Janice Bryant Howroyd

Janice Bryant Howroyd (born September 1, 1952) is an African American businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is founder and chief executive officer of ACT-1 Group, the largest minority woman-owned employment agency in the United States. [ [https://www.entrepreneur.com/homebasedbiz/worklifebalance/article54798.html Entrepreneur Magazine] ]

Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, she received a Bachelor’s Degree in English from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California and worked for "Billboard" magazine. She began ACT-1 in a small Beverly Hills office in 1978, with "Billboard" as her first client. Today, the company has offices in 75 U.S. cities and its clients include Ford Motor Company, Cingular, and Sempra Energy. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9865201_ITM "Janice Bryant Howroyd and ... the next act for ACT-1," Ebony Magazine, November 2005 (library card access required)] ]

In 2003, Howroyd’s company placed third on the "Black Enterprise" magazine list of Top Black-Owned Industrial/Service Companies in America. In 2005, she received the Spirit of American Enterprise Presidential Award. Three years later, she was named Entrepreneur of The Year by the BET cable television network. [ [http://media.www.lugazette.com/media/storage/paper816/news/2008/04/30/News/Janice.Bryant.Howroyd-3355379.shtml "Janice Bryant Howroyd," The Gazette April 30, 2008] ]

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* [http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200406/20040609_howroyd.html Transcript of interview on “The Travis Smiley Show,” PBS]