BY VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF
Black Excellence was the theme of the reception at the University Club last week sponsored by the San Diego County Black Chamber of Commerce. The event was to recognize and honor several outstanding African Americans who recently hit new milestones in their careers. At the top of the list was Mrs. Ebony Shelton, appointed as the Chief Administrative Officer for the County of San Diego. San Diego County is the 8th largest county in the nation, spanning over 4200 square miles with 20,000 employees and an 8 billion dollar a year budget. She is the first African American woman and the second African American to hold that position.
Other honorees were Jared Burns, San Diego Community College Vice Chancellor, who comes here from Mississippi Gulf Community College; Monica Hardman, Assistant Department Director, City of San Diego Economic Development Department; Robert Logan, recently promoted to City of San Diego Fire Chief, a lifelong San Diego with more than 25 years of service in the Fire Department; and Henry Foster III, City of San Diego District Four City Councilmember. Foster is another lifelong member and product of the San Diego Southeastern communities.
The event, while social in nature, provided the kind of opportunity for those doing things in San Diego to meet and talk in a social atmosphere which does not happen often enough.
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