ACCOMPLISHMENTS HONOREES Featuring Some of Greater Orlando’s Most Influential Leaders and Contributors BY J. LAJUANA MILLER Celeste A. Clark, Ph.D. Celeste A. Clark, Ph.D. has been named one of the most influential aligned with the efficient use of environmental resources. She has extensive board governance experience in public entities, privately held companies, and non-profit organizations. She
currently serves as a director of the Wells Fargo Company, The Hain Celestial Group, and Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. She previously served as a director of the Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, AdvancePierre Foods, Diamond
leaders in corporate governance by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
as part of their 2023 NACD Directorship 100™, an annual list of leading corporate directors and governance advocates. The list includes leaders who are setting the pace in reshaping board culture. The 2023 Honorees have demonstrated excellence in the boardroom through innovation, courage, and integrity. The peer-nominated selection process evaluates board members across four key categories: integrity, mature confidence, informed judgment, and high-performance standards. A selection committee reviewed the nominees’ histories of advancing board performance and leading corporate governance practices in areas that include risk oversight, corporate strategy, compensation, and transparency. Dr. Clark served as a senior executive of the Kellogg Company, where she was a member of the Global Executive Management Team and had an accomplished career spanning nearly thirty-five years in the food industry. She led the development and implementation of health, nutrition, and regulatory science initiatives globally. She also led the global functions of corporate communications, public affairs, sustainability, philanthropy, and several administrative areas. She served as the President of Kellogg Corporate Citizenship Fund, the company’s philanthropic entity. Corporate brand reputation management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were integral to the work performed. She also served as Chief Sustainability Officer and worked closely with the company’s Supply Chain to help ensure that the sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution of food products were
of the achievements of the Black judiciary in the state of Florida. At the reception, Judge Alicia Latimore was presented the Justice Peggy Quince Judicial Excellence Award. This award recognizes an exceptional member of the judiciary whose outstanding service and achievement have significantly contributed to the fair administration of justice. Judge Latimore was recognized for her achievements as the first Black woman to serve as a Circuit Court Judge and her significant impact on the circuit’s problem-solving and domestic violence courts. Her commitment to the community, dedication to wellness and well-being in the judiciary, and her high standard of judicial conduct make this honor a well-deserved one. Justice Peggy Quince is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Florida. Justice Quince was the first African American woman to sit on the state’s highest Court and only the third female Justice. On July 1, 2008, Quince assumed the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida for two years; the first African American woman to head any branch of Florida government. Judge Alicia L. Latimore was born and reared in Miami, Dade County, Florida. Her parents worked hard and long to ensure that she and her brother received the best educational opportunities possible. Her father, William L. Latimore, Jr., was an entrepreneur and small business owner while her mother worked as an accountant in the airline industry. Both parents are now deceased. “We were raised in a Black community in northwest Miami now known as “Little
Foods, Inc., Omega Protein, Inc., and AAA Auto Club Group. Dr. Clark is the principal of Abraham Clark Consulting, LLC and consults on food and health policy. She serves as an adjunct professor at Michigan State University, where she earned her doctorate degree in Food Science and was recently bestowed an honorary doctorate of Humanities. Dr. Clark was raised in Colfax, LA., where she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. She attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, graduating summa cum laude. She earned her master’s degree from Iowa State University and her Ph.D. at Michigan State University. Dr. Clark has been recognized with numerous awards and professional accomplishments, including Outstanding Young Executive, Outstanding Female Executive, and Outstanding Working Mother. She was recently named as one of the Most Influential Black Corporate Directors by Savoy Magazine. She and her husband Leon reside in Longwood and have two adult children. Judge Alicia L. Latimore On November 17, 2023, the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association held their judicial reception at the Florida A&M University College of Law, in celebration
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