Dr. Antwon森林, dean of the School of Business at pg电子游戏试玩, has been selected as one of the recipients of Our Mississippi’s Most Influential African Americans for 2023-2024.
Honorees will be recognized during the Our Mississippi Honors Gala, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at the Cadence Bank Conference Center in Tupelo, Miss. Actor Malik Yoba will be the keynote speaker.
“Being named among Mississippi’s most influential African Americans is not just a personal accomplishment; it signifies the possibilities inherent when individuals dare to dream, 对抗逆境, and courageously challenge the status quo,伍兹说. “I accept this honor not as an endpoint, but as a reminder that the path to true equality is still being paved. We must continue to tread this road, 我们的目标是一致的, until every member of our community can equally partake in the promises of freedom.”
According to Our Mississippi Magazine, individuals were selected by an independent panel of business and community members based on nominations received from the public.
Woods is passionate about using positive academic leadership to solve problems and achieve goals.
在到达pg电子下载之前, he served as assistant to the president for Special Initiatives, associate dean of the School of Business, and associate professor of Business and Sports Management at Belhaven University. He also led the Southern Region Assembly of the International 认证 Council for Business Education as its president.
He was named one of Mississippi’s Top 50 under 40 Business Leaders in 2018 by the Mississippi Business Journal, Top 40 under Forty Young African American Business Professionals by the Network Journal in New York, and an Emerging Leader Fellow by the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities.
Woods holds a Doctor of Philosophy in urban higher education and a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Jackson State University, a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University, and a Master of Science in sport management from Middle Tennessee State University. He completed studies at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, where he received a post-doctorate certificate in Executive Leadership.
除了, 他是ForbesBLK的成员, the Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society, the Sigma Iota Epsilon Management Fraternity, the Sigma Alpha Pi Honor Society, the Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement Honor Society, and the Golden Key International Honour Society.
He is among 14 honorees to be recognized. 他们是罗莎·M. Beckett, 首席执行官 of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority; Dr. 查尔斯Bouldin, 老板, North Mississippi Physical Therapy; Kim Crumble, 厂长兼厂长, APMM; Rip Daniels, entrepreneur; Maggie Wade Dixon, 新闻主播, WLBT; Willie Fairley – director, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Craig Jackson, 总经理, C Spire; Carla Kirkland, 首席执行官, The Kirkland Group; Kirk Lewis – 首席执行官, Blue Springs Metals; Bishop Clarence Parks, 创始人及资深主教, Temple of Compassion and Deliverance; Dr. Rickey Thigpen – president and 首席执行官, Visit Jackson; Victor Taylor, vice president of manufacturing, Nissan Canton; and Dr. Alexandria White – senior vice president, Reboot Accel.
