Board of Directors

President
Dr. Ron Daniels, Distinguished Lecturer, York College, City University of New York, Queens, NY

Board Chairman
Rick Adams, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Equity, Community College of Allegheny County, 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
• Atty.Nkechi Taifa, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Leonard Dunston, President Emeritus, National Association of Black Social Workers, Durham, NC
• Dr. Kimberly Ellis, Executive Director Historic Hill Institute, Performing Artist, Pittsburgh, PA
• Jacqui Patterson, Executive Director, Women of Color United, Silver Spring, MD
• Hulbert James, Executive Director, Diaspora Project, Miami, FL

Members

• Greg Akili, Senior Manager, Field Training, NAACP, Los Angeles, CA
• Mark Batson, Executive Director, Morehouse Medical Associates, Atlanta, GA
• Dr. Jeanette Davidson, Program Director, African and African American Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodley, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
• Folami Harris, Public Health and Development Specialist, Washington, DC
• Shani Jamila, Host, Blackademics, WPFW, Pacifica Radio Network, Washington, DC
• Dr. Jemadari Kamara, Director, Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA
• NYOIL, Rapper, Social Activist, Motivational Speaker, Staten Island, NY • Honorable Constance Johnson, State Senator, Oklahoma City, OK
• Kinaya C. Sokoya, Executive Director, D.C. Children’s Trust Fund, Washington, DC
• Sandino Thompson, Executive Director, “It’s My Community,” Oklahoma City, OK