30 leaders of the future

Ebony, Dec, 2001

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BENJAMIN T. JEALOUS, 28, executive director, National Newspaper Publishers Association and the NNPA Foundation, Washington, D.C.; journalist, community organizer and social scientist; 1997 Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he earned a master's degree in comparative social research; has appeared as commentator on numerous television shows.

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RACHEL JOHNSON, 26, national president of the 5,000-member Student National Medical Association, Baltimore, Md.; candidate for medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and for Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; research assistant, Johns Hopkins Welch Center; former summer fellow, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; student member, National Medical Association Council on Medical Legislation, and National Medical Fellowships Board of Trustees; traveled to Havana, Cuba, as member of a Congressional Black Caucus Task Force; traveled to Ghana as member the Save a Million Lives Project medical mission team.

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ERIC E. LEE, 30, director of recruitment and retention, Teachers College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; chairman, Lincoln Juneteenth Community Celebration and Picnic; co-organizer, University of Nebraska Black Male Empowerment Summit; board member, Lincoln Big Brothers & Sisters; chairman, University of Nebraska Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

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BILL McCONICO, 28, state representative, Michigan's 6th District, Lansing, Mich.; vice chairman and ranking Democrat, Criminal Justice Committee; member, Education Committee, House Local Government and Urban Policy Committee, and Appropriations Subcommittee for Corrections; assistant minority whip for Democratic Caucus and co-chairman of the Democratic Task Force on Education; minority caucus chairman of the Young Democrats of America; former special education teacher; member, Morehouse College Alumni Association; host of a radio political talk show; mentor and coach of a Little League football team.

LA NOVIA MEUSE, 26, project director, I Have a Dream Foundation, Atlanta; member, Civic Improvement Committee, United Way of Atlanta and Fulton County; designated "Outstanding Corps Member" and "Outstanding Service Learning Coordinator," Hands On Atlanta AmeriCorps; designated "Ambassador of the Month," Youth Engaged in Service/ Points of Light Foundation; editor, 100 Black Men of America's Mentoring the 100 Way.

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RODNEY E. MILLER, 29, administrator, Cardiovascular/Medicine Services, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, Ga.; oversees a $70 million operating budget at the 530-bed facility; member, Regents Advisory Council of American College of Healthcare Executives; recipient, 2000 Georgia Early Career Healthcare Executive Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives; president, Coastal Empire Healthcare Executives; member, Leadership Savannah Class of 2000-2002; president, Alumni Association, Institute for Diversity in Health Management.