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The Black Economic Alliance (BEA) is a United States nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of Black business leaders and allies established in 2018. [1] While not formally aligned with either the Democratic or Republican political party, its initial slate of endorsements were for Democratic candidates. [2]
BEA was founded by a group of Black business leaders including Charles Phillips; Tony Coles, head of the biotech firm Cerevel Therapeutics; Marva Smalls at Viacom; and William M. Lewis Jr. [3] The BEA board of directors is co-chaired by Tony Coles and Charles Phillips, and includes Tia Breakley, Robyn Coles, Richelieu Dennis, Broderick Johnson, Maddie McFadden-Lawson, Vicki Palmer, former Governor Deval Patrick, and Kneeland Youngblood. [4] The organization's advisory board includes Gerald Adolph, Troy Carter, William Cohen, Caretha Coleman, Morgan DeBaun, Bruce Gordon, Carla Harris, Jon Henes, Van Jones, Ronald Kirk, Carol Sutton Lewis, Edward Lewis, Chris Lyons, Sheila Marcelo, Brian Mathis, Heather McGee, Lisa Opoku, Spencer Overton, Richard Parsons, Karen Phillips, Robert Raben, John W. Rogers, Jr., Robert E. Rubin, Steve Schmidt, Bakari Sellers, Marva Smalls, Michael Steele, Fred Terrell, Natalie Tran, and Benaree P. Wiley.
Akunna Cook served as the founding executive director of the Black Economic Alliance from March 2018 through September 2019. In March 2020, the board of directors appointed David Clunie as executive director of the group. [5] In August 2021, Samantha Tweedy was appointed president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation. [6] In 2024, the BEA hosted a panel on economic mobility at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. [7]
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization affiliated with the Republican Party which advocates for equal rights for LGBT+ Americans, by educating the LGBT+ community and Republicans about each other.
Tony Patrick Hall is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 3rd congressional district from 1979 to 2002. Hall had previously served in both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly during the years 1969 to 1979.
Anthony Allen Williams is an American politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia, for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. Williams had previously served as chief financial officer for the district, managing to balance the budget and achieve a surplus within two years of appointment. He held a variety of executive posts in cities and states around the country prior to his service in the D.C. government. Since 2012, he has served as chief executive officer/executive director of the Federal City Council. His tenure as mayor has been appraised very highly by the policy community and historians, with MSNBC branding him "one of the best and most successful mayors in US history."
Christopher George Kennedy is an American businessman who is the chair of Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of former U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. From 2000 until 2012, he was also president of Merchandise Mart Properties, a commercial property management firm based in Chicago.
Charles E. Phillips is an American business executive in the tech industry. He is the co-founder of Recognize, a focused investment firm. From 2010 to 2019, he was the CEO of Infor, a company that specializes in enterprise software applications for specific industries.
The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization and nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which founded it in 2001. The group's membership also includes non-union, community-based activists. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC).
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Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James is a British businessman, who was formerly CEO of Dixons Carphone, and is the current CEO of Boots UK.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
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N. Anthony Coles is an American physician, biotechnology entrepreneur, and pharmaceutical leader. Since 2018, Coles has served as chair of the board of directors for Cerevel Therapeutics.