2020 Honorees
Congratulations to our 2020 Honorees
XERNONA CLAYTON
Founder of the Trumpet Awards
ONYX WOTM Woman of the year
Xernona Clayton
Founder/President
The Trumpet Awards
Xernona Clayton is a civil rights leader and pioneering broadcasting executive best known as the founder and CEO of the Trumpet Awards (1993), an annual awards program televised by the TBS network and distributed internationally to over 185 countries. The program features the accomplishments of African Americans in a variety of fields. Clayton also is the driving force behind the complementary project the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Sitein Atlanta. Clayton worked undercover for the Chicago Urban League investigating employment discrimination before moving to Atlanta in 1965 to organize events for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
“Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc. and Creator and Executive Producer of the Foundation’s Trumpet Awards. ”
--Xernona Clayton
LATASHA BARNES
Chief Financial Officer
Orlando Health
JOLI COOPER-NELSON
Executive Director
GreenLight Fund Atlanta
DAWN CURTIS
Supervisor
Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District
TANISHA GARY
President
African American Chamber of Commerce Central Florida
MILDRED GRAHAM
Director of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
FAMU Law
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JOAN HOLMES
Consultant
Retired Administrator from HCC/USF
VALERIE JENKINS
Vice President
Wells Fargo
LETONYA JOHNSON
Sr. Man., Global Communications Events
Walt Disney World
JANIE LACY
CEO
Life Counseling Solutions
SONYA MALLARD
Cultural Center Coordinator
Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Museum
CHANTA MILLER
President
EHC Salon & Spa Salon Management Services
DAME CONSTANCE MITCHAM
Founder/Senior Partner
Mitcham and Benjamin Attorneys and Solicitors
HEIDI OTWAY
President
Salter Mitchell Public Relations
SYLVIA PERRY
Regional Area Director
The Links, Inc.
CALETA SCOTT, CPPT
Manager, Grants Administration
City of Fort Pierce
TAMARA SHAMBURGER
Chair
Hillsborough County School Board
KATHY TIMES
Chief Communications Officer
Florida A&M University
BRENDA WALKER, J.D., PH.D.
Interim Associate Dean
University of South Florida
CRYSTAL WARWELL-WALKER
Principal
Walker & Walker Associates
BRIDGET WILLIAMS, ED.D.
Chief of Staff
Orange County Public Schools
