Black Enterprise to present highest recognition of women’s achievement at Women of Power Summit

JANS - Black Enterprise will present its highest recognition of women's achievement when it presents the Legacy Awards at the 2014 Women of Power Summit on February 26, 2014, in Boca Raton, Fla. The Women of Power Summit is the nation's No. 1 executive development and leadership conference for women of color, annually attracting more than 700 corporate executives, professionals and businesswomen from across the country. The Women of Power Summit, hosted by State Farm Insurance, will take place February 26-March I. 2014. at the Boca Raton Resort anil Club.

The Women of Power Legacy Awards recognizes outstanding impact, achievement and leadership by women in business, the arts, education, government and other influenrial industries. Past Legacy Award recipients include luminaries such as the late National Council ol'Negro Women Chair and civil rights icon Dr. Dorothy Height; former Alvin Alley Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison; Federal Express Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Cathy Ross and former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. In 2(112. a Legacy Award was named for the late Barbara Graves, wife of Black Enterprise Founder Earl Graves, Sr., and a former educator, to be presented annually for outstanding achievement and service in education and other areas of service to young people.

Monorees to be recognized at the 2014 Women of Power Summit Legacy Awards Dinner, hosted by PepsiCo, include: Cicely Tyson, legendary award-winning actress; Valerie Daniels-Carter, Co-Founder, President & CEO, V&.1 Holding Companies; Myrlie Evers-Williams, journalist, civil rights activist, former Chairwoman of the NAACP: Julieanna Richardson, Founder and Executive Director. The UistoryMakcrs, America's largest African American video oral history collection: and Marian Wright Edelman (Barbara Graves honoree), Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund.

"Each year, the presentation of the Legacy Awards at our Women of Power Summit delivers power examples to live by and ever-higher levels of inspiration," says Black Enterprise CEO Earl "Butch" Graves, Jr. "This year's awards evening will again represent a perfect start to a powerful weekend for the hundreds of women who will gather for a weekend of meaningful purpose and professional excellence."

For more information on the speakers and agenda of the 2014 Women of Power Summit, go to BlackEnlerprise.eom/wps.