September 2024 Program Meeting
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
Category: Program Meetings
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
About Our Speaker: Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson is a speaker and author of the popular book You Can Lead. She is currently a Board Member and Senior Executive Director of Long-Term Services and Supports at the MyPath Corporation in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Buckhanan Wilson has blazed a trail with innovation and creativity throughout her career as an executive with the Buckhanan Wilson developed and launched 10 highly successful Goodwill Workforce Connection Centers in Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago and recently led high impact stabilization efforts as Interim Executive Director of the T.C. Harris School and Academy in Lafayette, Indiana. Buckhanan Wilson served as the 29th International President and CEO of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® from 2014-2018. Her major accomplishments, leading over 350,000 members included: 1) Preparing 40,000 high school ASCEND students for college; 2) Collecting and distributing 1.1 million backpacks to school-age children; 3) Restoring 2,200 playgrounds through the 1908 Playgrounds initiative; and 4)Building homes through the Habitat For Humanity Program and 5) Forming strategic partnerships with the Alzheimer’s Association, NAMI, American Heart and Stroke Association and the United Nations. In addition, Buckhanan Wilson obtained historic trademarks- including sound and sign patents and restored the sorority’s iconic corporate headquarters in Chicago with a $7 million dollars renovation project. She is the recipient of two Guinness Worlds Record for execution of the 2016 and 2018 AKA International Conventions. Markers documenting her significant track record of community service are located in Chicago, IL; Las Vegas, NV; Columbia, SC and Houston, TX. Buckhanan Wilson is a dynamic public speaker, with over 150 business and organizational keynote speeches given. She has been featured in national and local publications, including Dollars and Cents, The Milwaukee Business Journal and the Biz Times. Buckhanan Wilson holds an MBA Degree from Clark Atlanta University and a BA in Business Administration/Economics from Benedict College. Buckhanan Wilson is the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Benedict College. She is a member of the Benedict College Board of Trustees, the MyPath Corporation Board of Directors, the UNCF Corporate Board of Directors and former President of the Educational Advancement Foundation Board of Directors. Buckhanan Wilson provides expertise as a board member in mission services, programs and operations. Buckhanan Wilson joined TEMPO while serving as a Goodwill Executive and recently returned to active membership. She is mother to two adult children. Online registration for this event is now closed! Please email [email protected] if you would like to register to attend. TEMPO Members | No Charge Contact: TEMPO; [email protected] | (414) 301-6680 |