Alfred Edmond Jr

ALFRED EDMOND JR. is the editor-in-chief of Black Enterprise magazine and a senior vice president of Earl G. Graves Publishing Co. Inc., the publication's parent company. An award-winning reporter and editor, Edmond has been recognized by TJFR Business News Reporter as one of America's 100 Most Influential Financial Journalists. A nationally recognized expert on business and economic trends, Edmond has appeared regularly on television and nationally syndicated radio, and is a highly sought-after public speaker.

Edmond joined Black Enterprise in 1987 as an associate editor. Before joining the magazine, Edmond served as the senior editor of MBM/Modern Black Men Magazine and as an associate editor for the Daily Challenge. He was also the managing editor of Big Red News (now the New York Beacon), a weekly, black newspaper in Brooklyn, New York.

Edmond graduated from Rutgers University in 1983 with a degree in studio art and a minor in economics. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and sits of the board of the American Society of Magazine Editors. He is a lifetime member of the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) and a charter member of the NABJ Business Writers Task Force. Edmond currently serves on the editorial advisory board of the Rutgers Alumni Magazine; the board of trustees of the Bridge Street Church Preparatory School in Brooklyn, New York; and the board of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA). He has served as an adjunct professor in the journalism department at Rutgers University and as an instructor for the NYABJ High School Journalism Workshop at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.