Press Releases

July 26th, 2011

Lisa E. Davis to Receive Women of Power Award

The Natonal Urban League awarded Lisa E. Davis the "Women of Power Award" at its 2011 conference. The award is presented annually to influential women in the civil rights, technology, entertainment, journalism, sports and corporate sectors.

“We are extremely proud that Lisa has been named a Woman of Power by the National Urban League, one of the great Civil Rights organizations,” said Frankfurt Kurnit founding partner Michael Frankfurt. “She has had a distinguished 23 years with us, and we look forward to many more.”

Other honorees included MSNBC Anchor Tamron Hall, actress Wendy Raquel Robinson, Major League Baseball Senior Vice President Wendy Lewis, Verizon Foundation President Rose Stuckey Kirk, UL Hampton Roads President and CEO Edith G. White, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, and Massachusetts Superior Court Associate Justice Kimberly S. Budd.

Conference speakers included Bill Gates, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the Rev. Jessie Jackson, Sr., former NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Harvard University’s Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The conference was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from July 27 to July 30. More than 800 corporate, business, and civic leaders attended.