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Keynote Speaker - Dr. Reatha
Clark King
Dr. King is former president
and board chair of the General Mills Foundation and currently
serves as a Senior Advisor to the Council of Foundations.
Dr. King has over forty-five years of experience in corporate,
nonprofit, community and volunteer service. Prior to her presidency
at Metropolitan State University, Reatha was a professor of
chemistry and associate dean at York College of the City University
of New York, and as a research chemist with the National Bureau
of Standards in Washington, DC.
RECOGNITION: Dr. King has
received many community and national honors, including fourteen
honorary doctorate degrees. In 2005, she was inducted into
Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest Business Hall of Fame.
She is the NACD 2004 Director of the Year. In 2005, she was
the co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy
by the National Center for Black Philanthropy.
In 1999, she was named by
the Minneapolis Star Tribune as one of the 100 most influential
Minnesotans of the last century. In June 2000, Dr. King was
honored by the League of Women Voters as a recipient of the
Civic Leader Award for her pioneering efforts to affect social
change. In November 2000 she received the Minneapolis 2000
Award for civic leadership. She received the 2003 Humanitarian
of the Year Award from the Minneapolis Community and Technical
College and the 2003 Special Distinction Award from the General
Mills Sales Division.
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