Hardy to keynote Urban League lunch
The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Comcast and UPS are jointly sponsoring the Fourth Annual Entrepreneur Power Luncheon to Chattanooga’s business community on April 26 at 11:30 a.m. at the Chattanoogan Hotel.
The event will feature pioneer businesswoman Carolyn Hardy and will celebrate the Scenic City’s ongoing entrepreneurial growth. Hardy is the CEO of Chism Hardy Investments and Henderson Transloading Services. She is the first African-American female to be inducted into the Society of Entrepreneurs – a Memphis-based organization geared toward fostering the development of an entrepreneurial spirit in the state.
“Carolyn Hardy has lived a life that is meant to be shared,” said Warren E. Logan, Jr., president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga. “We are thrilled to welcome her to this year’s event to talk about her extraordinary achievements and, in turn, inspire others in the community to pursue their dreams and lay down their own road maps to success.”
The first African-American female plant manager of The J.M. Smucker Company, Hardy was also named the first African-American female vice president of a major brewery, Coors Brewing Company. She is the founder of Chism Hardy Investments LLC, which purchases and develops real estate for companies servicing the rail industry.