Long-time entrepreneur and community leader Darryl Settles is a 2014 recipient of The Boston Business Journal’s Leaders in Diversity Award. The publication’s annual program that honors a combined nine companies and business people for their leadership in promoting inclusiveness and economic opportunity was be held on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. “Diversity is not only important in business, it’s good for business,” said Gale Murray, publisher of the Boston Business Journal. “We applaud these individuals and companies for creating an inclusive and innovative workforce.” Through his work with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Board, the Boston Means Business Forum, the Newton Economic Development Corporation, and working with Boston Mayor Walsh’s Office to increase business opportunities in the minority community with an emphasis on increasing the limited wealth in Boston’s communities of color, Darryl is being presented with this prestigious award. He recently launched a new company called Catalyst Ventures Development, a real estate and development company based in the Fort Hill section of Roxbury.
