Perspectives S35/Ep 8 - The heroes and she-roes of Black History Month

As we close Black History Month we have conversations with a pair of present day history makers. Virgil Miller is President of Aflac, a Fortune 200, $22 billion dollar insurance company. He is the first African American male to sit in that chair in the C-suite. He follows the first woman to hold the role, Teresa White. Miller believes African Americans who enjoy success have a responsibility to give to their community. Miller once worked in an Aflac call center. He served this country in the United States Marine Corps and held a number of leadership roles on his way to leading Aflac. We also have a conversation with Helen Butler. Butler was among the first 100 Black students to enroll at the University of Georgia. She declined a scholarship to Spelman to study in Athens. She was on a path to the C-Suite as one of the first black comptrollers for a major corporation when her family's tradition of service called her to do other work. She leads the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda and is credited with increasing voter registration and record voter turnout in the 2020 and 2022 elections.