Tate Named To Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America
March 14 2012 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Jeff Tate, Vice President, Finance, Dow Performance Plastics
(NYSE: DOW) has been named to Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most
Influential Blacks in Corporate America 2012 issue.
Savoy is geared toward African-American business professionals
and profiles prominent African-American business leaders. With
100,000 readers per issue, the magazine serves as a premier forum
for issues of workplace diversity and lifestyle features. Savoy
notes the 2012 Top 100 issue is “one of the most definitive lists
of African American achievers in Corporate America produced to
date.” The magazine will be available on newsstands March 13,
2012.
In his role at Dow, Tate has responsibility for short- and
long-term financial planning as well as accountability for
developing and evaluating value-creating business strategies for
Dow Performance Plastics, a $16 billion corporate Division of The
Dow Chemical Company.
“We could not be more proud of Jeff for being recognized by this
prestigious ranking,” said Bill Weideman, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of The Dow Chemical Company. “He is an
exemplary team member who consistently drives financial discipline
and pushes the team to strive for higher performance. His unique
talents and passion for excellence are well-known, and this honor
is further proof of his leadership both at Dow as well as in the
community.”
In addition to this honor, Tate is also the recipient of the
2010 National Achievement in Industry Award from the National
Association of Black Accountants (NABA). He serves as the National
Co-Chair of the African American Network for Dow, an internal
organization that unites and creates a community for the company’s
African American employees. Tate earned his Bachelor’s degree in
Accounting from the University of Alabama and is a member of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant and
has held various Finance positions since joining Dow in 1992,
including most recently as Finance Director of the Company’s
Investor Relations group.
Tate was chosen for this honor from a pool of more than 500
candidates. Each candidate was selected based on criteria such as
community influence and past achievements. The selection committee
included Savoy’s editorial board, community leaders and
representatives from the business and academic sectors.
For more information, please visit:
http://savoynetwork.com/top100/.
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specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics
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solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high
growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and
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