Donna Scott-James '79

Donna A. James '79, President, Nationwide Strategic Investments, From Columbus, Ohio, to São Paulo, Brazil, Donna James is on your side-that is, if you're one of her millions of clients. As president of the strategic investments division, James provides products and services that enable people to purchase homes, invest for retirement, and finance enterprises. James and her team manage five subsidiaries for the $16.8 billion insurer. These entities generate about $650 million in annual revenues and employ roughly 2,100 people. "We focus on innovations outside of the core businesses," maintains James.

"My job is to find new growth opportunities in financial services that are related to, but can be different from, what we do today." Also focusing on small business development, she's responsible for a portfolio of financial companies in mid- to late-stage development through Nationwide Mutual Capital, a $150 million venture capital fund. James also serves as a member of corporate executive management.

James, a Greensboro, NC native, earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from North Carolina A&T State University. She previously worked as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand and as an HMO accounting specialist at Nationwide, which gave her entrance into the insurance business.

James says her philosophy for success is the same in business as it is in her personal life: stay focused on doing what's right in any given situation and don't get caught up in emotion and politics. -Patrice D. Johnson

Meeks, Kenneth. "The Most Powerful African Americans In Corporate America." Black Enterprise February 2005 (7 Dec. 2005).

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