Duke alumni in energy: Hilda Pinnix-Ragland (MBA'86) presented with Triangle Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award

For two decades now, Triangle Business Journal (TBJ) has honored female business executives at its annual Women in Business Awards event. Each year, we recognize 25 women who have not only gone above and beyond the responsibilities of their daily work, but have made a lasting impact on the community at large. TBJ also honors a female exec who has achieved that level of success and impact over a broad swath of time: they call it the Lifetime Achievement Award. This year's recipient is Hilda Pinnix-Ragland (MBA'86), a longtime utility executive (including positions at Progress Energy and Duke Energy) who has blazed a trail for women and for African-Americans in both the corporate setting and the civic arena.