30 Leaders Of The Future

JOHN H. JACKSON, Ed.D., J.D., 27, Washington, D.C., national director of education for the NAACP, where he coordinates national educational platform for more than 2,200 NAACP chapters; former presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights; Block history convocation speaker, Xavier University, his alma mater; Children's Day speaker, Union Baptist Church (1999); doctorate in education from Harvard University.

RAHMAN K. JOHNSON, 24, Jacksonville, Fla., Group 5 Representative for the Duval County Soil and Water Conservation District; senior at Edward Waters College, where he is immediate past president of the Student Senate; director, Jacksonville Urban League Head Start Proud Papa Program, a male mentoring program; area director for Community Partnerships for Census 2000; has served as youth initiatives advisor to two Jacksonville mayors; columnist for the Jacksonville Free Press newspaper; an accomplished actor with numerous stage and film credits; board member, Thurgood Marshall Achievers Society, Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awareness Board, Block-on-Block Crime Prevention Task Force; former vice president of NAACP State Youth Council.

TONYA A. MILLER, Ph.D., 30, Atlanta, performance development specialist for General Electric; former human resource consultant for City of Norfolk, Va.; former assistant professor of industrial/organizational psychology at Old Dominion University; in 1999, made history as the first African-American to graduate with doctorate in industrial/organizational psychology from Old Dominion; volunteer with Big Sister program for which she mentors at-risk youth; tutors elementary students.

NA'TAKI Y. OSBORNE, 26, president of the Greater Atlanta Millennium Section of the National Council of Negro Women, which targets women ages 18-35; organization's initiatives include HIV/AIDS education, voter empowerment, juvenile justice, young women's issues forum, anti-racial profiling advocacy; sustainable communities organizer, the National Wildlife Federation; co-founder, Center for Environmental Public Awareness; appointed to Neighborhood and Environment Policy Council for Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.

RANDAL D. PINKETT, 29, Boston, Mass., founder, president and CEO, MBS Educational Services & Training, which has among its clients Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations; founding partner and director of community technology, Inner City Consulting Group; Ph.D. candidate in media arts and sciences, MIT; Rhodes Scholar (1994-96), during which he earned a master's in computer science at the University of Oxford, England; National Science Foundation graduate fellow (1998).

LARRY B. QUICK, 29, Washington, D.C., founder and executive director, Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc., a non-profit organization that teaches Black male youths to use art to "transform challenges into possibilities"; motivational speaker at schools, universities and organizations; mentor to African-American males in Lincoln Heights Public Housing Project; recipient, 2000 American Association for Affirmative Action Outstanding Community Award, 2000 Dream Makers Award presented by Mega-1 Network Inc. for outstanding leadership, 2000 Conversation Changers Award presented by D.C. Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 1998 Vision Award from D.C.'s Youth Services Administration.