Cynthia Alston Bell, Cumulus Media’s senior marketing consultant in Charleston, received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Portrait Award during a ceremony on Tuesday.
Bell has worked as a sales and marketing executive for Cumulus in Charleston for more than three decades. She is a member and former President of the Summerville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Regional Coordinator of the Arts and Letters Committee for the South Atlantic Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and currently serves as a member of the Auxiliary to the Charleston Country Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association.
Bell is also an Advisory Board member of Black Expo, Marketing Coordinator for Closing the Gap in Healthcare, Inc., an Honorary Commander for Joint Base Charleston, and Chair of the Board of Trustees at Central Missionary Baptist Church in Summerville.
South Carolina Representative Wendell Gilliard established the award in 1998 to recognize local leaders who showed outstanding service to the community.
