Tamarind Phinisee is currently a reporter with the San Antonio Business Journal. Her beats include finance, Mexico/international trade, and education. She also serves as copy editor for the paper. Prior to joining the San Antonio paper, she worked for a sister newspaper in Dallas called the Dallas Business Journal. Both newspapers fall under the umbrella of Charlotte, N.C.-based American City Business Journals. In all, Phinisee’s career has spanned 16 years with the parent company. Phinisee has been recognized for a number of times for her stories and her work as a reporter, including San Antonio Small Business Service Award from the San Antonio office of the Small Business Administration for news coverage in support of the small business community. She has also received a number of Awards of Merit as well as an Award of Excellence from the Association for Women in Communications. Additionally, Phinisee was one of 12 selected last year by the International Center for Journalists to travel to Washington, DC to participate in the week-long Scripps Howard Immigration Reporting Program.

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Profiting with Business Partnerships: The pARTnership Movement

Floyd W. Green, III is responsible for developing grassroots marketing strategies to assist in maximizing opportunities in new business development, customer retention, healthcare disparities, and strategic partnerships. He is also responsible for building a culturally relevant presence to attract, acquire, and retain diverse market segments across channels and touch points; enhancing current community investment models including philanthropic investments to strengthen Aetna’s brand; expanding employee programs (e.g., volunteerism, gift matching, etc.) to differentiate Aetna as a committed and trusted partner; implementing urban marketing strategies to increase Aetna’s visibility and to address the multicultural/multilingual and generational needs of key constituents across the country.

He is a member of the a member of Actors Equity Association, the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), 100 Black Men of America, the National Association of Health Services Executives, the National Alliance of Market Developers, and a lifetime member of the National Black MBA’s and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Floyd received a B.S. from Lincoln University in Oxford, PA in history/public ffairs. Later, he received an M.B.A. in marketing/strategy from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.

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Profiting with Business Partnerships: The pARTnership Movement
Leadership Awards and Convention Town Hall