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The Top 50 Minority Executives Making Moves will be an annual list by the Minority Business Review, highlighting executives of color who are excelling in their fields and are making a valuable impact.

Combing through profiles of several minority executives, it was comforting to know the United States is not lacking in talent, however, the road to equitable representation has a long way to go. The selection team was tasked with highlighting executives of color across the spectrum of industry, age, and background.

Far too often when we think of leaders or executives to highlight, the default is to seek leaders popular across mainstream media. This list of Top 50 Minority Executives Making Moves went deeper. You will find names you may have never heard before, and some names you know but more importantly you will find leaders who are making a mark in their industry, community, and across the United States. These leaders deserve our recognition and support. If you don’t recognize a name, spend a little bit of time learning more about the incredible work they’re doing.

Victoria Vasques

For more than 30 years, Ms. Vasques has been an advocate for American Indians,leading education reform, health and wellness and advancing energy initiatives. Sheis...

Eric Yuan

Eric Yuan is the founder of Zoom, a video communications tool that went public in April 2019; Zoom usage surged during the coronavirus pandemic....

Tony Xu

Tony Xu is the CEO and co-founder of DoorDash, a technology company passionate about transforming local businesses and dedicated to enabling new ways of...

Tamara Winfrey-Harris

Tamara Winfrey-Harris is the president of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, a special interest fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. Winfrey-Harris has...

Carla Vernon

Carla Vernón is the CEO of The Honest Company, she was Vice President of consumables at Amazon. Through this appointment, Vernón will become one...

Alejandro Vélez Ramírez

Alejandro is one of the co-founders of Back to the Roots, an organic food & gardening company they founded in 2010 after discovering how...

Theresa Torres

Theresa serves as a Senior Director, Global Advisory Services at Diversity Best Practices where she advises member companies on Inclusion best practices and strategies....

Trell Thomas

Trell Thomas is a media expert and activist. His work spans from career beginnings at NBC and on the historic Obama Presidential Campaign in...

Cynthia Sugiyama

Cynthia Sugiyama is head of Communications for Diverse Segments, Representation and Inclusion (DSRI) at Wells Fargo. She leads a team responsible for developing and...

Dr. Lisa Su

Dr. Lisa Su is President and CEO at Advanced Micro Devices, a Fortune 500 technology leader. Since joining AMD she has successfully executed a...

Debby Soo

Ms. Soo is the Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable, Inc., a real-time online reservation network, a role she has held since August 2020. Previously,...

Rafael A. Sanchez

A native of Puerto Rico, Sanchez earned his law degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He is also fully bilingual, speaking...

Criseli Saenz

Criseli Saenz is the diversity, equity, and inclusion manager at Omnicom Group, as well as a program director for the non-profit ADCOLOR. Saenz has...

Robert Reffkin

Robert L. Reffkin is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the online real estate company Compass, Inc. and serves as the company's CEO. Robert Reffkin...

Lina Polimeni

An expert in digital marketing, Lina is known for her transformational marketing approach and for driving volume growth for brands. Over the course of...

Fred Payne

Payne oversaw the Department of Workforce Development as the pandemic put hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers out of work and on unemployment. Like with...

Ellen Pao

Currently, Ellen serves as CEO and co-founder of nonprofit Project Include, where she works closely with tech leaders to bring fairness to all tech...

Patricia Mota

Patricia co-founded a Financial Technology (Fintech) to close the wealth gap, SHENIX, by providing culturally relevant financial education career development tools, and resources to...

Stephen M Mills

Stephen M. Mills, MBA is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of AQIWO, Inc. Stephen is not just an Entrepreneur, but an “Indianpreneur.”...

Takedra N Mawakana

Tekedra N. Mawakana is the co-CEO of Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people...

Cynthia Marshall

Cynthia Marshall is the chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks. In February 2018, Marshall became the first black female CEO in the history...

Deborah Liu

Deborah Liu is an American technology executive and CEO of Ancestry.com. Liu serves on the board of Intuit and Women in Product. Over 20...

Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives. Lisa oversees Apple’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment by...

Chieh Huang

Chieh Huang is the CEO and Co-founder of Boxed, a warehouse-clubdelivery service that launched in 2013. Eight years later, the company deliversanywhere in the...

Megan Hogan

Megan Hogan is the chief diversity officer of Goldman Sachs. In this role, Megan is responsible for the firm’s global diversity and inclusion strategy,...

Jeff Harrison

Jeffrey A. Harrison is the president and chief executive officer of Citizens Energy Group, responsible for establishing and maintaining the vision and strategic direction...

Juan Guzman

Juan Guzman serves as the strategic leader across the IU Health Indianapolis Suburban Region (IU Health North Hospital, IU Health Saxony Hospital, IU Health...

Ndeye Aicha Gueye

Dr. Ndeye-Aicha Gueye is board-certified in Obstetrics/Gynecology Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and leads physician at Reproductive Medicine Associates of Pennsylvania. She earned her Doctor...

C.D Glin

C.D. Glin, currently serving as President of the PepsiCo Foundation and Global Head of Philanthropy for PepsiCo. He will oversee the Foundation's strategic direction...

Lili Gangas

Lili Ganges is an innovation Strategist with 7+ years of software development and management experience and holds an MBA with specializations in Strategy and...

Beatrice Dixon

Beatrice Dixon is the founder of The Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine hygiene line created to provide women with healthy alternatives to feminine...

Victor De Lara

Having migrated to the United States at the age of 6 from Aguascalientes,Mexico, Victor De Lara is an associate product controller at Goldman Sachs.He...

Chrystel Cornelius

Chrystel Cornelius is the President & CEO of the Oweesta Corporation, a national Native CDFI intermediary predominantly serving Native communities across the United States,...

Marvin Chow

Marvin is Vice President, Marketing at Google, where he leads marketing for some of Google’s largest and most strategic products including Search, Maps, Chrome,...

Dr Lydia Contreras

Dr. Lydia Contreras serves as Vice Provost for Faculty DEI at UT Austin. She is also co-founder and chief technologyofficer for cognitive growth-centered baby...

Marcelo Claure

Marcelo Claure's success in the business world has been an unmitigated phenomenon. He immigrated from Bolivia to the United States and started his first...

Albert Cheng

Albert Cheng is the Vice president of Prime video in the US Cheng will oversee the SVOD business in the US, where he will...

Sam Chaudhary

Sam Chaudhary is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at ClassDojo. Since founding, the San Francisco-based company has raised $66.1 million from investors including...

Manish Chandra

Manish Chandra is the founder and CEO of Poshmark, the largest social marketplace for fashion where millions of people come to buy, sell and...

Cordell Carter II

Cordell is currently the managing principal of Expectant Advisory, an equity-focused consulting collaborative, and the former executive director of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program,...

Cynthia Cardona

As president of the Lilly Foundation, Cardona leads its philanthropic activities to advance racial justice, improve educational outcomes for underserved students, enhance global health...

Gilbert Campbell

Gilbert is the Founder and CEO of Volt Energy Utility, a national renewable energy firm that finances and develops utility-scale solar projects for large...

Thasunda Brown Duckett

Thasunda Brown Duckett is President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA, a Fortune 100 provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions...

Tracey Brown

Tracey Brown is president of Walgreens retail and chief customer officer, overseeing the transformation of Walgreens to a healthcare company, to create more joyful...

Vanessa Broadhurst

Vanessa Broadhurst is Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs of Johnson & Johnson and a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. Vanessa leads the...

Aba Blankson

Aba Blankson is a visionary executive and the current Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for the NAACP. Blankson oversees and develops communication strategies, campaigns,...

James “Jay” Bailey

James serves as President and CEO of the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE). Honoring the great legacy and visionary business leadership of Herman...

Tope Awotona

Tope Awotona is the founder and CEO of Calendly, the modern scheduling platform for high-performing teams and individuals accelerating business forward. Tope founded Calendly...

Ali Amin-Javaheri

Ali Amin-Javaheri is co-founder and CEO of Knowde, a diversified B2B marketplace connecting thousands of buyers and sellers in markets ranging from chemicals to...

Victoria Alonso

Victoria Alonso is the President of Physical and Post Production, Visual Effects, and Animation at Marvel Studios. An Argentine by birth, she moved to...