{"64839":{"#nid":"64839","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Host Authors of Black Faces in White Places","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech African\nAmerican Student Union and the 50th Anniversary of Matriculation of Black\nStudents at Georgia Tech are co-sponsoring a Town Hall Panel on Saturday, March\n12, from 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q\u0026amp;source=s_q\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;geocode=\u0026amp;q=Klaus+Advanced+Computing+Building,+Atlanta,+GA\u0026amp;aq=t\u0026amp;sll=33.777605,-84.395578\u0026amp;sspn=0.006849,0.016512\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;hq=\u0026amp;hnear=Klaus+Advanced+Computing+Bldg,+Atlanta,+Fulton,+Georgia+30318\u0026amp;ll=33.777212,-84.396168\u0026amp;spn=0.006849,0.016512\u0026amp;z=17\u0022\u003EKlaus\nAtrium\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The Town Hall Panel will feature co-authors\nRandal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson (a Georgia Tech alumnus), who wrote \u003Cem\u003EBlack Faces in White Places\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPinkett\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ehas\nestablished himself as an entrepreneur, scholar, author and speaker. He is the\nchairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar consulting firm based\nin Newark, NJ, that specializes in information technology, organizational\ndevelopment and public policy. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPinkett was the season four winner of NBC\u2019s hit reality\ntelevision show, \u003Cem\u003EThe Apprentice\u003C\/em\u003E, the\nfirst and only African American winner. A sought-after speaker for corporate,\ngovernment and community groups, he has appeared on CNN, Fox, \u003Cem\u003EThe Today Show\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003ENightline\u003C\/em\u003E. In 2009, he was named to then New Jersey Governor Jon\nCorzine\u2019s official shortlist as a potential running mate for lieutenant governor.\nHe is the author of \u003Cem\u003ECampus CEO: The\nStudent Entrepreneur\u2019s Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business\u003C\/em\u003E\nand \u003Cem\u003ENo-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your\nDream Business with Little or No Cash.\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPinkett is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\nIncorporated, the National Society of Black Engineers, the National Black MBA\nAssociation, the Information Technology Senior Management Forum and Black Data\nProcessing Associates.\u0026nbsp; He is also a\nmember of the board of directors for the New Jersey Economic Development\nAuthority, New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute, the Nonprofit\nTechnology Enterprise Network and the National Visionary Leadership Project. He\nis a spokesperson for Autism Speaks, New Jersey Reads, Junior Achievement of New\nYork, and the Minority Information Technology Consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPinkett holds five degrees including: a Bachelor of Science\nin Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, where he competed on the\ntrack and field team as a high jumper and long jumper; a Master of Science in\nComputer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a Master of\nScience in Electrical Engineering, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor\nof Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of\nTechnology.\u0026nbsp; He also received an honorary\ndoctorate from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Most notably, he was the\nfirst and only African American at Rutgers to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate Jeff Robinson is an award-winning\nbusiness school professor, international speaker and entrepreneur. Since 2008\nhe has been a leading faculty member at Rutgers Business School,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ewhere he is an assistant professor of\nmanagement and entrepreneurship and the founding assistant director of The\nCenter for Urban Entrepreneurship \u0026amp; Economic Development. The Center is a\nunique interdisciplinary venue for innovative\nthinking and research on entrepreneurial activity and economic\ndevelopment in urban\nenvironments.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERobinson\u2019s research examines how business practices and\nentrepreneurship can shape societal issues, with particular emphasis on community\nand economic development issues for urban metropolitan areas in the United\nStates and abroad. He is the author of books and articles on such topics as\nsocial entrepreneurship, African American women in entrepreneurship, and Black\nunemployment. In 2007, he received the Aspen Institute\u2019s Social Impact Faculty\nPioneer Award for his research, service and teaching activities at the intersection\nof business and society. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERobinson is a sought-after speaker, author and media\ncommentator, having appeared on Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News, PBS, NJN\nNews, NJBIZ, and in \u003Cem\u003EThe Star-Ledger\u003C\/em\u003E\nand \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E. The keynote\nspeaker at international events and conferences in Shanghai, Lagos and London,\nhe has been invited to present his work on six continents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERobinson is co-founder and a member of the Advisory Board of\nBCT Partners, which provides management, technology and policy consulting to\nnon-profits, foundations, corporations and government entities as they plan and\nimplement change strategies to improve organizational effectiveness. In 2008 he\nand his wife, Valerie Mason-Robinson, opened Eden Organix, a day spa and\nretailer of organic skin and beauty products in Highland Park, New Jersey, that\nhas been recognized by \u003Cem\u003ENew Jersey\nMagazine\u003C\/em\u003E as one of the 10 best spas in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERobinson has completed five academic degrees in the areas of\nengineering, urban studies and management including a Doctor of Philosophy in\nManagement and Organizations from Columbia Business School and a Master\u2019s of\nScience in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;He lives in Piscataway,\nNew Jersey, with his wife and their three children.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors will have a book signing\nimmediately following the forum discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cstrong\u003EThe\nGeorgia Tech African American Student Union and the 50th Anniversary of\nMatriculation of Black Students at Georgia Tech are co-sponsoring a Town Hall\nPanel on Saturday, March 12, from 2:45 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson to take part in town hall panel."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-03-08 17:03:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64837":{"id":"64837","type":"image","title":"Jeffrey Robinson","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"Jeffrey Robinson","file":{"fid":"192108","name":"Jeffrey_Robingson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jeffrey_Robingson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jeffrey_Robingson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1549075,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jeffrey_Robingson_0.jpg?itok=lRela4nl"}},"64849":{"id":"64849","type":"image","title":"Randal Pinkett","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"Randal Pinkett","file":{"fid":"192111","name":"Randal_Pinkett.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Randal_Pinkett_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Randal_Pinkett_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7933688,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Randal_Pinkett_0.jpg?itok=tJs-9kMM"}}},"media_ids":["64837","64849"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtblc.org\/","title":"Georgia Tech Black Leadership Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12306","name":"Black Faces in White Places"},{"id":"12304","name":"Georgia Tech Black Leadership Conference"},{"id":"12308","name":"Jeffrey Robinsoin"},{"id":"6244","name":"randal pinkett"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ES. 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