Ursula Burns – Bravo

Ursula Burns, a native New Yorker who grew up in the lower East Side housing projects has risen to become the first African American CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Xerox.
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The 50-year-old boss started with Xerox in 1980 as a summer mechanical engineering intern.  She worked her way up the corporate ladder from there and work for the company in product development and planning. From 1992 through 2000, she led several business teams including the office color and fax business and office network printing business. In 2000, she was named senior vice president, Corporate Strategic Services, heading up manufacturing and supply chain operations. the CEO position. She has also been a member of the board of directors since 2007.

A graduate of Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Burns also holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. She serves on several professional and community boards, including American Express, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, MIT, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the University of Rochester.

What an example…bravo