BCA Global Digital Magazine 2016 Year In Review Impact and Programs | Page 13

13 Board & Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF Chairman Paulette R. Gerkovich Managing Director, Crossbar Group Alex Askew President & CEO BCAGlobal Secretary Jennifer Hong Senior Strategy Analyst & Manager, Thomson Reuters Stephanie Y. Cole Social Media Strategist & Community Manager Everett Hinds Sales Manager, Southern Wine & Spirits of NY Erika Apupalo Intern & Digital Magazine Coordinator Jodi Brockington CEO & Connector, Niara Consulting Shaquille Romblay Social Media Assistant Annie Wickstrom Ramsfield Hospitality Finance Janet Sheppard Administrative Assistant Emeritus Chair Howard Stanford President, Kamau Sage & Associates Francisco J. Hernandez Program Cooordinator Founding Board Member The Late Ira Kaplan President, AALEX Corp. BCAGlobal would like to honor and acknowledge the legacy of Chef Jefferson Evans, pioneer of the culinary industry. Chef Evans is the first African-American graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in 1947. Please read his life story at www.amazon.com, Why Do People Treat Me The Way They Do?: The Autobiography of Jefferson Evans by Jefferson Evans and Glenn Ellis 2017 Digital Magazine n BCAGlobal n www.bcaglobal.org