St. Louis American, 3/25/2013 (Imani Anwisye-Mashele)

3rd Annual Salute to Young Leaders. Tomorrow evening (Tues. Mar. 26) The St. Louis American Foundation will present its 3rd Salute to Young Leaders – a networking reception that recognizes a diverse group of 20 outstanding African American professionals under age 40. This impressive class of Young Leaders includes individuals who are leading by example in professional arenas that range from education, banking, engineering, politics and not-for-profit organizations.

The 2013 Young Leader awardees include: Dr. Imani Anwisye-Mashele, Family Medicine Resident (St. Louis University)

Read the full St. Louis American article here.

NOTE: Imani Anwisye-Mashele was on the High School Computer Competition (HSCC) team trained by BDPA St. Louis chapter for the 1999, 2000 and 2001 National HSCC championships.

Business Courier of Cincinnati, 8/20/2001 (Gina Billings, Wayne Hicks, Frank Hill)

Hicks Named National BDPA President. Wayne Hicks, president of the Cincinnati chapter of Black Data Processing Associates, was named the national president-elect of the association at a ceremony during BDPA's national conference this past weekend. "Part of what got me elected is the belief that what we've done in Cincinnati, we can replicate in other chapters in the United States," he said.

Read the rest of the Cincinnati Business Journal article here.

Chicago Sun-Times, 8/17/2001 (Ricky Penick)

Speaker Got Wired Early. Back in 1964, Ricky Penick jumped at the chance to take the first computer class Roosevelt High School in Gary, Ind., offered. He was one of only a few students because the class was at 7 a.m., before school started."I was a little amateur futurist," he said. "I thought 'Oh, yeah, in the future computers are going to be a big thing.'"

Read the full media story here.

SlideShare, 8/15/2001 (Gina Billings)

BDPA Chapter Building Workshop: Leadership (2001). Chapter Building Workshops were offered to BDPA leaders at the 3rd quarter National BDPA board of directors meeting in 2001. The session on 'Leadership' was led by (then) BDPA Cincinnati chapter president-elect Gina Billings.

BDPA Chapter Building Workshop: Leadership (2001)

View more presentations from Wayne Hicks.

Do any of these leadership tips from 2001 still apply today?