4 Black Women Making History in Business as the Firsts
Erika James- She Means Business
In July 2014, Erika James became the first African American woman to lead a top tier business school. As Dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School, James considers herself to be the "accidental academic." James is a former senior associate dean for executive education at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia where she specialized in crisis leadership. James received her Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. She has a passion for providing more opportunities for minorities and women to pursue higher education in business.
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