'That was a time when, even if you weren’t interested in the economic advancement of women, you knew about ‘welfare-to-work.’ I was compelled to help in some way,' she says. One of Compton-Rock’s first projects, Styleworks, began when legislation to overhaul welfare was pushed by the Clinton administration in 1996. Throughout her career she has raised the profile of charitable endeavors, including a stint as a judge on a reality show about charity, 'Oprah’s Big Give.' She also created the Angel Rock Project, a Web site that highlights her favorite charitable and philanthropic projects but also provides visitors who want to help a way to learn about volunteering or connecting to groups that need them. Malaak Compton-Rock is the founder of several innovative programs for women and children, from New Orleans to Brooklyn to South Africa, combining the savvy she gained while working in the public relations world with a passion for helping others. Malaak Compton-Rock, Lifter of Those With the Least 'I align myself with organizations that I think have leverage in order to make a difference.' 'I try to engage and see myself as a catalyst for systemic change for women and girls,' she says. As chair, she has expanded the board membership to over 200 global members. Kennedy School of Government, an invitation-only group of women in government, business and the nonprofit sector. Now retired, Cason is chair of the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard’s John F. She currently serves on the board of trustees at Save the Children and as its vice chair of the International Education Advisory Board. Both have a focus to enroll and retain more girls in school in developing countries. In the 1990s, she turned her focus to girls’ education, teaming up with Educate Girls Globally, a San Francisco nonprofit, and Save the Children, an international humanitarian organization headquartered in Connecticut and in Washington, D.C. She also founded in San Francisco the third chapter of the International Women’s Forum, a select group of high-ranking women who help each other advance in business careers. It was called Women and Money, the Changing Consciousness of Money Management. In the 1970s, she created and implemented a college course at her alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, first of its kind in California, she says. On her way up, she donated hours and dollars to causes helping women and girls in the United States and around the world. She finally landed her first job in investment sales and went on to become a successful real estate developer. 'It was the first time that it was so there.'

'I walked out of that room, and there was a really deep sadness that I couldn’t get that job because I wasn’t a guy,' she recalls. She gave him the answer, even though she had just learned that the job he held now was the same one she had been told was not open. In interview after interview, she was asked why a 'nice girl' like her would want a job in the rough-and-tumble world of investments.Īfter one particularly dispiriting interview, a young man who had just been hired by the company asked her a basic question about capitalization rates, a way to determine value of an income property. But Cason wanted something different: a job in the male-dominated world of investment real estate. Roxanne Mankin Cason entered the work force in the late 1960s, when opportunities for most women were limited to fields in nursing, education and social work. (WOMENSENEWS)– Roxanne Mankin Cason, Builder of Equity

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