Ms. Laird brings her formidable experience as an entrepreneur and public speaker to the groundbreaking organization AEA
NEWARK, NJ--Taneshia Nash Laird, an acclaimed
community economic development specialist, has been named to the
Advisory Board of the nonprofit Athletes Economic Alliance (AEA), which
seeks to provide economic empowerment for athletes and performing
artists, with an emphasis on financial and business education. Ms.
Laird brings her formidable experience as an entrepreneur and public
speaker to this groundbreaking organization, where she joins several
current and former professional athletes, celebrities, and other
luminaries who lead by example through their competitive success in the
corporate arena. Ms. Laird takes her place alongside TV One anchorman
Roland Martin, NBA veteran Junior Bridgeman, who rose from the plywood
courts to preside over a $400 million restaurant empire, and Ed
O'Bannon, a former NCAA and NBA star who successfully litigated a
class-action lawsuit against the collegiate league, which incorporated
his image in video games without compensating O'Bannon for its use.
Ms.
Laird brings a wealth of accomplishments to this new position,
including decades of experience as a dynamic leader in public and
private-sector community revitalization and strategic communications,
enlightening and educating businesswomen from a wide range of
professions and industries. As the CEO of Legacy Business Advisors, a
strategic think tank that guides government agencies and social
entrepreneurs alike, in communications strategies, business development,
and economic development, Ms. Laird and her associates take an active
role in the financial health of the community. She also works hard to
promote Newark's physical health, taking a major role in building the
Dunbar Center for Kidney Dialysis and Wellness, a $20 million facility
which will address the critical need for a 24/7 nephrology and
hemodialysis clinic, and create 175 new
Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) jobs for the city.
Legacy Business Advisors has offices in Newark and Trenton, NJ and serves clients across the country.
Ms.
Laird is a co-owner of My Image Studios (MIST) Harlem in New York City,
a multimillion-dollar entertainment complex, and co-wrote the
critically-acclaimed anthropological volume, Still I Rise: A Graphic
History Of African-Americans. In 2014, she was tapped to serve as
Regional Director for the US Women's Chamber Of Commerce, and is active
on the boards of numerous cultural and economic groups, including Art
Pride of New Jersey Foundation, Advocates for New Jersey History, and
the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority to which he was appointed
by NJ Governor Jon Corzine in 2008. Rounding out Ms. Laird's portfolio
are her work as a Business Advisor to Felician College, and as a Senior
fellow with the Eastern Regional Network of the Environmental
Leadership Program. In October 2015, she toured across New York and New
Jersey, speaking at signature events such as Women Entrepreneurs:
Driving innovation through Diversity at Berkeley College, at the Black
Women Trailblazers In Media awards gala in Newark, and at Trenton
Business week, where Ms. Laird spoke about the impact of women in
business on the state's economic health, all as part of Women's
Entrepreneurship Week. She also appeared on panel discussions in New
York City and Washington, DC for the Catalyst Network Foundation
addressing the challenges faced by Black and Latino athletes in business
and contemporary society. And in November Ms. Laird appeared as a
commentator on WWOR-TV My 9's New Jersey Now program, talking about the
role of women as entrepreneurs.
As
the sole female member of AEA's Advisory Board, Ms. Laird will work to
further its mission of bringing athletes and entertainers the
educational tools they need to develop their personal wealth as well as
their business presence in a fast-changing corporate marketplace. "One
of my goals is that as our group grows, so will the number of women on
the advisory board of this new organization," Ms. Laird states proudly.
"Until then, I will represent."
Follow Ms. Laird at Instagram: TANESHIANASHLAIRD & Twitter: @taneshia
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Congratulations, Taneshia! You're amazing!!!
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