The HistoryMakers

Washington, D.C.
Bush has over 20 years experience as a communications attorney and is a Partner at Skadden, Arps. She had previously worked with Skadden, Arps, before becoming Executive Vice President of Northpoint Technology and Broadwave USA, which was a system of satellite-terrestrial sharing. Prior to joining Skadden, Arps, Bush served as senior counsel to the Communications Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. From 1981 until she joined the U.S. Senate Committee staff, Bush practiced law in Washington, D.C. She advised clients regarding the acquisition and sale of broadcasting stations, companies and represented clients in proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission. Bush remains active in communications policy issues and speaks often to companies and organizations regarding developments in this area.

Sandra Anderson Baccus
President & Co-Founder
Correctional Medical Associates
Atlanta, GA
Sandra Anderson Baccus, a senior-level executive with over three decades of experience and innumerable contributions in diverse industries has distinguished herself as a leader who can unify and align executive vision with ambitious goals. As Co-Founder, Vice President, and Managing Partner for two companies in the healthcare industry, Correctional Medical Associates, Inc. and PsychAssess Software, Inc., she has been fully accountable for all facets of operations including finance, marketing, sales, personnel, management, product development, and project management. With over 20 years of experience in fund-raising for non-profits, Baccus offers a proven track record of success in launching new campaigns and focused initiatives rallying both public and corporate sponsorship support. Baccus earned a Master of Science in Education from the City College of New York and completed a B.A. in Government Studies at Boston University. Although a native of Austin, Texas, Baccus, recently widowed, has lived in Atlanta, Georgia for more than 25 years.

Kelly McNamara Corley, General Counsel
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL
As Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Discover Financial Services LLC, Corley manages the legal advisory and compliance matters involving the firm’s credit, banking and transaction services businesses. Before becoming General Counsel in 1999, Kelly McNamara Corley served as Managing Director, responsible for the firm’s global government relations and corporate philanthropy programs. A graduate of both the University of Southern California and George Mason University School of Law, she worked for Morgan Stanley for 24 years and is a member of the Virginia and Illinois Bar Associations.

Al B. Reid, Vice President Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL
Al B. Reid has over 20 years experience as a corporate development executive and strategist. He currently serves the executive management team by providing strategic advisory and operational management support for Abbott’s global businesses. He has provided executive leadership for a variety of global growth initiatives including acquisitions/spin-offs, strategic partnerships, divestitures and organic expansion. Prior to Abbott, Reid was at Baxter Healthcare, Dun & Bradstreet, Paramount Communications and the Federal Reserve Bank where he held positions of increasing responsibilities in finance, business development and strategy. Reid received his B.A. degree in communication from Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia and received his M.S. degree in management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Julieanna L. Richardson,
The HistoryMakers
Chicago, IL
Founder and Executive Director of The HistoryMakers, Richardson has a diverse background in theatre, television production and the cable television industries. A graduate of Brandeis University (Theatre Arts and American Studies) and Harvard Law School, she worked as a corporate lawyer prior to serving in the early 1980s as the Cable Administrator for the City of Chicago's Office of Cable Communications. There, she established the Chicago Cable Commission, the City's regulatory body. She went on to found Shop Chicago, a regionally based home shopping channel. For eight years, her production company, SCTN Teleproductions, managed three local cable channels for TCI, the nation's largest cable operator, at the time. SCTN Teleproductions served as the production arm for C-SPAN, Peoples Energy, ESPN, the Economic Club of Chicago, AT&T Broadband, and Prime Cable.

Chris Simmons, Mid-Atlantic Managing Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
McLean, VA
Chris Simmons is the Managing Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") for the Washington Metro Market, which includes PwC offices in Washington, D.C.; Northern Virginia (Tysons Corner); Baltimore and Richmond (Virginia). Prior to his appointment as the Managing Partner Washington Metro Market, Simmons was a member of PwC's United States Leadership Team, and one of eight direct reports on the staff of the CEO. Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1992, Simmons was a Vice-President in the Corporate Finance practice at Bankers Trust Company of New York, where he led the analysis and structuring of large leveraged buyout financings, and other finance transactions. Prior to that experience, Simmons spent a total of five years in local sales and national marketing positions with IBM (based in Philadelphia) and Wang Laboratories (Lowell, MA), respectively. Simmons earned his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University. Among other activities, Simmons is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and the board of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.