Meet the Contributors
Transform your life with the words of these women.
The 85 contributors to Dear Success Seeker come from all diverse walks of life. They differ in profession, age, ethnicity, and personality. Their inspiration and personal journey in Dear Success Seeker will renew your faith and inspire you to seek out your destiny.
Get to know the women of Dear Success Seeker -- Women in Entertainment, Politics, Academia, Medicine, Business, Law, and Religion -- and find out how individually and collectively they are special.
 
Camille O. Cosby
Author, A Wealth of Wisdom
Photo by Howard Bingham
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Gayle King
Television and Radio Personality and Editor-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine.
Photo by David Turner/Studio D
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Mary Aaron
First Lady, Bibleway Community Church
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Valerie B. Ackerman
President of USA Basketball; Former President of WNBA
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Vernell G. Anderson
Former Director of EEO Programs with the Federal Government
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Edith Virginiabell Atchison
Mother
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Regina M. Benjamin
First African-American Woman elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees
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Margaret Louise Betts, MD
President, The Betts Medical Group
Photo by Monica A. Morgan
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Pastor Shirley Caesar
Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Musician
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Mildred H. Carter
First Licensed Female Aviator in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, the school
that became legendary with the success of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II
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Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.
New York Times Best Selling International Author
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Vanessa Castagna
One of Fortune Magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business";
Former Chairwoman of Mervyn’s Department Stores and JCPenney Stores, Catalogue and Internet
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Leeann Chin
Founder of Leeann Chin, Inc.,
A $40 Million dollar Chinese-American fast food restaurant chain
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Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D.
President Emerita of Bennett College for Women and Spelman College
Photo by IBC Institute
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The Rev. Johnnie Colemon
Founder of Christ Universal Temple, a New Thought Church with 20,000 members
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Marva N. Collins
Founder, Marva Collins Preparatory School
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Anna L. Cooke
Author of The History of Lane College; Free-lance Writer
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Joan Ganz Cooney
Creator of Sesame Street;
Founder of Children’s Television Workshop for Public TV
Photo by Terry deRoy Gruber
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Barbara Jean Danner
President and Founder, Macon County Fine Arts Manifesto, Inc.;
Nationally Renowned Artist
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Norma Jean Darden
Wilhelmina Model; Owner and Operator of SPOONBREAD INC.
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Patty DeDominic
CEO, PDQ Personnel Services, a specialized business consulting group;
Named Executive Officer of the Year by the LA Business Journal
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Ruby Dee
Award-winning Actor and Author; Theatre Hall of Fame
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Capucine (Cap) DeLaney
Business Development Manager for $60 Billion Dollar Mass Retailer
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Loretta Devine
Award-winning Actress
Photo by George Pimentel
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Mimi Donaldson
Author of Negotiating for Dummies
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Hazel N. Dukes
President of the NAACP New York State Conference
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Katherine Dunham
Internationally-Acclaimed Dancer and Choreographer;
Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, One of the Highest Artistic Awards in the USA
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Shelia E
Drummer and Singer;
Musical director for Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncè Knowles, and Prince
Photo by FOX
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Marian Wright Edelman, JD
Founder of Children’s Defense Fund
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M. Joycelyn Elders, MD
The First Black Woman to Serve as U.S. Surgeon General
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
First Woman to Chair the NAACP; Named Woman of the Year by Ms. Magazine
Photo by Van Evers
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Judith Berry Griffin
President, Pathways to College; Former National President of A Better Chance
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José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Appointed to the United States National Science Board by President George W. Bush
Photo by Mr. Tummanoon
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Esperanza Guerrero-Anderson
President of Milestone Growth Fund, a Venture Capital Fund;
2008 "Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year" Recipient
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Mother Velma A. Hamilton
Pastor; International Radio Ministry
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Kathryn Harwig, JD
Author of Five Books published in English, German and Dutch
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Martha Hawkins
Owner and Operator, Martha’s Place Restaurant and Catering
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Dorothy I. Height
Chair and President Emerita of National Council of Negro Women; Author
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Andrea Herenton
Entrepreneur; Founder of Hip Education, a Creative and Revolutionary Educational Medium
Photo by Michael A. Parker
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Betsy D. Holden
Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company;
Former Co-CEO of Kraft Foods and CEO of Kraft Foods North America
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Wilhelmina Holladay
Founder and Chairman of the Board, The National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Joan Holman
Award-Winning Internet Expert
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Theodora G. Jackson
Founding Director of Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults (JSPOA)
Photo by Presbyterian News Service
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Janie Jasin
Author of The Littlest Christmas Tree; Celebrates Sobriety since 1976
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Carolle Jean-Murat, MD, F.A.C.O.G.
Senior-Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Award-winning Author
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Mae C. Jemison, MD
Physician, Engineer, Astronaut; The First Black Woman to travel into Outer Space
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Edith Irby Jones, MD, F.A.C.P., P.A.
First Black to Graduate with Doctor of Medicine from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine;
First Female President of the National Medical Association
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Shirley Jones
Academy-Award (Oscar) Winning Actress and Entertainer
Photo by Jones Family
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The Rev. Barbara L. King
Spiritual Leader of Hillside International Truth Center
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Billie Jean King
(Won 39 Grand Slams Tennis Titles including a Record 20 Titles at Wimbledon);
Founder of the Women’s Tennis Association and the Women’s Sports Foundation
Photo by Jonathan Exley
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Reatha Clark King, Ph.D.
Former President and Board Chair of the General Mills Foundation;
Former Vice President of General Mills, Inc.
Photo by Lee Prohofsky Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Deborah M. Kolb, Ph.D.
Professor; Author of The Shadow Negotiation, Named by Harvard Business Review as
One of the Ten Best Business Books of 2000
Photo by Simmons School of Management
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Patti Labelle
Grammy and American Music Award-winning Singer and Entertainer
Photo by Carlo Dalla Chiesa
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Senator Mary L. Landrieu
U.S. Senator
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Brenda Laurel, Ph.D.
Co-Founder of Purple Moon, A Company Dedicated to Producing Software
and Other Interactive Media Targeted at Pre-teen Girls
Photo by Hilary Hulteen
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Wilma Mankiller
First Woman Elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
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Patricia McGraw, Ph.D.
First Black Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR)
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Joyce Meyer
New York Times Bestselling Author; World Leading Practical Bible Teacher
Photo by Tammy Roller
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Mo'Nique
Award-Winning Comedienne and Actress
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Betty J. Overton-Adkins, Ph.D.
Vice President for Academic Affairs at Spring Arbor University
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Rosa Parks
Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968);
Co-Founder, The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
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Phylicia Rashad
Award-Winning Actress;
First Black Woman to Win Leading Actress Tony Award
Photo by Tony Esparza @ CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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Della Reese
Award-Winning Actress and Singer; Recipient of Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Photo by Cliff Lipson
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Julieanna L. Richardson, JD
Historian; Founder of The HistoryMakers
Photo Property of the Historymakers
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Patricia Turner Robinson
Past Director of Community Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana
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Mona Lisa Saloy
Folklorist, Author of the Award-winning Red Beans and Ricely Yours: Poems
Photo by James Terry III
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Lauranne Sams, Ph.D.
Founder and First President, National Black Nurses Association;
Former Dean of Tuskegee University School of Nursing
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Linda S. Sanford
Senior Vice President, IBM’s Enterprise On Demand Transformation & Information Technology
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Patricia S. Schroeder
President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. (AAP);
Former Senior Woman in Congress
Photo by Focused Images Photography, Inc
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Cindy Brinker Simmons
President, Levenson & Brinker Public Relations, an Award-winning,
Full-service Strategic Communications Company
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Pastor Diane C. Smalley
Founding Member of the Council of Clergywomen of Metropolitan Detroit
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Bobbie R. Stevens, Ph.D.
Founder and President of Unlimited Futures, LLC
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Susan L. Taylor
Editor Emerita of Essence Magazine; Founder of National Cares Mentoring Movement
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Lillie Armstrong Thomas
Very First Secretary to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
Former Office Manager, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Photo by Silvia P. Simpson of Hawkins Studio, Inc
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Gae Veit
Former Owner and CEO, Shingoee Builders, Inc, $50 Million Dollar Full-service Commercial Construction Company; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Enrolled Member
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Brenda Wade, Ph.D.
Award-winning and Renowned Psychologist; Author
Photo by Timothy Shonnard
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Faye Wattleton
President of the Center for the Advancement of Women;
First Black to Become President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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Tene M. Wells
President of WomenVenture
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Shirley A. White, Ed.D.
President of Success Images, Career Coach and Consulting Firm
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Frankie Berry Wise
Award-Winning Professional Homemaker and Cook; Animal Rights Activist
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Susan Ruth Witkowski
Entrepreneur of Life; Broker/Owner of Sage Properties of Arkansas
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Robin Wolaner
Former Executive Vice President, CNET Media Group; Founder, Parenting Magazine
Photo by Jay Brady
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Rose Wright
Proprietor of "Mama Rose’s Corner"
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Rosalyn S. Yalow, MD
American Medical Physicist; First American Woman Trained in U.S.
(Second Woman Ever) to Win the Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Sandra Yancey
Founder and CEO, eWomenNetwork, Inc.,
The #1 Resource for Promoting and Connecting Women and Their Businesses
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