Speaker

Janice Bryant Howroyd

Founder & CEO, The ActOne Group

• 119 - Winning in Business and Life Using Down-Home Wisdom

Businesswoman, entrepreneur, educator, ambassador, author, mentor, and Presidential Special Appointee, Janice Bryant Howroyd is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The ActOne Group, a global leader providing customized cutting-edge solutions in the human resources industry. Janice is currently #39 on Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women. In 2014, she was recognized by Black Enterprise as the first black woman to own and operate a billion‐dollar company. She was BET’s first-ever BET Honors Entrepreneur of the Year, and also received Black Enterprise’s Business of the Year award. Janice also received a Presidential appointment by President Barack Obama as a member of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. She was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE) in 2017. Her mantra is “Never compromise who you are personally to become who you wish to be professionally.”