The Resume

(1955- )
Born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Attorney with Steptoe and Johnson (1981-1986)
VP/Attorney for BET (1986-1996)
COO of BET (March 1996-2005)
President/CEO of BET (2005- )

Why she might be annoying:

She is an attorney.
For no apparent reason, she sits on the board of directors at Eastman Kodak Company, Marriott and Revlon.

Why she might not be annoying:

She graduated Brown University (1976).
She earned her law degree at Harvard University (1980).
She started as an attorney for BET and worked her way up to CEO.
She was parodied in the animation 'The Boondocks.'
She pushes for more original programming on BET.
She won the Silver Star Award from American Women in Radio and Television.

Credit: Team Annoy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• Hollywood Reporter's 10th Power 100 Women [2001] (Ranked: 68)
• Hollywood Reporter's 15th Power 100 Women [2006] (Ranked: 69)
• Hollywood Reporter's 16th Power 100 Women [2007] (Ranked: 54)
• Hollywood Reporter's 17th Power 100 Women [2008] (Ranked: 46)
• I Attended Brown
• I Attended Harvard
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands on My Hips
• Mo'Nique Doesn't Like Me
• Profiles 28501-28750 (Ranked: 28584)
• Washingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington D.C. [September 2001]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 23 Votes: 13.04% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 92.86% Annoying