The 18th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards has always been an event that proudly and unapologetically celebrates all of the beautiful melanin populating the entertainment industry ...

Ciara Linnane is MarketWatch's investing- and corporate-news editor. She is based in New York.

This is the third article in a series on people who grew up in the greater Atlantic area, moved away, and chose to return to the area before they retired.