Baroness Amos, 49 - Secretary of State International Development United Kingdom. First black woman to sit in cabinet. Baroness Amos is the third ever woman to become leader of the House of Lords.

Captain Vernice Armour, 29 - AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter pilot from Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 169, and the Marine Corps' first African American female pilot.

Halle Berry, 37 - Actress, producer and first African-American woman to win Best Actress Oscar.

Donna Brazile, 43 - Campaign manager for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, making her the first African American woman ever to manage a presidential campaign.

Ursula M. Burns, 45 Corporate Senior Vice-President and President of business group operations Xerox corp. She runs the $4 billion Document Systems and Solutions Group, which generates up to 40% of the company's total revenues.

Tamika Catchings, 24 - Basketball Forward also became the first Fever player ever to be named to the All-WNBA First Team.

Debra Martin Chase, 43 Hollywood producer and one of a handful of African-Americans making major films. She shot to the top with The Princess Diaries, a modern-day fairy tale starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway.

Johnnetta B. Cole, 67 - President, Bennett College made history in 1987 by becoming the first African American woman to serve as president of Spelman College. In April, 2004 she will become the first African American to serve as Chair of the Board of United Way of America.

Paula Hammond Cunningham, 40 - Professor of chemical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Patricia Ford, 54 - Executive Vice-President Service Employees International Union. She is one of the highest-ranking African American women in the North American labor movement.

Shirley Franklin, 58 - She is Atlanta's first woman Mayor and the first African-American woman to serve as Mayor of a major southeastern city.

Ann Fudge, 52 - Chairwoman and Chief Executive Young & Rubicam, Inc. and the first African American to head a major advertising firm.

Dr. Helene Gayle, 48 - Director of the HIV, TB and Reproductive-Health Program The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Carla Harris, 40 Managing Director Morgan Stanley and second black woman to become a managing director at Morgan Stanley.

Gwen Ifill, 48 - Journalist, moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

Judith Jamison, 60 - Artistic Director Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Elaine Jones - President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She became the first woman to head the organization.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 54 Congresswoman (Ohio Democrat) Congresswoman and the first African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Angela E. V. King, 65 - Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women United Nations.

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, 49 - President and CEO The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Renetta McCann, 46 - Chief Executive Starcom North America and is responsible for the successful operation of the largest office in the Starcom MediaVest Group network.

Gay J. McDougall, 56 - Executive Director International Human Rights Law Group and awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1999 for her "innovative and highly effective" work on behalf of international human rights.

Terry McMillan, 52 - Writer, producer and author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."

Gwen Moore, 62 - Chairwoman, the Future PAC Future PAC which supports candidates and champion issues and policies that can improve the lives of African-Americans, particularly women and children.

Suzan-Lori Parks, 39 - Writer, playwright and Pullizer Prize winner.

Dr. Vivian Pinn, 62 - Director Office of Research on Women’s Health National Institutes of Health.

Malika Sanders, 30 - President 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement and winner of Reebok Human Rights Award.

Pernessa Seele, 49 - Founder and CEO The Balm in Gilead, Inc.

Lateefah Simon, 26 - Executive Director The Center for Young Women’s Development.

Pamela Thomas-Graham, 40 - Chief Executive, CNBC and the most influential African American woman in cable television.

Cynthia Bramlett Thompson, 54 - Chair, National Board of Directors Girl Scouts of the USA.