24th Annual Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students Conference
Krystle Cohen and Jeny Cespedes
Issue date: 10/6/09 Section: News
The 24th annual Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students conference will be held on October 16, 2009 in the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life. The theme of this year's conference "Reflect, Rethink, Reshape: Exploring the New Normal", seeks to encourage leaders and MBA's to look back on the challenges within the business community over the past year and determine what their place will be in the new environment. When best practices have disappointed or proven as professionally irresponsible, we have the opportunity to recalibrate business norms and create value in unchartered areas of enterprise. Diversity of culture, industry experience and of academic intellect is especially critical when challenging tradition, but by embracing these individual distinctions we are better equipped to stimulate intellectual and economic growth. It is our responsibility to set the "new normal" and to create business opportunity out of adversity.
This year we welcome Mr. Richard Gay as the keynote speaker. Richard Gay is Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations for MTV & VH1, part of the MTV Networks division of Viacom, Inc. In his position, Mr. Gay's responsibilities include strategic and long-range planning, strategic partnerships, brand level mergers and acquisitions and business development, key operational initiatives across the business and serving as brand liaison for centralized "back office" functions. Mr. Gay performs these responsibilities for MTV, VH1, each brand's sister networks and each brand's digital properties.
In addition, the AHBBS conference will host industry panels examining topics such as emerging opportunities in finance as well as what impact culture has on the marketing experience. During lunch attendees will have the opportunity to meet sponsors and AHBBS will be presenting the distinguished alumni award to Allan Boomer, Vice President of Private Wealth Management at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and chair of the NYU Stern Alumni Council.
This year we welcome Mr. Richard Gay as the keynote speaker. Richard Gay is Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations for MTV & VH1, part of the MTV Networks division of Viacom, Inc. In his position, Mr. Gay's responsibilities include strategic and long-range planning, strategic partnerships, brand level mergers and acquisitions and business development, key operational initiatives across the business and serving as brand liaison for centralized "back office" functions. Mr. Gay performs these responsibilities for MTV, VH1, each brand's sister networks and each brand's digital properties.
In addition, the AHBBS conference will host industry panels examining topics such as emerging opportunities in finance as well as what impact culture has on the marketing experience. During lunch attendees will have the opportunity to meet sponsors and AHBBS will be presenting the distinguished alumni award to Allan Boomer, Vice President of Private Wealth Management at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and chair of the NYU Stern Alumni Council.
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