Magazine Names Five Alums to “Top 100 Under 50”

Diversity MBA Magazine has selected five alumni of the Freeman School for inclusion on its 2010 list of the “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders.” The list recognizes exceptional minority and multicultural executives—including African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, foreign nationals and women—who have achieved success in highly competitive corporate, government or entrepreneurial environments.

This year’s Freeman alumni honorees are Shellond D. Chester (MBA ’00), assistant dean for finance, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University; Jesse W. Devlyn Jr. (MBA ’93), CEO, Devlyn Vision Inc.; Vincent Ilustre (MBA ’04), executive director, Center for Public Service, Tulane University; William A. Taylor Jr. (BSM ’93, MACCT ’94), owner and founder, Taylor CPA & Associates and W3 CPAs and Consultants; and Bouvier Williams (MBA ’93), vice president, talent management, human resources, MTV Networks. Taylor and Williams were recognized as Diverse Executive Leaders while Chester, Ilustre and Devlyn were honored as Diverse Emerging Leaders.

This year is the fourth consecutive year that Freeman School alumni have been featured among the Top 100 Under 50. Since the magazine began compiling the list in 2007, more than a dozen alumni of the Freeman School have been honored.

Diversity MBA Magazine is an internationally distributed publication targeting women and multicultural professionals in corporate America and government as well as entrepreneurs and business students. The list of the “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders” appeared in the magazine’s summer 2010 issue, which hit newsstands in August.