Joyce M. Roché is President and Chief Executive Officer of Girls Incorporated, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowered girls and an equitable society. Before joining Girls Inc., Roché served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Carson Products Company, and Vice President of Global Marketing at Avon Products, Inc. During her tenure at Carson, an African American personal care company, sales increased over 130 percent. While at Avon, Roché broke new ground, becoming Avon's first African American female vice president, the first African American vice president of marketing, and the company's first vice president of global marketing. Roché has received widespread acclaim for numerous achievements in the business world. Among her many accolades, in 1998 Business Week selected her as one of the "Top Managers to Watch," and in 1997 she was featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine. In 1991 and 1994 respectively, Black Enterprise magazine named Roché one of the "21 Women of Power and Influence in Corporate America" and one of the "40 Most Powerful Black Executives." Roché is a graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She has successfully completed Stanford University's Senior Executive Program and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Dillard University and North Adams State College. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of SBC Communications Inc., Tupperware Corporation, Anheuser-Busch Companies and The May Department Stores Company. She also sits on the Board of Trustees for Dillard University.

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