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Feb 28, 2018

Today's high achiever is  Deray McKesson.  DeRay is a civil rights activist focused primarily on issues of innovation, equity and justice. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, he graduated from Bowdoin College and holds an honorary doctorate from The New School.

DeRay has advocated for issues related to children,...


Feb 22, 2018

Dr. Nehemiah James Mabry is a structural engineer, educator and entrepreneur based in Raleigh, North Carolina. His engineering experience includes over 8 years of research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and, most recently he works as a Bridge Design Engineer at Simpson Engineers &...


Feb 21, 2018

Joey Price, CEO of Jumpstart: HR, LLC warns startups not to hire too fast

Today's high achiever is  Joey Price.   Joey is an award-winning Human Resource executive, business coach, thought leader, and professor. He is the founder of Jumpstart: HR, LLC, an HR consulting practice specifically for small businesses and...


Feb 18, 2018

Welcome back, storytellers!  Today's high achiever is Chris-Tia Donaldson, a Detroit native, Harvard attorney, cancer survivor, and current CEO of Thank God It’s Natural (tgin), a manufacturer of natural hair and skin care products. The former Senior Corporate Counsel at Oracle is also author to #1 Amazon best seller,...


Feb 14, 2018

In celebration of Black History month, Get on the Box is pleased to present "Black Excellence: Sharing the stories of High Achievers." In this month long series, we will publish two episodes per week (Wednesday and Sunday)  highlighting the accomplishments and contributions of nine African American High Achievers.

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