BlackStars Experience Gala ’25 Highlights

Get to Know Erika Irish Brown, Citi's CDO & Global Head of Talent

Get to know Erika Irish Brown, Citi's CDO & Global...

Get to Know Rick C. Wade, SVP of Strategic Partnerships at US Chamber of Commerce

Get to know 2024 honoree and speaker, Rick C. Wade,...

On-On-One with Kiersten Barnet, Executive Director of NYC Jobs CEO Council

Kiersten Barnet, Executive Director of NYC Jobs CEO...

BlackStars Awards 2024 Highlights

On Nov 8th, over 500 industry leaders, influencers,...

One-on-One with NAACP President Derrick Johnson

NAACA President Derrick Johnson sits down for a one-on-one...

Nasdaq Board Member and Verizon Executive Reflects on Career, Impact and The Future

Nasdaq Board Member and retiring Verizon Executive...

Get to Know Roger G. Arrieux, Jr, Deloitte's East Region Market Leader and NY Managing Partner

From sharing career advise to his favorite sports teams,...

Get to Know Sabina Dankwa, Head of Tech Communications at Morgan Stanley

Sabina Dankwa, head of tech communications and marketing...

Get to Know J. Ofori Agboka, HR Leader at Amazon

J. Ofori Agboka reflects on his global career and how...

Quita Highsmith on Pioneering DEI at Genentech and Making the Business Case for It!

Quita Highsmith shares how she pioneered DEI at Genentech...

2024 BlackStars Summit & Expo Recap

The  2024 BlackStars Summit & Expo took place...

Tech CTO Reflects on Her Career and Offers Tips for Aspiring Leaders

2024 Honoree Lakecia Gunters sits down for a one-on-one...

The Vanguard: 2025 BlackStars Magazine Cover Shoot

The Vanguard: Redefining Leadership, Possibility, and Legacy

BlackStars Experience Gala '25 Highlights

The 2025 BlackStars...

NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson Delivers Closing Remarks at the 2024 BlackStars Summit

The Power of Firsts | 2024 BlackStars Cover shoot

For the 2024 BlackStars Magazine cover shoot, we had...

Rose Stuckey Kirk, NASDAQ Board Member & Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Verizon

Rose Stuckey Kirk, NASDAQ Board Member and Chief Corporate...

World's Highest Ranking Mathematician Honored at the BlackStars Awards

Akinyemi Akiwowo- COO Global Litigation at Morgan Stanley

Akinyemi T. Akinwowo, COO, Global Litigation at Morgan...

Kori Davis Porter- SVP @ The NBA

Kori Davis Porter, SVP, Head of Business Operations...

Roger G. Arrieux Jr.- Managing Partner @ Deloitte

Roger G. Arrieux Jr., East Region Market leader and...

Quita HighSmith- VP @ Genentech

J. Ofori Agboka- VP @ Amazon

J. Ofori Agboka, VP of People Experience and Tech,...

Meet the World's Highest Ranking Mathematician

Dr. Atangana, a renowned expert in applied mathematics,...

Honoree Video Profile- Aaron Walton

Profile of Aaron Walton, Co-Founder & CEO of Walton...

Honoree Video Profile- Quita Highsmith

Honoree Video Profile- J. Ofori Agboka

Nexus Sea, Partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP Shares Career Journey and Insights

One on One with  2023 honoree Nexus Sea.

Dethra Giles Asks: "What Are You Betting on Yourself?" | Empowering Career Advice

Dethra Giles, Co-Founder/CEO T ExecuPrep

Meet 2023 Honoree Deniece Laurent-Mantey, Executive Director of Biden's Diaspora Engagement Council

Deniece Laurent-Mantey is the Executive Director of...

Carl J. Holland Shares His Journey to Vice President in the Insurance Industry

Carl J. Holland, 2nd Vice President, Client Management Employee Benefits, The Standard

Interview with Markus Green, Esq. at 2023 BlackStars Summit

Markus Green, ESQ, VP & Assistant General Counsel at Pfizer, Inc.