Bowie State Graduate Wins Minority Business Leader Award

LaTara Harris Gives Back as a AT&T Regional Director

MEDIA CONTACT: Damita Chambers, dchambers@bowiestate.edu, 301-832-2628 mobile

(BOWIE, Md.) – A Bowie State University graduate and a regional director for AT&T was honored with a 2017 Minority Business Leader Awards by the Washington Business Journal.

LaTara Harris, a 2008 Bowie State alumna, was one of 25 professionals selected as the top minority business leaders that exemplify ethics and leadership in the Greater Washington region. As a regional director for AT&T, she spends a lot of time attending charitable giving programs, working with elected officials and providing community outreach.

Harris was the first on her mother’s side to receive a bachelor’s degree and one of the first on her father’s side to attend college at all, according to her profile on the Washington Business Journal site.

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