Austin National Black MBA chapter team WINS 2009 Leaders of Tomorrow ® Case Competition team

July 22, 2009 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, TEXAS - June 21, 2009 - The Austin National Black MBA Association's chapter's Leaders of Tomorrow ® Case Competition team won first place in this year's Leaders of Tomorrow ® Case Competition on June 20, 2009 in Ann Arbor Michigan.

The NBMBAA hosted the 8th Annual Leaders of Tomorrow ® Case Competition at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. High school students representing 22 local NBMBAA chapters nation wide participated in the competition and ExxonMobile sponsored the event where college scholarships were awarded to the top three finishers.

The high school students were presented with college-level business cases from which they developed business solutions.  This year's case was Samsung Electronics. The Austin team hypothetically presented to the Chairman of Samsung a strategy that would allow Samsung to achieve "Tier One" status as an iconic brand. The students were judged by a panel of business professionals who scored points for analysis, quality of presentation and feasibility of their recommendations.

Austin students under the leadership of team captain, Jasmine Lee, team Iconic Strategic Design was composed of Kenny Crocket, Deron Octave, Denise Manning and Olivia Brown, all members  of the Austin Chapter of the Leaders of Tomorrow ® Program. This was the first time that the Austin chapter has fielded a team in the competition held annually by the National Black MBA Association.

In addition to the cash/scholarship prizes, they will be flown to Dallas in August to present the case to ExxonMobile.  They will also receive an all-expense paid trip to the NBMBAA National Conference in New Orleans this September.

Bill Louden and Carmaleta Williams were the team chaperones as well as part of a dedicated group of Austin NBMBAA chapter members who volunteered their time working with the Leaders of Tomorrow ® students and provided coaching for the competition.

For more information, contact elizabeth.bert@austinblackmba.org

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The Leaders of Tomorrow ® Program is NBMBAA's premier initiative directed toward the youth of our nation. LOT's objectives are to prepare African-American high school students for life in college and beyond, as exemplary corporate citizens. There are 26 active LOT chapters throughout the United States.

The NBMBAA Austin Chapter was established as the newest chapter in the NBMBAA, Inc. group of affiliates in December 2006. We are an organization of professionals and entrepreneurs located within the Central Texas Area whose goal is to help enhance the economic growth of knowledge, business skills, and employment opportunities for Blacks.http://www.austinblackmba.org