Delores Hargrove-Young is Vice Chairwoman of d.e. Foxx & Associates, Inc. In her role, she acts as a key strategic leader, ambassador, and advisor for d.e. Foxx & Associates, Inc. Before stepping into this role, Delores was President and Chief Operating Officer of XLC Services, a single-source provider of manufacturing services, warehouse management solutions, and distribution services. She was one of XLC’s principal founders in 1986 and was responsible for business operations in fourteen states.

She led XLC in its attainment of prestigious awards including Cincinnati USA Supplier Diversity Circle of Excellence, Eli Lilly & Company Supplier of the Year, P&G Minority Supplier of the Year (two-time winner), and the African American Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year. Delores has been, and continues to be, a distinguished community leader. Currently, she serves on the National American Red Cross Diversity and Inclusion Board, the Midwest Region Board of Directors of the American Heart Association, as well as the Boards at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the University of Cincinnati Lindner College of Business, Seven Principles Foundation, Inspiring Service, and Vehr Communications. She is Secretary of The Sister Accord Foundation as well. Delores is the Past Chair of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and the American Red Cross Greater Cincinnati. She served as the “Circle of Red” Co-Chair for The American Heart Association for several years as well as Go-Red-For-Women. Delores was Co-Chair of the 2015 Major League Baseball All Star Game in Cincinnati. She is Past President of Advocates for Youth Education (AYE) and works in collaboration with Queen City (OH) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated.

Alongside these organizations, Delores is committed to inspiring and developing young female leaders, increasing supplier diversity, and improving the economic stability of Cincinnati. In 2003, the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati honored Delores as a Career Woman of Achievement. The United Way of Greater Cincinnati awarded her the 2012 New Century Community Service Award for Strengthening Our Region. In 2015, Delores received the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio Women of Distinction Award, as well as the Medical Mutual Pillar Award Nonprofit Board Executive of the Year for the American Red Cross, Cincinnati Area Chapter. She also received the 2017 Maketewah Business Association “Success and Service Award”, the 2018 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award from Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council, and the 2019 Women’s Alliance, Inc. Jewel of the Community.

Most recently, Delores was the recipient of the 2019 Metropolitan Award, the 2020 Enquirer Woman of the Year Award, the 2022 Lincoln Award from Northern Kentucky University, the 2022 Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award, as well as being honored as a 2024 Great Living Cincinnatian.