Vocation:
Business
Chapter:
Chi Rho Omega
Region:
Mid-Atlantic
Award winning interior designer, Carnela Renée Hill, is the president and owner of Interiors by Renée & Associates, LLC (IBRA). IBRA provides professional interior design services (residential and commercial) and staging. Ms. Hill’s work has been recognized in print media including The News & Observer, The Wilson Times, The Triangle Tribune, New Homes & Ideas Magazine, etc. Ms. Hill is the recipient of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Award for Excellence in Design, and the Recipient of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) “Rising Star” Award. Other awards include The Proclamation Award for successful contributions in construction and development in the State of North Carolina, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Award for Excellence in Design that included 2 time lead designer role. Ms. Hill has been identified in The Wall Street Journal as "One of the 111 Most Promising Business Leaders. She was a 2013 Count Me In Urban Rebound Awardee. Her firms work can be found at several universities including Duke, NCSU, NCCU, and Shaw as well as Wake Chapel Church, Bagels & More Café, and the soon to be released movie “There’s An Angel”. Carnela Renee Hill has traveled across the state of NC, in NY, NJ and ATL to decorate/design for an exclusive clientele. Her most recent accomplishment carried her to DC to be a part of The 2015 Holiday Decorating Team at the White House, where she received a special honor to be requested to assist in decorating a special office.
Vocation:
Business
Chapter:
Iota Mu
Region:
Mid-Atlantic
She has achieved much success in her corporate career and was the first African-American officer and first woman supply chain leader for McDonald’s China/Hong Kong. Jacquelyn just completed her 3-year role as Vice President of Supply Chain - McDonald's China/Hong Kong, McDonald’s fastest growing market. She led a team of strategic sourcing, quality systems and logistics professionals accountable for building a competitive, quality, food-safe supply chain to support China/Hong Kong aggressive growth. Jacquelyn has successfully used supply chain and change management strategies to transform both US and China supply chains into strategic, metric-driven, efficient business enablers. Agile, inventive,
Vocation:
Library
Chapter:
Tau Epsilon Omega
Region:
South Atlantic
Andrea R. Jackson is the Head of the Archives Research Center at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library where she oversees all departmental operations and grant and special projects. Jackson earned a B.A. in History from Spelman College, and a M.A. in U.S. History with Certification in Archival Management from New York University. A member of the Society of American Archivists, Society of Georgia Archivists, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, she also serves as the founding Vice-President/President-Elect of the Atlanta Regional Council of Higher Education (ARCHE) Archives Council. In 2016, Jackson was featured in an article and video in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for her work with the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, as well as in an online essay about the ties between her love for her sorority, history, and archives entitled, “Preserving an Alpha Kappa Alpha Legacy.” She was initiated in Mu Pi Chapter.
Vocation:
Science & Technology
Chapter:
Nu Lambda Omega
Region:
South Atlantic
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks is a nationally-recognized leader in engaging urban communities and youth of color in environmental stewardship through hands-on watershed and land restoration initiatives, environmental education, and training. In 2001, Na’Taki co-founded the Atlanta Earth Tomorrow® Program, National Wildlife Federation’s multi-cultural, youth environmental education and leadership development program that engages urban youth in investigating causes of environmental challenges, helps them connect to nature, fosters their leadership of youth-led community action projects, promotes civic engagement, and nurtures leadership skills for building personal environmental stewardship. As an unprecedented model for empowering inner-city teens to improve their communities, youth from neighborhoods highly impacted by pollution and economic disparities develop and implement bold, innovative solutions that advance urban sustainability.