SFSU Dean Awarded by Nat’l Coalition of 100 Black Women

Linda Oubré, dean of the San Francisco State University College of Business was honored with the Trailblazer Award by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s San Francisco chapter. Dean Oubré was given the award during the 10th annual Golden Girls Hats and Gloves Tea: Bridging the Generations event during the chapter’s Multicultural Weekend.

The annual tea honors community leaders and helps to bring visibility and funding for National Coaclition of 100 Black Women-San Francisco programs and who exemplifies the organization’s vision as a force for gender equity, works to advocate leadership development and demonstrates that the organization’s values of living and modeling are critical to the success of women and girls of color. Rosie Allen, a long time San Francisco broadcaster, served as the Mistress of Ceremony.

The San Francisco Chapter of the National Coalition Of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBWSF)  is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to community service, leadership development, education, health, political action and economic empowerment of women and girls of African descent. The goal of the organization is to foster principles of equal rights and opportunities for Black women.

Members of the Coalition work together to advocate “on behalf of women of color through national and local actions and strategic alliances that promote its local, national and international agendas of education, leadership development, health, political action, economic development, and empowerment through networking, specially designed programs and strategic alliances to meet the diverse needs of women of color.”

Linda Oubré has served as Dean of the College of Business at SFSU since 2012. Dean Oubré received her BA in Economics, cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1980, and her MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1984. In addition to serving as the Dean of the College of Business at SFSU, she has also directed corporate relations and business development for the Bay Area and served as chief diversity officer at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.

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