformative results by harnessing the value of relationships and networks.

by Saj-nicole Joni and Erica Dhawan

Connectional Intelligence™


Older leaders who learn and listen to younger generations and incorporate their ideas and ways of working can

also harness the powers of CxQ, now, faster, and more fully to the benefit of their customers, their constituents,

society and the planet.

This book shows how young and old readers all over the world can tap into their innate CxQ. They can deploy it

for themselves, their teams, and at massive scale by fully utilizing the tools and networks and developing the five

Cs. We offer readers provocative questions to ask themselves and their colleagues, and we will guide readers on

the paths to their own CxQ breakthroughs.

In harnessing CxQ, the ideas, strategies, possibilities, and results that people work on every day can rise from

generic to genius. And it’s important for leaders from all industries and walks of life to come to terms with the

possibilities and power of CxQ, or they risk being left out of the current connectivity revolution.

Weaving together insights from experts like Malcolm Gladwell, Jim Collins, Steve Jobs, Clay Christensen, Chris

Anderson and PopTech’s Andrew Zolli with lively stories and examples of how people and groups deploy

connectional intelligence, we offer a thoughtful framework for those who want to achieve breakthrough

innovation and solve the world’s critical problems. Our book takes readers to a new reality of human

connectivity, and maps out a provocative and necessary way of thinking about and acting productively into a

future that's already here.

Saj-nicole Joni is a globally acclaimed business strategist and confidential advisor to CEOs and their top executives. She is often called upon by executives to serve as their thinking partner focused on tough strategic choices that define their impact and legacy. Saj-nicole helps leaders to think about context, judgment, complexity, and future possibilities. She is highly regarded in the business world as a trusted, unbiased “third opinion.” She has authored two books, bestselling The Right Fight and The Third Opinion. sajnicole.com

Erica Dhawan is a globally-recognized leadership expert who teaches companies and business leaders to drive elite performance, improve innovation across generations and cultures and prepare the global workforce for the future. She has consulted with clients such as Fedex and KPMG and has spoken on global stages including the World Economic Forum at Davos. Dhawan is currently a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. ericadhawan.com

About the Authors Connectional Intelligence is trademarked and owned by Cambridge International Group Ltd and Erica Dhawan, LLC.

Combustion, The ability to mobilize and ignite diverse networks and resources in pursuit of a goal.Courageous conversation, the ability to begin charged and difficult discussions, keep them alive, amplify them, and raise the level of awareness around them for greater good. The basic elements of Connectional Intelligence aren’t new. Throughout history, these elements have been at the root of breakthroughs in business, science, arts, and governance. Brilliant inventors, scientists and artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Mahatma Gandhi and Marie Curie used their innate Connectional Intelligence to understand things in a broader context, engage in courageous conversations, and combine together disparate and existing concepts and materials to produce ingenious new ones. But the fruits of their individual genius spread slowly, because they lacked something that so many of us now take for granted: instant access to knowledge, real-time communication, and a global platform of complex logistics and rapid transport. This foundation now makes it possible for CxQ to be scaled at large as it “combusts” and spreads across large, diverse networks.

Just as the groundbreaking invention of the printing press unleashed the innate human intelligence of millions by bringing books, literacy, logic, and scientific thinking to the masses, the networks in which our daily lives today have taken root now allow CxQ to multiply and flourish exponentially. This phenomenon is rapidly transforming our world. Just as social media has already allowed average people to discover and exploit new, online connections in unpredictable ways, CxQ in our profoundly connected world raises the human capacity to solve our toughest challenges. The result is an exponentially burgeoning force that is changing the world faster than we can fully comprehend. Through inspiring stories of real people, readers will see the power of CxQ in action. When individuals deploy CxQ, we call this CxQ at the power of one. When CxQ exponentially transforms what teams are capable of, we call this CxQ at the power of tens.

The stories in this book also offer stunning examples of radically new outcomes that occur when CxQ transforms what “masses” of connected people can do together. We call this CxQ at the power of thousands. In the past, the generation that owned the tools of social transformation (book knowledge, the machines of

the Industrial Revolution, and so on) was also the most fluent in their use. Today, the most skilled users of the tools that leverage CxQ are disproportionately the youngest workers among us —the “Millennials,” born in the 1980s or later—who have grown up in a networked world in which it is natural for them to learn and master the four CxQ capabilities outlined above. Whether they’re developing an innovative new iPhone app, experimenting with a revolutionary idea, changing a political system or working to slow global warming, young people are putting their CxQ to work in the service of solving problems.

Older leaders who learn and listen to younger generations and incorporate their ideas and ways of working can also harness the powers of CxQ, now, faster, and more fully to the benefit of their customers, their constituents, society and the planet.

This book shows how young and old readers all over the world can tap into their innate CxQ. They can deploy it for themselves, their teams, and at massive scale by fully utilizing the tools and networks and developing the five Cs. We offer readers provocative questions to ask themselves and their colleagues, and we will guide readers on the paths to their own CxQ breakthroughs.

In harnessing CxQ, the ideas, strategies, possibilities, and results that people work on every day can rise from generic to genius. And it’s important for leaders from all industries and walks of life to come to terms with the possibilities and power of CxQ, or they risk being left out of the current connectivity revolution. Weaving together insights from experts like Malcolm Gladwell, Jim Collins, Steve Jobs, Clay Christensen, Chris Anderson and PopTech’s Andrew Zolli with lively stories and examples of how people and groups deploy connectional intelligence, we offer a thoughtful framework for those who want to achieve breakthrough innovation and solve the world’s critical problems. Our book takes readers to a new reality of human connectivity, and maps out a provocative and necessary way of thinking about and acting productively into a future that’s already here.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Connectional Intelligence is trademarked and owned by Cambridge International Group Ltd and Erica Dhawan, LLC.

Erica Dhawan is a globally-recognized leadership expert who teaches companies and business leaders to drive elite performance, improve innovation across generations and cultures and prepare the global workforce for the future. She has consulted with clients such as Fedex and KPMG and has spoken on global stages including the World Economic Forum

at Davos. Dhawan is currently a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. ericadhawan.com

Saj-nicole Joni is a globally acclaimed business strategist and confidential advisor to CEOs and their top executives. She is often called upon by executives to serve as their thinking partner focused on tough strategic choices that define their impact and legacy. Saj-nicole helps leaders to think about context, judgment, complexity, and future possibilities. She is

highly regarded in the business world as a trusted, unbiased “third opinion.” She has authored two books, bestselling The Right Fight and The Third Opinion.

Creating Results That MatterConnectional Intelligence is used to innovate growth, solve highly complex challenges, marshal resources fast. Properly utilizing CxQ will unleash full workforce potential, reduce waste, enable interdisciplinary science breakthroughs, and allow all leaders to maximize their impact.


Customers and businesses have long shared a tactical pain point: distance. It can be difficult for people to get to the grocery store to pick up items for dinner,

let alone the other side of the world to provide professional expertise or training.

The Internet has partially solved this problem through solutions such as online delivery services and collaboration tools. But immersive experiences delivered through VR and AR will take us much further in the digital future, eliminating distance altogether and extending our definition of reality.

Results from our Tech Vision 2018 survey show, 36 percent of executives indicate removing distance barriers as a driver in their adoption of extended reality solutions.

Accenture calls this phenomenon “Extended Reality” (XR), and it creates entirely new ways for customers and employees to experience the world while giving them omni-present abilities. As shown in the Extended Reality chapter in the Accenture Technology Vision 2018, our annual tech trend report, XR erases the distance to:

• People—With immersive technologies making it possible for employees to be anywhere, companies can bring trainers “on-site” from any location; training scenarios can also be set up anywhere, then run, re-run, and adjusted to give a firsthand experience of different situations, as Wal-Mart is doing by using VR to help managers prepare for Black Friday shopping crowds.

• Information—DHL Supply Chain uses AR glasses in its operations to provide visual displays of order picking and placement direction, freeing operators’ hands of paper instructions and allowing them to work more efficiently and comfortably. By incorporating these extended reality solutions, DHL has averaged 15 percent productivity improvements while achieving higher accuracy rates.i

On the consumer side, people currently use 2D information gleaned from various sources such as web sites to make purchase decisions. XR provides information in 3D by immersing people virtually into products, helping them to visualize offerings and contextualize them into their own environment. Audi, for example, uses virtual reality to let prospective customers design and tour their own custom vehicle, while IKEA uses augmented reality to help customers virtually place furniture into rooms.ii,iii

• Experiences—XR will ultimately allow digital businesses to branch into delivering entirely new product and service offerings, including bespoke environments that cater to customers’ specific wants and needs. Examples include shopping while immersed in a virtual experience as real estate company Redfin is doing by enabling people to “tour” real-world listings without setting foot on the property,iv or developing a customized travel itinerary by using XR to explore potential destinations and hotels before making reservations.

Tech Vision Trend — Extended RealityBy: Marc Carrel-Billiard

Accenture Senior Managing Director - Accenture Labs and Extended Reality

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)

technologies are removing the hurdle of distance

to people, information, and experiences. Entire

industries will be disrupted and transformed, as

will the ways in which people do their jobs.


By eliminating the distance in these three areas, companies have many new opportunities to think differently about what is possible. From this, they can create new solutions that improve connections with customers, optimize the performance of employees, or create and monetize new digital products and services.

Extended reality sources talent from anywhereIn a world in which the idea of “place” is no longer important, AR technology and VR technology will also help businesses address the largest workforce challenge they face: the distance between themselves and the talent they need to fuel new business growth.

Through immersive experiences, businesses can tap expertise in thousands of skills from anywhere in the world. XR supports an on-demand workforce approach, which not only saves up to 12 percent in recruitment costs, but also helps businesses engage an ever-growing pool of talent who desires flexibility.v

XR also provides the option to smoothly manage knowledge transfer between generations. People in semi-retirement could still provide their expertise to new hires when needed, such as an experienced oil rig operator sitting comfortably at home while providing equipment maintenance directions to a new worker located on an onshore platform.

What’s more, as XR-based remote control of physical systems becomes common, companies will be able to hire for manufacturing, assembly, and robotics expertise from a global pool of the best candidates, regardless of where they live. The result is an opportunity to redesign business without the limiting factor of distance--and for workers, to eliminate geography-based constraints on opportunity. In this sense, globalization takes on a whole new meaning when distance is eliminated—and provides unprecedented opportunities for people to contribute.

Today, XR is still evolving, and challenges around processing lag and content creation remain barriers to its full maturity. Despite this, our survey indicates that 27 percent of executives state it is very important for their organizations to be a pioneer in XR solutions. As today’s technical limitations are addressed, XR will only grow in capability and impact. To prepare for a world where the most powerful experiences might be virtual, businesses must focus on tactical uses of it today.

Making well-planned forays into immersive experiences now will help build the capabilities needed to transform entire industries tomorrow. As XR becomes pervasive, immersive experiences will eliminate the most important distance of all: the distance between where businesses are today and where they want to be in the future.

Is your company prepared for a world where the most powerful experiences might be virtual? Do you have the extended reality strategy and in-house capabilities to get started now?

To learn more about the Accenture Technology Vision, please visit www.accenture.com/technologyvision.

SOURCE: i DHL Supply Chain Makes Smart Glasses New Standard in Logistics. (2017, August 2). DHL press release. http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2017/all/logistics/dhl_supply_chain_makes_smart_glasses_new_standard_in_logistics.html

ii Joseph, Paul. (2017, Sept 13) Virtual Reality Lets Audi Fans Design Their Dream Car. Retrieved from https://www.superyachts.com/luxury/virtual-reality-lets-audi-fans-design-their-dream-car-4715.htm

iii https://www.wired.com/story/ikea-place-ar-kit-augmented-reality/

iv Athwal, Nav. (2017, June 13). The Rise of Virtual Reality in Real Estate. Retrieved from: www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2017/06/13/the-rise-of-virtual-reality-in-real-estate/

v Mauer, Roy. (2017, March) HR is Turning to Freelancers To Meet Talent Shortage. Retrieved from: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/hr-freelancers-talent-shortage.aspx


CALIBR Celebrates Its Partnership with Lead Sponsor

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. Prudential’s partnership with CALIBR spans well over a decade of investing in the organization’s capacity as a leadership and talent development partner. As CALIBR celebrates its 20-year anniversary, we reflect on the history and benefits of a relationship that has been pivotal to CALIBR’s success.

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS

Sharon Taylor is one of CALIBR’s greatest champions. Along with cultivating CALIBR’s ongoing relationship with The Executive Leadership Council, she, with the support of former Vice President of Diversity Cheryl Reese, established Prudential as CALIBR’s lead sponsor in 2007. Sharon’s commitment to and belief in CALIBR’s mission to accelerate the senior-level readiness of high-potential talent continues to help fund a significant portion of CALIBR’s leadership development curriculum, events, and relationship-building activities.

“Sharon’s leadership should be the standard against which all others are judged in the future.”

— Tim Foy, CALIBR Vice President

Cheryl Reese and Sharon Taylor at the 2018 CALIBR Global Executive Forum

Dele Oladapo at the 2018 Global Executive Forum

Sharon Taylor at the 2015 New Member Orientation

In 2018, Dele Oladapo (Vice President and Chief Enterprise Architect and Technical Innovation Officer) and Ignace Conic (Vice President of Information Technology Talent Management) assumed leadership responsibilities Prudential’s CALIBR liaison and executive sponsor.

During his brief tenure, Dele has continued Prudential’s goal to help CALIBR grow its digital leadership capabilities to increase member connectivity and year-round access to leadership development content. He has been a CALIBR member since 2010. He also serves on the board of directors.


ANNUAL HOST OF CALIBR NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION CALIBR’s new member orientation provides members a detailed overview of CALIBR’s mission, organizational structure, and member benefits. When the event was hosted at Prudential headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, from 2012 – 2016, it allowed new members to form relationships while gaining insights from Prudential’s executive speakers. Since 2017, the event has been held, with Prudential’s support, in conjunction with the summer meeting to increase new members’ relationship-building opportunities with the entire CALIBR network.

FEATURED PROGRAMMING PARTNER Since the partnership’s inception, CALIBR programming has featured Prudential executives who have shared insights about daily life as C-Suite leaders. Sessions have also included senior managers who have provided business performance management frameworks to improve members’ ability to perform as leaders. Select session topics have included: Leading Strategy in Complex Business Markets (Lori Dickerson Fouche) and The Importance of Strategic Influence (Michele Meyer-Shipp). The Infernal Towers activity (Stephanie Allen) once served as a rite of passage for incoming CALIBR members.

20142013

2015 2016

John StrangfeldFormer Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

Lori Dickerson FouchéFormer CEO of Prudential Group Insurance

Sekhar RamaswamyVice President, Human Resources Chief Operating Officer

Stephanie AllenFormer Director of Learning and Talent

Amy SulzmanDirector of Talent Programs, Future Work

Cheryl ReeseFormer Vice President of Diversity

Michele Meyer-ShippFormer Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Kurt Metzger Former Vice President of Talent Management

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TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERPrudential piloted and helped refine the process used by CALIBR institutional partners to select high potential leaders for membership. As a result, Prudential’s individual members have made a significant impact in shaping CALIBR’s organizational makeup by identifying members for CALIBR leadership roles and leading the annual review of new member applications. Kim Watson, Vice President of Group Insurance Risk Management, served as the membership chair from 2008 – 2017 and led efforts to accept and onboard over 200 members during her tenure.

In 2018, Jessica Battle Frieson, Director of Project Management, assumed the role as co-chair of the membership committee and has led efforts to increase the depth and breadth of the organization by targeting prospective members outside of Fortune 500 companies to ensure entrepreneurs as well as leaders in academia, non-profit, and government sectors are represented in the membership.

For more than half of CALIBR’s existence, Prudential has been our lead sponsor. With their visionary leadership in our early days, Prudential saw us for all we could be. And they have been instrumental in our success, standing with us as we have grown into what we are today.

— Monique Jefferson, CALIBR President

2015 class members Wendy Trevil and Amber Davis 2012 and 2013 class members participate in the Infernal Towers Activity

Kim Watson, President Monique Jefferson, and Member Co-Chair Brian Jones.

Kim Watson at the 2014 New Member Orientation

Jessica Battle Frieson at the 2019 Summer Meeting

Treasurer Gresford Gray presenting Kim Watson with the 2018 Commitment To Excellence Award

FEATURED PROGRAMMING PARTNER (continued)


2019 CALIBR ANNUAL REPORTThis Year, CALIBR leveraged relationships with long-standing sponsors to cut costs for member lodging, leadership development activities, and networking receptions at the summer and fall meetings. CALIBR thanks the following sponsors for their support and commitment to CALIBR’s mission:

1. PRUDENTIAL

2. WELLS FARGO

3. THE KELLOGG COMPANY

4. MARRIOTT

5. ACCENTURE

6. CAPITAL ONE

7. HOGAN LOVELLS

8. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

9. AT&T

10. IHG

15% of CALIBR expenses are covered by member dues.

For similar organizations, the expense to dues rate is 25-30% on average.

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CALIBR STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS2018

Budget2018

Actual2019

BudgetIncome

Corporation Contributions 450,000 349,050 400,000

Member Dues and Income 180,000 210,580 220,000

Total Income 630,000 559,630 620,000

ExpensesConferences (Summer and Fall) 100,000 138,812 149,400

Program Management

Program Office Support 140,000 134,522 134,700

Communications and Technology 100,000 106,362 105,600

Professional Fees and Administration 80,000 80,638 80,300

General and Administrative 40,000 72,960 30,000

Total Expenses 460,00 533,294 500,000

Net Income 170,000 26,336 120,000

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Members on the MoveMarc Tate, a proven and experienced business executive with expertise in management consulting, strategy, and program management, has taken on a new challenge as Senior Strategic Partner Manager for Amazon Web Services.

Michelle Thornhill was recently promoted as the Business Transformation Leader for Corporate Philanthropy and Community Relations in the Wells Fargo Foundation. In this role, she is responsible for leading the ongoing development and implementation of the new foundation strategy which

supports donating $440,000,000 annually to communities in the Wells Fargo footprint. She will also continue to provide oversight and governance for the Wells Fargo Foundation Board. Michelle was also appointed to serve a 2-year term on the Board of Directors for The Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust, which provides endowment management services for the Mecklenburg County Cultural Sector. Michelle and her husband Wayne L. Thornhill, Esquire, co-founded the HūMan Rites of Passage Program to empower 7th-grade boys of color by building character, competitiveness, competence, and citizenship. This program will be administered by the Thornhill Rites of Passage Foundation (www.tropf.org).

Mike Chapman will be inducted into The Executive Leadership Council in 2020. He is currently a Managing Director and Partner with Accenture Strategy.

Robert Jefferson was named Director of Housing Develop-ment for IMPACCT Brooklyn, a New York Affordable Housing Developer.

Tamia Ward-Blakley was recently elected to the Association of Change Management Professional (ACMP) – DC Executive Board of Directors. Serving in the role of chapter secretary, her role will seek to enhance governance and operations for the chapter. She will also support the delivery of a high-

quality ACMP DC member experience, integrate chapter initiatives, and influence engagement practices with chapter members. Tamia was also recognized as a member of the Loudoun 100 for 2019. The Loudoun 100 project recognizes 100 people across various industries and community projects who are making a positive impact on the community through service and commitment to Loudoun County, Virginia. Tamia is being honored for her service on the board for the YMCA Loudoun County and various contributions to youth and non-profit initiatives through her volunteer and social impact contributions.

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Michelle Greene was featured on episode 88 of the Diva Tech Talk Podcast Audio Series. The podcast features women who are leaders in technology. Guests are asked to share their career insights, experiences, and lessons learned. In the episode, Michelle discussed her upbringing in Valdosta,

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NAME: JENNIFER MILES TITLE: Transition & Transformation Director

COMPANY: Cushman and Wakefield

YEARS AS NEXTGEN/CALIBR PRESIDENT: 1999 – 2000

EDUCATION : Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Alabama; Master of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Describe your current role: I work in Commercial Real Estate for Cushman and Wakefield. I am a part of the outsource division, which manages facilities, capital projects and construction, manages leases, and assists corporate clients in leasing and selling real estate. I lead a team of people responsible for transitioning new clients into Cushman and Wakefield. I also lead teams that look for ways to deliver innovation and best practices to our existing clients.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? None at this time. Previously, Children’s Theater of Charlotte and Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. I am currently an adjunct business professor at Winthrop University.

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? I am most proud of developing the proposal for NextGen, being one of the founding members, and seeing the organization sustain and grow over the last 20 years.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? We wanted to create an organization that would bring together the best and brightest and enable them to connect and support each other as they advanced in their careers.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? It taught me how to feel comfortable networking with others at my level or at the C-suite level. I use these skills on a daily basis.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR brings together the best and brightest up-and-coming African Americans in business and non-profits. This network spreads across multiple states, countries, and disciplines. It also provides the tools to be successful by giving members access to mentors and training in a variety of areas. You cannot pay the price for all of the things that you gain by being a member of CALIBR.

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NAME: SUSAN CHAPMAN-HUGHES TITLE: Executive Vice President, Global Head of Digital Capabilities,

Transformation and Operations, Global Commercial Services

COMPANY: American Express


EDUCATION : Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Vanderbilt University Master, Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst Master of Business Administration, Real Estate Finance and Urban Land Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Describe your current role: I’m head of all data operations for the digital commercial business. I also lead the Information Technology strategy for over 1,500 employees. I am also Chief Operating Officer of the commercial business.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? PotBelly Corporation - Director; Chair of the Audit CommitteeHistoric Trust - Vice ChairGirls Inc.- Chair of Finance Committee

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? We were able to establish an organization that is still running today that helps people move forward in corporate America.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My vision was to create connections and leverage a platform with the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) to help our members move forward.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? It was a great opportunity to leverage and build relationships with ELC members at the time. Many of those relationships in my life have lasted until now, and those people have become family. The organization afforded us a lot of great opportunities.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? At the end of the day, there are not many organizations that help African Americans in the business world. A lot of people are first generation corporate folks. This helps us to learn to navigate corporate America. When we started the organization, we started something that was really awesome. The greatest thing about NextGen for me is the relationships we built with each other. Having the cohort of peers is awesome.


NAME: ANDREW FRAZIER, MBA, CFA TITLE: President and COO

COMPANY: A&J Management, Inc.


EDUCATION : Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Business Administration, New York University

Describe your current role: I help business owners grow revenue, increase profitability, and obtain financing through coaching, consulting, and training services. My expertise is in business strategy and financial management. I am also the author of the book Running Your Small Business Like a Pro.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? Non-Profit: Small Business

Development Center – Rutgers NY (4 years)

Black Business Alliance Chamber of Commerce (2 years)

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? My proudest achievements were:• Developing 5-year strategic plan

with metrics• Creating a regional focused series

of gatherings and events across the country

• Holding first NextGen Fall Conference independent of Executive Leadership Council (ELC)

• Developing fundraising package and raising operating funds for the year

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My overall vision was to grow the organization to impact more people and to make it world class as the leading organization for African American corporate managers. I also wanted to ensure NextGen Network grew and expanded to be a premier organization that is national in scope.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? Along with affording me better visibility and more credibility, being president provided me with a stronger network, better relationships, and mentoring support. It also provided me access to information, knowledge, and ideas to bring back to my business.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR is important because it helps to build a network of like-minded professionals. It provides great education, development, and training opportunities and great support and mentoring throughout your career.

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NAME: SEKOU KAALUND TITLE: Managing Director, Head of Advancing Black Pathways

COMPANY: JPMorgan Chase


EDUCATION : Bachelor of Arts, Hamden-Sydney College Master of Public Policy, Duke University

Describe your current role: I am the head of Advancing Black Pathways, a role focused on strengthening the economic foundation of the black community.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? INROADS - Public Policy and International Affairs Program

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? My proudest achievement is how closely we connected with the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), so that NextGen Network members were able to form relationships and benefit from guidance while navigating their careers. I am also proud that we were able to secure funding to support the organization.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? I wanted to ensure that we operated as an ecosystem and supported each other personally and professionally. I also wanted members to deepen their network with ELC members to further their career objectives.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? It was a great leadership opportunity. It gave me the opportunity to present at ELC events and board meetings. It enabled me to develop more meaningful relationships with ELC members as we collaborated on some shared objectives around the talent pipeline.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? By having access to a strong network of like-minded individuals, it’s easier to be intentional around career and other engagements. You also have greater exposure and access to knowledge from people who are represented at the various corporations and non-profits. The more we know and have access to, the easier it is to incorporate broader perspectives and insights into our decisions.


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NAME: MIKE WATSON TITLE: Executive Director of Digital Tech at JP Morgan;

Head of Innovation and Finance Tech, Central Ohio

COMPANY: JPMorgan Chase


EDUCATION : Bachelor of Arts, History, Wake Forest University Master of History, Ohio State University

Describe your current role: I’m responsible for digital innovation on emerging tech and developing technology for the emerging workforce and customers. I also develop strategies for the digital channel as it pertains to driving parity and technology reuse across the board.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? Mental Health of Franklin County in Ohio; President and Board Chair Columbus Hockey Club, affiliated with the NHL

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? As part of the fall meeting, as you know, we always have a CEO come and talk. When I became president, I decided that NextGen needed to be about the future. I was proud we had CEOs coming to us and chatting with us. When a CEO comes and talks to an organization, that validates the belief that they have in the organization which validated the talent we had coming to our fall meeting.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My vision was to start us on that path where we were seen as a destination organization, not a wait station to get into Executive Leadership Council (ELC). It was activating the previous president’s strategic plan of making the organization bigger and better.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? My tenure as president prepared me to be a leader. I made a lot of mistakes as president, but I learned from them. It gave me the confidence to know that I could lead. There is nothing more satisfying than leading your peers with a mandate from your peers. I tried on a daily basis to be the best possible leader.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR is equipping people with the things needed for success and leadership and has quality members. CALIBR is comprised of the next leaders of Fortune 500 companies. It’s all about giving those leaders the opportunity to hone those leadership skills so they know how to perform. It’s a fun group, and I couldn’t be prouder of the organization that CALIBR has become. I feel honored to have been one of the presidents of an outstanding organization. When you look at the leaders of CALIBR and see their success and how it has translated to their day jobs, you see exactly what ELC set it out to be.


NAME: ORAL MUIR TITLE: VP, Global Distribution Channels

COMPANY: Hilton

YEARS AS NEXTGEN/CALIBR PRESIDENT: 2012-2013

EDUCATION : Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Stony Brook University Master of Business Administration, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Describe your current role: In my current role, I lead the global commercial and business strategy, sales, and relationship management with online travel firms and digital travel platforms globally.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? I currently serve as the chairman of the CALIBR board of directors.

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? My proudest achievement as CALIBR President involved two seminal and pivotal moments. I am proud to have been a part of the founding group of members that created the organization and then later on serve as president. As president, I led the transition from NextGen to CALIBR while restructuring the organization to ensure that it reflected and could serve the needs of members who had grown and were no longer recent graduates but in fact were now looking to get to c-suite roles.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My vision for CALIBR was for every surface of the organization to be an opportunity for learning for its members and leaders. I aspired to make the organization future ready. I wanted the programming to be ever-evolving and future-focused, even pushing the edge to stay out in front of the evolving needs of members and their companies.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? CALIBR served as a laboratory for me to push the envelope with concepts around leadership development and leverage all of the latest research on how adults learn. I have a passion for helping professionals realize their potential. CALIBR gave me a vehicle for actualizing this passion and feeding that part of my soul.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR fills the need for exceptional, agile leaders focused on improving themselves to be of greater value to their teams, their organizations, and to advance their careers in all sectors.

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NAME: MARIO LEWIS TITLE: Team Leader, Large Institution Supervision, Supervision Group

COMPANY: Federal Reserve Bank of New York


EDUCATION : Master of Business Administration, MIT Sloan School of Management Certificate in Management and Administration, Harvard University Bachelor of Science, Bentley University

Describe your current role: I lead a team of bank examiners that are responsible for the financial and capital analysis, risk assessments, and examinations for a large Foreign Banking Organization within the Large Institution portfolio.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? Former Board President, Paolo Freire Charter School, Newark, NJ

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? As president, I helped transition the organization to the CALIBR brand by enhancing the member value proposition with more targeted leadership development programming and increased networking opportunities.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My vision for CALIBR was of a better connected network of members that could support each other in their professional and personal goals. By strengthening the member connections, we could harness the full capabilities of the network to accomplish the organization’s goals.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? My time as president has positively impacted my career and my leadership skills. It gave me the tools and the confidence to take on greater leadership responsibility within my company and other non-profit organizations, while providing me with a strong network of diverse, like-minded peers.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR is critical for diverse mid-career individuals looking to succeed in corporations, academia, non-profits, or any other venues. It provides a strong membership network, and targeted cutting-edge leadership development programming that supports a person’s career growth. CALIBR also provides top corporations with a partner that can help them attract, train, develop, and retain diverse leadership talent.

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NAME: MICHELLE GREENE TITLE: Corporate VP of Information Technology Masco Corporation

COMPANY: Masco Corporation

YEARS AS NEXTGEN/CALIBR PRESIDENT: 2016-2018

EDUCATION : Bachelor of Arts, Business, Valdosta State University Master of Science, Information Technology, Florida State University

Describe your current role: In my current role, I am responsible for information technology. I coordinate initiatives at a strategic level with headquarters and business units, including IT security, shared services and data analytics.

What corporate or non-profit boards are you a member? CALIBR; Pearls for Teen Girls; Goodwill of Southeastern Wisconsin; Detroit Public Television

What is your proudest achievement as CALIBR/NextGen President? CALIBR, as an organization, became more focused, strategically. We became more thoughtful about where we wanted to go as an organization. Taking this strategic view, we found real opportunities to bring diverse perspectives into the organization.

What was your overall vision for the organization while you were president? My vision for CALIBR was for the organization to be able to stand on its own and redefine its mission and values. CALIBR became stronger as an independent organization by increasing its overall financial health, strengthening the membership intake process, and outlining a formal succession plan for organizational leadership. Through a strategic planning process, that included surveying the membership, we defined ourselves as a global organization focused on the overall development and leadership growth of mid to senior-level leaders.

How has being president of CALIBR/NextGen Network impacted your career and your global leadership capabilities? Being president provided me with a perspective that enhanced my overall focus on diversity and inclusion.

Why is CALIBR important for corporate, academic, non-profit, and individual leadership success? CALIBR is important because of the strong programming it brings and the caliber of talent it attracts. The organization brings together people that look like you and who are having similar challenges as you. The CALIBR family is a foundation you can lean on as you progress in your personal and professional development.

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