Philadelphia Region's 12 Men of Influence 2017
Allan Lane
Philadelphia native businessman, journalist, and publisher; a motorcyclist who regularly crisscrosses the country to encourage fellow bikers and fans with his positive riding experiences. His free monthly digital magazine, SportsBike Inc. (SBI), was established in 2010 and in seven years has become the nation's top resource in the world of motorcycle "edutainment." Read More
Barkley L. Hendricks
Barkley L. Hendricks, an artist best known for his life-size oil paintings of Black people, passed away on April 18, 2017. He photographed and created realist and post-modern portraits of people that continued until his sudden death. He was 72 years old, and died of natural causes. Read More
Bishop Dr. C. Milton Grannum
Bishop Grannum is an internationally recognized, Bible expositor, trainer of leaders, author and motivational speaker. His international teaching program, “Wisdom from the Word,” has been heard daily on the radio in over 60 countries. Bishop Grannum and Dr. Hyacinth Bobb Grannum presently give leadership and oversight to a network of congregations and independent ministries in the United States and overseas. Read More
Blane Fitzgerald Stoddart
President and CEO of BFW Group, LLC. which provides construction project management, construction administration, owners' representation, and development consulting services to non-profit and for-profit developers, government, large general contractors, schools, and institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. Read More
Charles L. Blockson
A prominent African American historian, scholar and author whose passion for history and books began at the age of nine, and blossomed into his amassing one of the largest private collections in the world related to people of African descent, located at Temple University. Read More
Dr. Eric Edi
President and COO of AFRICOM -Philly, the Coalition of African and Caribbean Immigrant Communities (AFRICOM), and a lecturer in the College of Sciences, Health and Liberal Arts at Philadelphia University. Read More
Foster Child
During his 40 years in the music industry, and 30 years as a professional musician, Child’s musical experience and accomplishments include writing, producing, and performing on multiple records, developing a music production and promotion company, working on a commercial for Nike, creating a recording label, starting his own band, ‘Foster Child and the Runaway Band,’ and exploring new technology to create multi-media based performances. Read More
The Honorable Giovanni Campbell
The Hon. Campbell was elected to the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, in November of 2013 and has served since January of 2014. He is assigned to the Criminal Trial Division – Major Trials Program, where he presides over serious non-homicide felony cases arising from incidents in the northwestern part of the City. Read More
Osagie O. Imasogie, Esquire
A Business Executive and Attorney with over 36 years of extensive professional experience in the fields of law, finance and business management, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry. He is active in charitable and community pursuits and serves as a Board and Executive Committee member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition, he is a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Board of Overseers of the University Of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Law. Read More
Michael A. Rashid
Michael A. Rashid has made it his life’s work to ensure those most in need have access to one of the most basic of human rights: health care. He was inspired to a lifetime of service by accompanying his father on his rounds on behalf of the Negro Health and Tuberculosis Association during his youth in Birmingham, Alabama. Later, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.called for many to march in the name of justice, Mr. Rashid answered the call, marching with Dr. King in the name of civil rights for African Americans and ultimately, all people. Read More
Chief Mark Talbot
Chief of Police for the Norristown Police Department; he has over 25 years of law enforcement experience. Prior to being appointed as the Chief in Norristown, Chief Talbot served as the Director of the Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation (BEI) with the Pennsylvania Department of State overseeing operations of four regional offices across the state. Read More
Michael Coard
A criminal defense attorney with more than 20 years of state and federal trial experience, specializes in murder cases; worked at the Charles W. Bowser Law Center after serving as Legal Counsel for State Senator Hardy Williams. Read More
