DENNIS P. KIMBRO, Ph.D. To Present Closing Keynote At the African American Business Summit 2005

Released on = June 4, 2005, 10:18 am

Press Release Author = Adrienne S. Lamm/African American Business Summit 2005

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = DENNIS P. KIMBRO, Ph.D., best selling author of Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice and world renowed speaker will present closing keynote at
the African American Business Summit 2005, June 25, 2005 at the Westin Mission Hills Resport in Rancho Mirage, (Palm Springs) California.

Press Release Body = Dr. Dennis Kimbro will deliver the closing keynote on Saturday, June 25 at the Wells Fargo sponsored African American Business Summit 2005. Themed
BUSINESS REDEFINED: An Extraordinary Experience for Exceptional Business People, this four-day event is scheduled June 23rd - 26th at the Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), California.

Few individuals impact the day-to-day management of organizations and institutions as Dr. Dennis Kimbro. A tireless educator, author, and Business school professor,
Dr. Kimbro is universally characterized as one of the most insightful and scholarly writers in the field today.

Dr. Kimbro's writings have influenced readers from the streets of Melbourne, Australia, to Johannesburg, South Africa, to Seoul, South Korea, to Reykjavik, Iceland and from the boardrooms of General Motors, Walt Disney, Frito-Lay, and Wells Fargo - to name a few.

As a lecturer and researcher in the field of management, entrepreneurship and human potential, he encourages his readers to look within to extract the keys that underlie all accomplishment. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate from Northwestern University where he studied wealth and poverty among underdeveloped countries. With his course work behind him, Dr. Kimbro combed the country interviewing scores of America's most notable achievers. Eventually his inquisition led to the question: How can
impoverished African Americans pull themselves out of poverty and reach their full potential?

To broaden and enhance the scope of the project, Dr. Kimbro studied the methodology of Napoleon Hill, author of the phenomenal best seller Think and Grow Rich. After a
personal meeting with W. Clement Stone, president of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, Dr. Kimbro was commissioned to update and complete Hill's original manuscript. Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice, the results of Dr. Kimbro's and Hill's efforts, distills the secrets of success contained in the lives of peak performing men and women, and reveals how readers can utilize these keys to make their dreams come true.

His honors include various awards bestowed by the business community as well as the Dale Carnegie “Personal Achievement” award. He is the Director of Undergraduate
Studies in the Clark Atlanta University School of Business Administration.

In 1996, he served as one of eight national judges for the prestigious Ernst & Young USA Today Entrepreneur of the Year held in Palm Springs, California.

He has addressed the Notre Dame ‘Fighting Irish’ football team as well as the Kansas City Royals Baseball team. He has appeared on the Today Show, Larry King, CNN, and
has been featured on the pages of the Success! Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today on numerous occasions sharing the keys of success and
achievement. One of Dr. Kimbro’s highest honors occurred when he was requested to keynote Grambling State University’s Coach Eddie Robinson’s farewell tribute. As
the author of “Daily Motivations for African American Success” and the highly acclaimed “What Makes the Great Great: Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement,”
his fourth book, “What Keeps Me Standing: A Black Grandmother’s Guide to Peace, Hope & Inspiration” (Doubleday), has appeared on several best sellers lists. For
registration and more information regarding the African American Business Summit 2005, please visit www.aabs2005.com or call (323) 299-6000.

Web Site = http://www.AABS2005.com

Contact Details = Press and Media Contact:
Adrienne S. Lamm
African American Business Summit 2005
Telephone:(323) 299-6000 ext. 107
Fax: (323) 299-6006
E-mail: alamm@turningpointmagazine.com
www.aabs2005.com