Morgan Stanley’s Harris to Address JU Graduates

ccomplished Investment Banker, Gospel Singer and Author to Deliver Keynote

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University will bestow degrees on nearly 700 students at the annual commencement ceremonies on Saturday, April 30, 2011. Carla A. Harris, managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, will be the keynote speaker. Commencement will begin at 9:30 a.m. on the Science Green, behind the Howard Building in the heart of JU’s campus.

A Jacksonville native and a force on Wall Street for more than 20 years, Harris is the head of the firm’s Emerging Manager Program and also provides investment advice to corporations, public pension plans, foundations and endowments. She was previously responsible for the structuring, marketing and execution of public and private equity financings and has industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial and healthcare sectors.

The author of “Expect to Win: 10 Proven Strategies for Thriving in the Workplace,” Harris has been named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “The Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” and to Fortune’s “The Most Influential List” 2005, to Black Enterprise Magazine’s “Top 50 African Americans on Wall Street,” to Essence Magazine’s list of “The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World,” Ebony’s list of “15 Corporate Women at the Top,” The Network Journal’s2005 list of “25 Most Outstanding Women in Business” and was named “Woman of the Year 2004# by the Harvard University Black Men’s Forum.

In addition to being an author and having a successful career in business, she is also an accomplished gospel singer who released her third album, “Unceasing Praise” in February. She has performed three sold out concerts at Carnegie Hall and regularly performs in the New York area and is a member and soloist in the popular Mark Howell Singers and St. Charles Borromeo Gospelite Choir in Harlem, N.Y.

Harris received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Second Year Honors and an Artium Baccalaureus in economics from Harvard University, magna cum laude. The University will present her with an honorary doctorate in business commerce in recognition of her outstanding career.

The University will also honor Ash Verlander in memoriam with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Verlander, a long-time University trustee and civic leader, passed away in 2009.  He devoted much of his time to fundraising for the University and also served as president of the Gator Bowl Association.

Graduates who have achieved the highest cumulative grade point average will be honored with the prestigious Fred B. Noble Medal for Scholarship. The University will also present two prominent service awards – the Presidential Award for Leadership and the Presidential Award for Service.

June 15th: The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle

A message to all members of The Inner Circle

This year’s The Mentor Factor professional development conference, being held June 15 in NYC, has a powerful lineup. Speakers include:

Carla A. Harris Managing Director

Morgan Stanley Investment Management

#18 on The 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance 2009

Stacy Bash-Polley

Managing Director & Co-Head of Fixed Income Sales in the Americas

Goldman Sachs

#2 on The 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance 2009

Cara Heiden

Co-President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Wells Fargo & Co.

#12 on The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking 2009

Karen Peetz

Senior Executive Vice President, CEO Financial Markets & Treasury Services

BNY Mellon

#2 on The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking 2009

And, new this year, a panel of senior executive men on a panel to tell women everything we need to know from THEIR perspective.

View the entire agenda here:

http://www.25mpwib.com/TMF_Agenda.html

Members of The Inner Circle receive a special discount by using the registration code SAVE200.

Interested in bringing a team of women from your institution? Contact Melissa Buono at 212-803-6067 or Melissa.buono@sourcemedia.com.

Hope to see you there!

Best,

Rebecca Sausner

Editor

The Inner Circle

Carla on WPIX

We cannot pull the video but check out the link, with accompanying transcript! Once again Carla Harris gives the viewers more than they bargained for… knowledge and well of experience

http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp

Carla is a Black Enterprises’ Powerful Women

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With Morgan Stanley since 1987, Harris’ recent focus within the firm has been the strategic client group at MS Investment Management. In that role, the Wall Street veteran provides investment advice to corporations, public pension plans, foundations, and endowments. The company’s emerging managers’ platform is also under her leadership.

Carla Harris at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca

In a time of economic and job insecurity, people need to prove that they are essential and indispensable to their company. According to Carla A. Harris, a 20-year veteran of Wall Street, knowledge and diligence simply aren’t enough to successfully climb the corporate ladder in today’s competitive work environment. Sharing advice found in her book, Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet, Harris describes her ascent to the top and offers strategies that ensure career advancement and success in any industry.

	Date & Time: Wed, Feb 3, 2010, 12:00pm-1:00pm
	Location: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street Directions
	Price: $16.00

Carla Harris at Manhattan Community College

Join Carla at the  International Association of Administrative Professionals, held at the Continuing Education of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, 25 Broadway, 8^th Floor. NY, NY 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

Carla Harris, featured author at the Austin, TX Bookfair

June 27, 2009

Join Carla at the Austin, Texas bookfair on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Carla will be speaking at a breakfast in the Library at 10 a.m and on hand for the rest of the day to autograph copies of Expect To Win.

Carver Library
1161 Angelina Street
Austin, TX
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Carla Speaking at the Essence Music Festival July 3-5, 2009

Come join Carla at The Essence Music Festival featuring such speakers as Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bill Cosby, Dr. Suzanne Johnson Cooke and many, many more at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA. She will be speaking about “the Pearls” and other relevant topics from Expect To Win and doing a booksigning. It promises to be a wonderful high impact weekend!

NAACP 100th Annual Convention

July 11-16, 2009

Jacob K. Javitz Convention Centr
655 W. 34th Street
NY, NY, 10001
10 a.m.

100 Black Men of America 23rd Annual Conference

June 12, 2009

Hilton Hotel
1335 Avenue of the Americas
10: 30 AM

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