Special to The Truth
The North Central District of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. (NANBPWC) announced that Denise Black-Poon from Toledo Ohio became the 20th NCD Governor on July 1 2022. The North Central District consists of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Dakota, Western Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. NANBPWC is a non-profit service organization of African American professionals, entrepreneurs and youth who are committed to improve the quality of life in our neighbourhoods.
Denise Black-Poon’s vision is to get the word out there about this wonderful organization and the many services that is provided.
The NCD Theme under her administration is: “Changing the way we do business and our future: Impacting the communities
The National Theme is “Moving Forward with a Purpose.”
The NCD slogan is the Mightiest of the Mighty North Central District.
The Purpose of the organization is to promote and protect the interest of business and professional women and to create good fellowship among them, to promote the interest of the business and professional women toward unite action for improved social and civic conditions: to create and develop opportunities for women in business and the professionals.
The mission is to promote and protect the interest of African American business and professional women: to serve as advisors for young people seeking to enter business and professions: to improve the quality of life in our local and global communities and to bring good fellowship.
Denise Black-Poon’s objective is to be dedicated to the mission, purpose and goals for the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women and give her time to service and membership that contributes to the growth of the organization: “To share my leadership skills, banking and finance experience, payroll, audits, training and development, budgets and human resources knowledge etc.: To help in any way possible to contribute to the success of the organization. Finding innovative ways to network and collaborate with other business and professionals.”
She feels that there is much work to be done with leadership, entrepreneurships, technology and service in our communities and we are always finding new creative ways to bring awareness of important issues that affect us every day. NANBPWC, Inc. also focuses on Domestic Violence, human trafficking, Safe encounters when stopped by the police, voter registration, mental health, Triple negative breast Cancer, heart health, education and more. These are programs that the National Association promotes and are doing in each club.
Black-Poon is a graduate from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Art. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Top Ladies of Distinction as well as a member of St. Paul Baptist Church.