I grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Now I chair the board of Starbucks. Financial literacy changed my life. It can change yours.
I joined Ariel as an intern at 18. I became president at 31. Nobody handed me anything. I showed up and I worked.
I am the first Black woman to chair an S&P 500 board. I would rather be remembered as the best chair, not the first Black one.
Be color brave not color blind. Pretending you do not see race does not make racism disappear. It makes it invisible.
Ariel's motto is slow and steady wins the race. Our mascot is a tortoise. In a world of hares we are proud to be boring.
The single biggest barrier to wealth in Black communities is not income. It is participation in markets. You have to be in it to win it.