Emerald Award Honorees 2019

Doris J. Bullock is being recognized as the 2019 Emerald Award Honoree for Services to Youth at our 10th Annual Emerald Award program.

Doris J. Bullock is the Director of Student Retention at Shaw University. She is a higher education administrator with more than 20 years of leadership experience in student, academic, judicial and community affairs. Ms. Bullock was selected as the 2018 Woman of the Year by the Shaw University Male Initiative for her support and commitment to ensuring that students are receiving the support that they need to be successful and persistent from year to year.

Ms. Bullock is a huge supporter and advocate for women experiencing and overcoming challenges and obstacles. She is heavily involved in community affairs throughout the region, such as being selected as the 2018 Guest Speaker for the Professional Women’s Networking Brunch: Defining Your Destiny for InStepp, Inc., (a community-based charitable organization that provides services to women who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, and immigrant women). Ms. Bullock served as the Moderator for the 2018 Pumps & Purses event in Raleigh, NC. This event brings together women from various professions for lunch, networking, and healthy conversation while supporting formerly incarcerated women, women in low income communities, and homeless women in transition.

Monét Noelle Marshall is being recognized as the 2019 Emerald Award Honoree for The Arts at our 10th Annual Emerald Award Program.

Monét Noelle Marshall is a performer, director, producer, writer, cultural organizer and creative consultant. As an artist and facilitator, Ms. Marshall has shared her artistic approach with thousands of people along the east coast, including Triangle Community Foundation, UNC Chapel Hill Student Union and the African American Policy Forum. She is currently the Founding Artistic Director of MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, producing new works by and new opportunities for Black performers.

Ms. Marshall is also the Director of Programming at VAE Raleigh. She is the Founder and Lead Consulting Artist at BaD Arts Consulting which helps creatives do better business and businesses be more creative. BaD Arts Consulting provides arts integrated solutions to creatives, businesses and nonprofits through consultation, event curation, marketing and facilitation. She activates social action through the arts by engaging communities in collective visioning and change making. In 2018, she received the Mary B. Regan Community Arts Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council and was an Independent Weekly Arts Award winner.

Tsegga S. Medhin is being recognized as the 2019 Emerald Award Honoree for International Trends and Services at our 10th Annual Emerald Award Program.

Tsegga S. Medhin is a global relations expert for societal advancement and is the president of the UN Women US NC. With the view of driving prosperity and helping to create socio-economic enhancement, Ms. Medhin founded The Pearl Leadership Institute, an organization focused on STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) education for marginalized young girls.

Ms. Medhin spent over 19 years with IBM. During that time, she spoke at the UN’s SDG2030 meeting on Sustainable Development Goals for women and girls. Ms. Medhin’s business success and leadership has been recognized with multiple honors and awards including, most notably, the US presidential gold award by President Obama and President Bush.

Regina Y. Petteway is being recognized as the 2019 Emerald Award Honoree for Health and Human Services at our 10th Annual Emerald Award Program.

Regina Y. Petteway is the Director for the Wake County Department of Human Services.  She is responsible for public health, social services, Medicaid transportation, and regional service delivery for the County. She directs a Department of over 1,600 employees in 14 locations. Ms. Petteway has 26 years of experience with Wake County Human Services, where she began her career as an Assistant Health Director. In Human Services, she spent 10 years with the North Carolina State Government System in the Departments of Health and and Human Services, Administration, and Public Instruction.

Ms. Petteway serves on several boards, including the Smart Start Board of Directors; the United Way Investment Cabinet; and the Youth Thrive Board of Directors. She is a past president of Strengthening the Black Family, Inc. Ms. Petteway was recently awarded the Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association 2018 “Living Legend Award” for outstanding leadership in the field of health.