Xernona is President and CEO of Trumpet Awards Foundation. Previously, she was Assistant Corporate Vice President for Urban Affairs with CNN, where she served as liaison between the corporation and civic groups across the country. She exemplifies the level one can achieve in electronic communications and communications technology. While not directly tied to the physical areas of communication technology, Ms. Clayton represents what is required to bring communications into the office place and our homes. She was the nationally-acclaimed host of The Xernona Clayton Show, a regular feature on WAGA-TV, CBS affiliate in Atlanta. Beginning her broadcast in 1967; she became the South's first Black person to have her own television show. In 1966, she coordinated the activities of Atlanta's Black Doctors in a project called "Doctors' Committee for Implementation", which resulted in the desegregation of all hospital facilities in Atlanta. This project served as a model and pilot for other states throughout the country, resulting in her receiving a national honor from the National Medical Associ ation for its impact. She serves on the Boards of the Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta Urban League, and Southwest Community Hospital. She is also a member of the National Issues Forum of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.