IBW Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Dr. Ron Daniels, Distinguished Lecturer, York College, City University of New York, Queens, NY
BOARD CHAIR
Rick Adams, Co-Convener Western Pennsylvania Black Political Assembly, Pittsburgh, PA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Mary France-Daniels, Educator, Community Activist, New York, NY
- Richard Jones, Executive Dean, Office of Accreditation, Quality
Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York - Leonard Dunston, President Emeritus, National Association of Black Social Workers, Durham, NC
- Kinaya Sokoya, Chief Executive Officer, Anne Arundel Community Action Agency, Annaoplis, MD
- Jacqui Patterson, Executive Director, Women of Color United, Silver Springs, MD
- Hulbert James, Executive Director, Diasporic Project, Miami, FL
MEMBERS
- Greg Akili, National Field Director Social Security Works Campaign, Los Angeles, CA
- Dr. Leslie Alexander, Associate Professor Political Science, Ohio State University,Columbus, Ohio
- Mark Batson, Executive Director, Morehouse Medical Associates, Atlanta, GA
- Dr. Jeanette Davidson, Program Director, African and African American Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Folami Harris, Public Health and Development Specialist, Washington, DC
- Dr. Jemadari Kamara, Director, Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA
- Honorable Constance Johnson, State Senator, Oklahoma City, OK
- Michelle Kim Thomas, President and Chairman KHEMETCOM Entertainment Corporation
- Sandino Thompson, Executive Director, “It’s My Community,” Oklahoma City, OK
- Dr. Karin Stanford, Director of Black Studies Dept at the University of California, Northridge California
- Tara Young, Founder, Blogger Hip Hop Advocates ,Washington, DC
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