Afarah Board Biography

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Afarah Board Biography Afarah Board is a senior
manager in Southern California Edisons Customer
Service Business Unit, where she is currently on
special assignment on the Enterprise Resource
Planning/SAP project. Throughout Afarahs 25
years with SCE, she has held various management
positions of increasing responsibility in the
companys Customer Service and Transmission
Distribution business units. The variety of
positions Afarah has held is an example of her
personality. She has played a key role in the
successful implementation of SCE strategic
initiatives related to statewide deregulation
automated meter reading advances in emerging
technology technology portfolio management and
effectively managing billing and collection
operations. Afarah is a change agent, who is an
innovative, visionary leader who looks for faster
and better ways to accomplish goals through
people. Afarah is President of the Southern
California Chapter of the American Association of
Blacks in Energy (AABE). She is also co-founder
of SCEs Black History Month celebration,
Connecting the Evolution of Electricity to Black
History. This annual event highlights
African-American inventors, focusing on those
related to the evolution of electricity and
technology. Active in the community for many
years, Afarah serves on the boards of the Boys
Girls Club of Redlands, the Ecclesia Community
Development Collaboration and is co-founder and
president of the Cultural Awareness Coalition
(CAC), a non-profit organization. Afarah earned
her MBA and Bachelor of Arts degrees in business
from University of Redlands, and has completed
management training at Harvard and Pepperdine
universities. In addition, she has received a
number of corporate, civic and leadership awards
and honors.