North Smithfield, R.I. (November 3, 2014) – Citing her entrepreneurial spirit and perseverance in building a world class logistics and supply chain services company after becoming one of the first African-American woman mechanical engineering graduates, President Barack Obama paid tribute to Banneker Industries’ Founder, President and CEO,Cheryl W. Snead, in a speech on women and the economy that he gave at Rhode Island College on October 31, 2014. Read the entire story here.