Richard Manson was appointed President of SourceMark LLC, a premier provider of innovative products, services and solutions to the health-care and retail pharmacy industry. Additionally, Manson is an Attorneys At Law, His distinguished legal career spans over 30 years, managing a private law practice that includes multi-business collaborations, extensive work nationally and internationally with media conglomerates representing high-profile clients, a successful publisher and author, and university professor. His accomplishments in private practice, along with his broad experience in corporate law, civil rights, mergers and acquisitions, litigation management and complex, strategic business planning, makes him an enviable speaker and conference leader. Previously, he served as general counsel for several prominent institutions, banks, sports enterprises, marketing, entertainment and media holding companies. He has traveled extensively, and recently became a member of the Society of International Business Fellows, an organization focusing on international commerce and culture. Board affiliations include the Tennessee Minority Supplier Development Council (TMSDC), TMSDC Education Foundation, Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Company, Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance, and the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association. Manson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fisk University, a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School, a graduate of Amos Tuck at Dartmouth School of Business Executive Education Program and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Advanced Business Management Education Program. He represented TMSDC in West and South Africa during the recent trade mission of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, the New York headquarters of the 37 Supplier Development Councils nationwide.