Hit The Road, Jack
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🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 116 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back everyone to another episode of the show. |
| 0:28.4 | My name is Mike Q and I am Jeanine Teaks and this is the read. |
| 0:32.7 | Thanks for coming back. |
| 0:33.6 | Just thank you once again for joining us. |
| 0:37.4 | Let's dive right in this week to our black excellence. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm going to give this one over to one Melanie Johnson. |
| 0:52.4 | Melanie Johnson is now the first black president and COO of MGM Casinos and Resorts. |
| 0:59.4 | She grew up in Louisiana, she earned a degree in accounting from the University of New Orleans. |
| 1:08.3 | But she still struggled to find a career and ended up getting an interview out of bank |
| 1:14.5 | through a headhunter which led to her getting a job that made her 9600 a year to now right |
| 1:22.1 | to now. |
| 1:23.1 | This is what I'm reading anyways on the phone numbers off. |
| 1:25.1 | Oh my God. |
| 1:27.0 | She's now the president and CEO of Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Prince Stroge's |
| 1:32.1 | County, Maryland working with MGM National Harbor. |
| 1:36.3 | Like. |
| 1:37.4 | These focuses include connecting with the staff at MGM National Harbor, overseeing MGM |
| 1:44.1 | the new sports betting arm of MGM Resorts. |
| 1:46.5 | So powerful black women doing powerful black things. |
| 1:50.3 | Congratulations. |
| 1:51.3 | Congratulations to you. |
| 1:53.3 | Congratulations to you. |
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