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Welcome
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| Welcome,
and thank you for visiting our website!
We like
to think of diversityinbusiness.com as an
Internet magazine that celebrates the advancement of
diverse people, especially minorities and women; and as
a forum to promote initiatives that develop, utilize, and expand the resources of
diverse and emerging communities.
diversityinbusiness.com
is an independent publication of Genlight Por EL, Inc.,
and is produced in association with GPL Enterprises, LLC.
Genlight Por EL, Inc. is a Chicago-based information and
communication service provider, and GPL Enterprises, LLC
is a development company. I founded both companies to
support minority business development.
We are
working hard to establish diversityinbusiness.com
as a preferred resource for emerging individuals and
organizations, for corporations and government agencies
that have strong commitments to diversity, and for young
people seeking educational and career opportunities.
I
invite you to share in our growth, by becoming a free
subscriber. When you subscribe, we will send you
notices of updates to our site. We respect your
privacy and We will not sell your information to third
parties. We will use your Email address for notification
purposes only.
I hope
you read on and learn more about us.
Best
regards,
Dan Perkins, Publisher
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Our
Mission
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Our
mission is to
contribute to the establishment of a more progressive
world by increasing awareness and understanding -- both within and
between communities.
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Our
Approach
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diversityinbusiness.com, we explore issues of
diversity, entrepreneurship, corporate outreach,
education, community development, culture and
more. We endeavor to provide timely information
that contributes to the development of diverse
communities and increases awareness of that
development.
Our
features, departments and commentaries provide information that is useful to a
broad range of communities. We present stories
on outreach and diversity efforts by
corporations, government agencies and
educational institutions. In many cases, these stories represent
"best-practices." It is our hope that others
will emulate the success of those who lead with
diversity programs and community outreach. We
also like to acknowledge innovative approaches,
processes and products developed by small and emerging
businesses, including businesses that are not minority
or women owned. We also welcome opportunities to
feature collaborations between diverse communities.
We
believe societies do well when
decisions are based on solid principles and respect for
individual and collective relationships. We often advance
this view
in our commentaries, but we are equally willing to mix things up.
We will continue to feature professional insights from industry
leaders, and from time to time, offer perspectives of
"everyman or woman" on the
street.
It
is our desire to provide you with interesting stories
that leave you well informed and perhaps enlightened. We
like hearing hear from you, our readers. So,
please feel free to let us know what you think of our
stories and our website. To contact us, click here
or use the "Contact Us" button on the sidebar
index.
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Our
Writers
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Dan
Perkins, Publisher and Founder
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Perkins has spent much of his professional
career contributing to the social and economic advancement of
minorities. As founder and President of Genlight
Por EL, Inc., he has assisted major business
entities with the design and implementation of
supplier diversity programs.
He established diversityinbusiness.com to promote opportunities
for emerging businesses, individuals and communities;
and to recognize the contributions of individuals and organizations
that assist diverse communities.
Prior to establishing
Genlight Por EL, Dan was Station Manager of a television station in Southern
California; and he began his professional career in commercial real
estate lending.
Dan is a
graduate of Williams College and holds a Masters in
Management degree from the Kellogg School of
Management, Northwestern University.
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Guy
Summers, Columnist
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Guy
Summers is founder and President of Farrell
Group, LLC., a management
consulting company that provides services to
enhance strategic business
relationships. Farrell Group, which has
expertise with diverse people and
diverse markets, delivers its services via
seminars, presentations, speeches,
events, and consultation.
Guy formerly worked as a Senior Vice President
at The Northern Trust Company in Chicago, where
he was employed for over 20 years. He
spent his last 5 years at Northern as head of
the Community Banking Group and prior to that he
worked as a division head and as a relationship
manager in commercial banking.
Guy earned an MBA at Illinois Institute of
Technology and a Bachelor of Urban
Planning from the University of Illinois in
Urbana.
Guy's expertise
is regularly featured in this website under The
Relationship Corner.
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Matthew
Jones, Staff Reporter
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Matthew
Jones comes to d-i-b with a long and rich
history in marketing and communications.
Jones first stepped into the marketing
arena at Golin/Harris
Communications, working first on the
McDonald’s account, then moving on to
Chrysler.
After
three and a half years with Golin/Harris,
Jones joined Leo Burnett Public Relations and worked on a variety of
accounts
including Arthur Andersen, Maytag, Motorola, TruServe,
and Coca-Cola.
As an account director on Burnett's
Oldsmobile and U.S. Army accounts, Jones
was part of the team that helped launch innovative campaigns
such as “An Army of
One.” Jones
left Leo Burnett in 2001 and relocated to
Los Angeles to pursue his interests in
acting and communications.
Jones contributes
articles dealing with diversity in advertising, marketing and public relations.
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