AT&T Highlights Speakers Series
Telecommunications giant AT&T is recognizing Black History Month with its 28 Days Speakers Series nationally touring program that is making its way to the Chicago area. For the last four years, AT&T has put on the program, which features prominent African Americans speaking to audiences in major cities around the nation. The program is free and open to the public in each city on the tour.
According to the company, the speakers series aims to motivate consumers to use their voice, share their vision and move into action now and throughout the year. On Thursday, Johnson Publishing Company CEO Desiree Rogers will speak at the Park West.
But as AT&T takes its series on the road, before audiences in such cities as Dallas, Cleveland, Detroit, Raleigh, N.C., Washington, D.C., and Oakland, Calif., the company is also highlighting the leadership and diversity within it ranks.
Anthony J. Lewis serves as president of AT&T Capital Services. The certified public accountant and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville alum is responsible for daily operations of the customer financing division that serves over 5,000 business customers nationally. His years of service at AT&T, which began in 1984, include being president of finance and chief financial officer for the companys Southwest Region, and other positions.
Lewis experience in telecommunications includes work in South Africa for six years where he helped to transform and privatize the continents largest telecommunications company, Telkom.
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