Some prominent ABC grads

Published on June 15, 2007

The following is a list of distinguished alumni from A Better Chance Programs from around the country.

Deval Patrick
* First African-American governor of Massachusetts;
* Previously executive vice president and general counsel at the Coca-Cola Co.;
* Under President Clinton, assistant attorney general for civil rights.

Francisco L. Borges
* Chairman, CEO, and managing partner of Landmark Partners Inc.;
* NAACP national board officer (treasurer);
* Former treasurer of the state of Connecticut (six years);
* Former deputy mayor of Hartford, Conn.

William M. Lewis Jr:
* Co-chairman of investment banking at Lazard Fr￨res;
* Recently selected by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the 75 most powerful blacks on Wall Street.

Dr. Christopher J. Leggett
* Internationally acclaimed interventional cardiologist;
* Selected by the American Heart Association for 2007 Physician Honoree of the Year;
* Recently selected as one of the top cardiologists in the country in the 2006 edition of Top Cardiologists.

Steven Rogers
* Clinical professor of management and finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management;
* Director of the Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice at Northwestern University;
* Business Week named him one of the top 12 entrepreneurship professors at graduate business schools in the U.S. in 1996 and one of 14 New Stars of Finance in 1997.

Tim McChristian
* General manager, Enterprise Customer Group at D&B;
* Formerly general manager for the Computer Services Industry, general manager for Distribution Channels in Asia Pacific and vice president of sales and marketing for the Networking Hardware Division at IBM.

Bernard Beal
* Founder and CEO of M.R. Beal & Co., the oldest continuously operating African American-owned investment bank in the country;
* Previously served as chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Finance Committee and chairman of the MTA MetroCard Committee.

Luis Ubi￱as
* Director in the San Francisco Offices of McKinsey & Co.;
* He currently serves on the boards of the Digital Coast Roundtable in Los Angeles and the SteppingStone Foundation in Boston.

A. Louis Parker
* President and CEO of G.E. Security Inc. and vice president of GE;
* Earned his B.A. in political science at the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bill Perkins
* N.Y. state senator (Harlem);
* Former N.Y. City Council member (9th District, Manhattan);
* Graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in political science.

Torrence Boone
* President, Digitas Boston;
* Formerly vice president/general manager for the interactive agency Avenue A, and a senior manager at Bain & Co.

Tracy Chapman
* Multi-platinum and multi-grammy award winning artist;
* Winner of four Grammy Awards;
* Was one of VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll;
* Graduated from Tufts University with a degree in anthropology and a minor in Africana studies.

Joy Bryant
* Film actress;
* Major roles in "Antwone Fisher and "Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Rudy Bethea
* Director of Global Benefits at Metlife Insurance Co.;
* Selected as one of the Top 50 Under 50 by Black MBA Magazine.

Information provided by Michael Paluszek of Dan Clores Communications.