Legal Expert Jehan Crump-Gibson Pens New Book to Build and Preserve Generational Wealth
In her insightful and informative book A Matter of Life and Death: How to Handle Family Affairs During Illness and Death and Keep Probate Court Out of Your Business, attorney Jehan Crump-Gibson offers comprehensive and invaluable insights on the importance of estate planning, particularly focusing on the African American experience. She addresses common misconceptions about estate planning, highlighting that anyone — not just the wealthy — needs a plan. The asset and property probate expert emphasizes the critical role of real estate in wealth transmission and the need for proper documentation to avoid disputes, which too often foster disturbing and disruptive family interactions upon the death of...
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Linda Hannah Named 2025 National Career Mastered Top Entrepreneurial Woman to Watch
Linda Hannah, a Detroit-born speaker, author, and mindset mentor, has been named one of Career Mastered Magazine’s 2025 National Top Entrepreneurial Women to Watch. The recognition, announced this week, honors 35 women across the country who are leading change through business innovation, industry leadership, and purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Hannah, founder of Linda Hannah Speaks, was selected for her commitment to empowering women through storytelling, mindset development, and personal transformation. Career Mastered CEO and Publisher Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker described the honorees as catalysts for progress in a shifting economic landscape. “These women have not only navigated uncertainty; they’ve emerged as leaders redefining success,” Wicker said. “Their...
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Detroit’s Own Johnathon Banks Returns to Kronk to Empower Next Generation of Champions
On August 1, the hallowed red and gold walls of the Kronk Boxing Community Center echoed with the sounds of gloves snapping, shoes sliding, and laughter rising. But beyond the flurry of jabs and footwork, something deeper was unfolding. World-renowned boxing trainer and former heavyweight contender Johnathon Banks, a proud son of Detroit and product of the legendary Kronk gym, returned home to host a free, one-day youth boxing camp that combined athletic instruction with powerful life lessons. Dozens of local boys and girls, many stepping into the ring for the first time, were trained in boxing techniques, and simultaneously, they were mentored, seen, and inspired....
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Nothing stops Kahlil Darden: Champion of Young Black Kings and Queens
Kahlil Darden is the force behind Young Black Motivated Kings and Queens. He’s a 2019 Penn Hills High School graduate, a 2024 Clark Atlanta University graduate, and tireless community voice for the youth and young adults of the region. He also received the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Fab 40 under 40 award on May 9, as part of the Class of 2025. He’s just 24 years old. He’s doing a lot and going places - fast. And, just when they say there’s nothing for the kids to do in the summertime, there are at least 130 young people having good, clean fun and being reinforced with positive...
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Mariah Stackhouse is a Driving Force for Minority Women in LPGA
Is there any club more closed to Black women than professional golf? The answer is yes ... polo. But, on Monday, Aug. 18, Mariah Stackhouse, the only full-time active Black player on the LPGA Tour was featured at the Morehouse School of Medicine Golf Tournament at the Capital City Club in Brookhaven to bring awareness to opportunities for aspiring minority golfers and raise scholarship funds for deserving MSM students. A Stanford graduate and KPMG brand ambassador, Stackhouse has attracted scores of other young minority men and women to the sport which was exclusively the domain of the privileged and limited people of color to caddy positions...
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Dr. Daren Ellerbee Named CEO of Pittsburgh Scholar House
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Dr. Daren Ellerbee has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of Pittsburgh Scholar House. Pittsburgh Scholar House (PSH) is an affiliate of the Family Scholar House based in Louisville, Ky. A respected leader and Pittsburgh native, Dr. Ellerbee most recently served as the head of the Pittsburgh Innovation Team for the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins in Maryland. In her new role, she will focus on elevating and expanding PSH as a critical leader and resource within the continuum of care dedicated to helping income-eligible single parents earn two and four-year degrees as a two-generation...
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UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax Receives GSV’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Lomax joins the ranks of legendary pioneers, recognizing a lifetime of transformative leadership advancing the future of education through innovation, partnership, and purpose. Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and chief executive officer of the UNCF, was honored recently with the prestigious GSV 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego—one of the world’s leading convenings of education, innovation, and impact. One of the nation’s foremost thought-leaders on HBCUs and higher education, Lomax has led UNCF in its efforts to engineer partnerships with reform-focused leaders and organizations and worked to further advance HBCUs with Congress, the administration and the Department of Education. In...
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Karen Morrison Named Foreword Writer for 19th Edition of Who’s Who In Black Columbus
Date: August 6, 2025 COLUMBUS, OH — Who’s Who In Black Columbus is proud to announce Karen Jefferson Morrison, President of the OhioHealth Foundation and Senior Vice President at OhioHealth, as the official foreword writer for the publication’s upcoming 19th edition. With more than 30 years of leadership at OhioHealth, Morrison is a respected healthcare executive, lobbyist, and philanthropist whose influence spans local, state, and national platforms. She leads strategy for external relations, overseeing community health, government affairs, and corporate reinvestment for one of the nation's top ten health systems. Under her leadership, the OhioHealth Foundation has advanced a strong philanthropic mission, impacting 50 counties in...
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Black Podcaster Colah B. Tawkin Keeps it Green — and Real
By Aaron Foley With a hit podcast, “Black in the Garden,” Colah B. Tawkin connects Black people to the healing properties of plant life and nature, dispelling stereotypes in the process. Tawkin is a self-taught expert on gardens, flowers, horticulture, botanicals and different types of plants. Her relationship with nature began with her childhood in Jacksonville, Florida. Each week, Colah B. Tawkin takes to the digital airwaves to celebrate Black people’s relationship with nature, dropping knowledge about plant life. Tawkin — that’s a stage name, if you haven’t caught it — is host of “Black in the Garden,” a podcast heard by thousands of listeners in more than...
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Detroit’s Young Investors Are Being Mentored Into Million-Dollar Mindsets
By the time most kids are learning how to open a lunchbox, Gail Perry-Mason’s young “investors” are learning how to open a stock portfolio. Across the city of Detroit, where wealth gaps have long been written off as inevitable, Money Matters for Youth is reshaping the narrative with a blueprint that starts early, builds intentionally, and reaches far beyond bank balances. What Perry-Mason has built goes far beyond a seasonal program thrown together for show. It’s a cultural shift in motion—rooted in legacy, powered by purpose, and fueled by the belief that when Black youth are given the tools of ownership and discipline, they become unstoppable...
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