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WNET and the influence of David KochThe Los Angeles Urban League announced that Blair Taylor will be the group's new president and CEO, succeeding John Mack. Taylor is Executive Vice President of College Summit, a national college access initiative. He has also been president and CEO of COI/ICD, held positions at PepsiCo and IBM, and has an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. He also had been an L.A. City Council deputy. Mack is retiring after leading the Los Angeles Urban League for thirty-six years.
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