BLACK EQUITY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATION'S NEW PRESIDENT

10/19/2008

Black Equity Alliance appoints Joyce S. Johnson as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Johnson, a veteran of New York politics, is the former New York State Field Director for the Obama presidential campaign. She has worked in New York City government and the private sector for thirty years. Through Black Equity Alliance Johnson plans to work on leveraging the $74.9 billion buying power of New York's black community to help create sustainable social and economic change in the areas highlighted by the organization's report, "The State of Black New York City 2007."