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Ebony, Nov, 2006
DON FRIESON
VP AND REGIONAL
GENERAL MANAGER
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Don Frieson is a vice president and regional general manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., one of the largest private employers in the U.S., with more than 1.3 million employees. In his role, Frieson manages 104 Wal-Mart stores in Baltimore, Delaware, southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. Prior to his promotion, Frieson served as regional vice president of logistics. He joined Wal-Mart six years ago as a district manager in charge of a private truck fleet and worked his way through the ranks. Before joining Wal-Mart, he worked with Schneider National Carriers for 12 years. Active in the community, he is a member of the Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Advisory Board at the University of Tennessee, and he is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Frieson earned a bachelor's degree in operations management from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He and his wife, Marilyn, have two children, Kristen and Danielle, and reside in Baltimore.
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STEPHANNIA F. CLEATON
PRESIDENT
THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB
Stephannia F. Cleaton, business editor of the Staten Island Advance, is the president of the New York Press Club. She is the first African-American female president of the 58-year-old press club, which is the largest New York City-based association geared toward protecting and promoting the rights of journalists who work in New York. An award-winning New York City newspaper journalist for more than 20 years, Cleaton began her journalism career as an intern at the New York Times. She went on to work for the New York Voice and Associated Press before joining the Staten Island Advance in 1989. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, vice president of the 6arden State Association of Black Journalists, secretary of the advisory board of the New York Urban League, and she is an adjunct professor in the College of Professional Studies at St. John's University, Staten Island campus. Cleaton, who received a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., resides in Jersey City, N.J.
THURBERT E. BAKER
PRESIDENT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL
Thurbert E. Baker is president of the National Association of Attorneys General. Baker, attorney general of Georgia, is the first African-American to hold the position in the history of the nearly 100-year-old organization. In his new role, Baker plans to lead the nation's attorneys general in joint efforts to combat the methamphetamine epidemic, fight against online sexual predators, tackle identity theft and battle against mortgage fraud. Baker has served as Georgia's attorney general since 1997, focusing on fighting crime, corruption and consumer fraud. Prior to becoming Georgia's attorney general, he served five terms in the Georgia House of Representatives, including three terms as floor leader for then-Governor Zell Miller. During his time in the legislature, he authored legislation that created the HOPE scholarship program and enacted Georgia's "Two Strikes and You're Out" law that puts the worst repeat violent offenders in prison for life without parole. Baker received a law degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his wife, Catherine, have two daughters. Jocelyn and Chelsea.
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