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Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn
Colin Powell School Board Member
A serial entrepreneur who has started, owned, operated & sold six different companies from 1972 to 2012, Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn is a former owner & Vice Chairman of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co., a privately held corporation & the fourth largest Coke bottler in the United States.
Prior to the bottling business, she owned & operated a home care company & had a long & successful career in the home health-care field. In September 2017, she launched Emmy Co., a mobile-optimized platform that provided vetted & trusted individuals to accompany New York City patients from door to door when family or friends were not available.
She is a founding member & currently serves as a Vice Chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is a founding member & currently serves as Co-Vice Chairman of The New 42nd Street/New Victory Theater for Children. She is an active member of the Northside Center for Child Development's Council of Advisors. She previously served for over 20 years as Northside's Co-Chairman & as a Vice Chairman.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed her a Commissioner to the New York City Commission on Women's Issues, where she served three four-year terms. Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed her to his new Commission on Gender Equity.
She was Co-Founder & a member of the Executive Board of Platform.org, a non-profit organization focused on diversifying participation & inclusion in the growing innovation economy by underrepresented groups including women.
She continues to be involved with various ventures & projects as well as maintaining her philanthropic activities & interests through the S. Ahmad-Llewellyn Family Foundation.
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