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13th Annual Women of Color Luncheon

“The Promotion of Excellence: Education and Women of Color”

02/25/08

The theme for the 13th Annual Women of Color Luncheon is “The Promotion of Excellence: Education, Media, and Women of Color.” The luncheon will be held at the Cintas Center Banquet Room on Xavier University’s campus Wednesday, March 26 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The public is welcome and cost per person is $25.00. An RSVP is required by March 17 to the Office of Multicultural Affairs 513 745-3181.

 

The luncheon speaker is Procter & Gamble executive Susan Mboya, Ph.D. A native of Kenya, Ms. Mboya is currently the Global Marketing Director for Oral B Power Brushing at P&G. After graduating from the University of Connecticut with a B.Sc. in Pharmacy, she obtained a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Industrial Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston. She returned to East Africa after college to begin a career at P&G as a product development manager, and moved from Nairobi to Minneapolis to become brand manager of P&G’s customer marketing team for Target Stores.

 

Ms. Mboya’s passion and commitment extend far beyond marketing and advertising. She is the founder of the Zawadi program (“Zawadi” is Swahili for “gift.”), a college scholarship program that benefits needy young women. For this effort, she has been awarded a Jack Avrett Spirit Award from the American Advertising Federation (AAF), and as a place in the AAF Hall of Achievement. The Zawadi program saw its first student graduate cum laude in 2006 from Miami University, and has successfully worked with Xavier University’s Office of International Student Services to bring female African students to this campus.

 

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is the event sponsor. The purpose of OMA is to promote and sustain an educational environment which recognizes and celebrates diversity at Xavier and the surrounding communities. As a Catholic, Jesuit University, Xavier prides itself on engaging its students and surrounding community in dialogue and social awareness.

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