Monica Pearson to speak at our June 3 Women of Prosperity Luncheon!

WSB-TV’s Monica Pearson to speak at June 3 Chamber Luncheon

Longtime WSB-TV News Anchor Monica Pearson will be the guest speaker for our Business Women's Network Women of Prosperity Luncheon on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at the Newnan Country Club.

Pearson is a renowned Atlanta television personality. After 37 years as a news anchor with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Pearson retired in 2012. She now hosts a weekly radio show on KISS 104.1 FM, writes a column, “Monica Matters,” for Southern Seasons Magazine, continues her Closeups interviews on www.wsbtv.com/monica and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with an MA in Journalism and Mass Communication on August 1, 2014.

She joined WSB-TV in 1975 as Atlanta's first woman and first minority to anchor the daily 6 p.m. news. She began her professional career at The Louisville Times, followed by a position in the public relations department of Brown-Forman Distillers before joining WHAS-TV in Louisville as a reporter and later anchor.

She has received numerous accolades and honors for her work, and her 33 local and regional Emmys include an Emmy for an exclusive interview with Georgia Congressman John Lewis in 2008. The interview garnered national recognition, as Lewis changed his U.S. presidential support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. Among her many awards, Pearson was awarded the Legacy Award from the National Association of Black Journalists in 2012; The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Team Trailblazer Award in 2013; and also in 2013, the Interdenominational Theological Center presented her with the James H. Costen Award for Excellence in Civic and Community Affairs.

This luncheon is sponsored by LifePlan Financial Advisors, Inc. and will be held June 3, 2015 with networking at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at 11:45 a.m. Cost is $35 for Chamber members and guests, $50 for General Admission.

For more information, email info@newnancowetachamber.org or call 770.253.2270, or click here to register now through ChamberMaster.

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