 Cleveland | Northeast Ohio Chapter
Established in 1985, the Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter is a non-profit organization with over 300 members with professional experience in both public and private sectors.
Members have graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines including marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, telecommunication, e-commerce and general management.
Approximately 15% of our members are graduate school students, and another 10% are entrepreneurs. The remaining 75% of our membership base have an average of ten years working experience in corporate America.
The Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter covers the entire portion of Northeast, Ohio including, Canton, Akron, Kent, Youngstown, Lorain and Elyria.
The Cleveland | Northeast Ohio Chapter was named Chapter of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 and most recently 2009. The Chapter also received the 2004 & 2005 CAAO Member Tubbs-Jones Economic Impact Award.
Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter Overview
| Incorporated: 1985 |
Status: 501 (c)3 |
| Scope: Northeast Ohio |
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Number of Members: over 300
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Phone: 216 / 916-4874 |
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Local Address:
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P.O. Box 22839
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
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Mission Statement
Our mission as a professional membership organization of Black graduates with MBAs, advanced degrees, business professionals, entrepreneurs and graduate students, is to increase the number as well as the diversity of successful Blacks in the business community by:
- Providing innovative programs to stimulate members' intellectual and economic growth
- Building partnerships with key stakeholders to help facilitate this growth
- Increasing awareness and facilitating access to graduate management education programs and career opportunities in management fields
- Developing the pipeline of youth by providing a framework to deploy business practices
Vision Statement
The NBMBAA’s vision is to be an organization that leads in the creation of economic and intellectual wealth for Blacks.
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Operating Principles
The operating principles of the NBMBAA are to:
- Establish and maintain an effective nationwide information and communication network; enhance the membership's professional and career development goals and link Black business professionals
- Provide continuing business education as a means for improving and maintaining the technical business skills and social awareness of the Black business person
- Encourage Black individuals to pursue business education
- Develop and implement programs to:
- assist employers in retaining Black professionals
- assist Black professionals in progressing along their chosen career paths
- Expand, facilitate, direct, and participate in the economic development of the Black community
- Provide direction to the Black community by issuing opinions, establishing positions, recommending viable solutions and implementing solutions to improve the economic infrastructure of the Black community
- Develop, document and archive information that will allow the organization to become the premier information source on Black business-related issues within the global business arena
- Leverage our relationship within the Black community, corporations, and government to benefit the Black community
- Increase entrepreneurship within our membership and other constituent base.
Objectives
Acting upon the established operating principles (cited above), the NBMBAA will focus on achieving the following objectives:
- Attract, develop and retain members of the highest integrity and competence at all levels of the organization. Maximize participation of the membership
- Emphasize professional skills development of the membership via local and national programming
- Develop and maintain strong ties with corporations to garner, retain and expand their support
- Develop a close working partnership with Black businesses and community organizations to implement programs advancing overall economic development of the Black community
- Increase focus and extend programs to students, encouraging and motivating them towards careers in business
- Ensure the long-term financial stability of the organization
- Enhance the organization's image and increase its visibility and communications to all of its audiences
- Improve the organization structure to insure consistency and a high degree of local and national level of operating efficiency
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