| Summary: | Entrepreneur Norma Russell Pratt was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 17, 1945. Pratt attended Cheyney University, where she graduated with her B.A. in education in 1966. After working as a school teacher, Pratt was hired as a travel agent for Rodgers Travel, Inc., a company that was co-owned by her father Fred Russell. With her father's passing in 1980, Pratt was named President and CEO of Rodgers Travel. In the 1990s, Pratt enrolled her company into the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) business development program. Through the SBA 8(a) program, Rodgers won a variety of federal government and municipal contracts from the City of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services, the Department of Defense, as well as several military bases across the country, and Lajes Field in Portugal. Under Pratt's leadership, Rodgers Travel, Inc., which has been in business for sixty years, grew into a multi-million dollar agency.
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