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Region
I Chair Candidate
Nakeeta Wills
SB
BBA '2000
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want people to remember me for my
charisma and dedicated leadership
skills. I believe being the Region
1 Chairperson will enable me to use
my skill set to promote closer affiliation
between the HUAA network and the North
Atlantic Region, because we are bonded
by a common unit. I find it exciting
to have the opportunity to align myself
with the activities of the regional
HUAC. As Regional Chair I, I will
strengthen the alumnae bond to Howard
University by identifying potential
opportunities that further promote
the university’s primary objectives.
The Regional Chair position will also
provide an ideal opportunity to keep
the region abreast of the recent accomplishments
and upcoming changes at our esteemed
alma mater. Finally, my practical
experience with the HUAC of NYC and
lifelong commitment to Howard University
have both prepared and qualified me
to carry on the university’s
mission of leadership in the global
community. In
addition to my three year experience
on the HUAC of NYC Student Recruitment
Committee, I come armed with an
unprecedented amount of enthusiasm
and valor. To my credit, I have
embraced a winning attitude and
have used it to fuse with some of
the nations best and brightest to
pass the spirit of instilling the
legacy and vision of Howard University.
I
am also confident that I can take
on the responsibility of this position
because I have shadowed recruitment
activity from two perspectives.
I was honored to have shadowed both
seasoned local recruiters and the
HU home admissions team. With their
involvement, I had the opportunity
to create and strengthen a network
with several HU campus offices throughout
the year. As a local representative,
I am also in touch with the HU Alumni
community throughout New York City.
Finally, my participation as regional
chair will inevitably bring outlets
of additional support from my affiliation
with the community at large, from
both social and professional organizations.
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Region
VI Chair Candidate
Margo
M. Bouchet
LA BA ’69, LW JD ’72
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dominant attributes have inspired
ATTORNEY MARGO BOUCHET since graduation
from Law School at Howard University:
Commitment to God, Dedication to her
family, and Service to her community.
After earning her JD degree, MARGO
BOUCHET, embarked on a practice designed
to protect women and minorities in
their battles against wrongful discharge
and discrimination. As a result, she
has won major victories for countless
plaintiffs. She now concentrates on
Family Law. In
addition to her role as a highly
effective Attorney who has built
a respected reputation as a dedicated
and determined Christian advocate
of the oppressed, BOUCHET has managed
to juggle her role as mother, grandmother,
lawyer, activist and community servant.
Her service in the community has
not been ignored. She is the recipient
of numerous honors and accolades
including an appointment by President
James Carter, as the first African-American
to the United States Circuit Judge
Nominating Commission. MARGO has
also garnered awards as Best Mother
of the Year from St. Brigid Catholic
Church, Outstanding Woman of the
Year by the Zeta Phi Beta Society,
OMICRON CHAPTER, and WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD from N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense
Fund, Pacific Region, MASTERS OF
LAWS, Recycling Black Dollars, ALUMNI
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Howard University
Alumni Club, L.A., Calif.
MARGO has been an active member
of her community and has served
on Boards and held office with several
community organizations, including
the Boards of the Mablean Ephriam
Foundation, I.T.H.I. N.K Foundation,
Board of the National Bar Association,
Board of Trustees, L.A. County Bar
Association (LACBA); Board, Inglewood
Bar Association, Board of the Langston
Bar Association, Board of Trustees
of the Union Rescue Mission Foundation
and Executive Committee HUAA. Additionally,
MARGO has served two terms as Chair
of the Women Lawyers Division, NBA,
President of the Inglewood Bar Association,
President of the Howard Alumni Club,
L.A.
MARGO is frequently called upon
by organizations to speak on various
topics ranging from Time Management,
Employment Discrimination, the O.J.
Simpson case, Domestic Violence
and Collection and Enforcement of
Child Support. Additionally, she
presided, for several years over
Small Claims cases as a Volunteer
Pro Tem Judge in Inglewood, California
Small Claims Court.
MARGO
was somewhat ahead of her time,
when in 1991, she helped launch,
with co-host Ken Jones, a CABLE
T.V. legal talk show, known as the
LEGAL FORUM. MARGO, who is a financial
contributor to Howard University
and other civic organizations, is
a member of the Law School's FOUNDER'S
Club. MARGO has three children,
a daughter, Rahkel, a graduate of
Howard U’s Law School. She
is an Attorney and an Independent
consultant with Arbonne. Her twin
sons, graduated from Southern University;
and three grandchildren, Dominique,
Steven Wayne and Nicole.
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Region
III Representative Candidate
Zakkiyyah L. Terrell
LA BA 2000
Ft Lauderdale, FL
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Zakkiyyah
Terrell White, Esq., is the President
of the HUAA of South Florida. She
is a Class of 2000 graduate of Howard
University, where she obtained a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Sociology, with
a minor in Language Arts. Additionally,
she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Inc., the National Black
MBA Association Inc.; and the TJ Reddick
Bar Association. Zakkiyyah is an outgoing
and energetic person, whose expertise
and attention to detail have contributed
to her vast knowledge of the real
estate industry.
Zakkiyyah has been actively involved
in real estate transactions in various
capacities, including but not limited
to residential, commercial, and investment
properties. Zakkiyyah continued her
education at Nova Southeastern University
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where
she simultaneously obtained her Juris
Doctorate degree from the Shepard
Broad Law Center, as well as a Master's
in Business Administration degree
from the H. Wayne Huizenga School
of Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Region
IV Representative Candidate
Eric Mason
RL MA ’03
St. Louis, MO |
Rev.
Eric Mason currently serves as Chief
of Staff for Lane Tabernacle Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church in Saint
Louis, Missouri. Mason oversees day-to-day
administrative operations for over
1200 members while supervising a staff
of more than 75 paid and volunteer
persons. Prior to Lane Tabernacle,
Mason served as a Professor of Criminal
Justice at Sanford-Brown College in
Fenton, MO.
On March 20, 2005, Mason was elected
as president of the Metropolitan St.
Louis chapter of the Howard University
Alumni Association. He represents
over 400 alumni locally and directs
activities for the chapter. Since
March, Eric's administration has led
the chapter in becoming the "Howard
University National Alumni Chapter
of the Year, 2005" by: increasing
membership dues almost 1000% on the
national level and over 500% locally,
ratifying term limits for local officers,
establishing greater fiscal responsibility,
stream-lining monthly meetings, recruiting/representing
at over 50 events and increasing the
number of local students to attend
the university from the previous year.
In addition the chapter voted to establish
its first endowment scholarship at
Howard University in honor of Howard
alumni, Attorneys Frankie M. Freeman
& Wayman F. Smith, III.
Rev. Mason earned a Masters of Arts
in Religion, Society & Ethics
Degrees from Howard University School
of Divinity in Washington, DC. Mason
also possesses a Bachelors of Science
in Criminology & Criminal Justice
with a minor in Sociology Degree from
the University of Missouri at St.
Louis (where he was a Marian Oldham
Scholar and its first graduate), a
Certificate in Faith-Based Leadership
from the U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services, and a Certificate
in Corrections from St. Louis City
Division of Corrections.
Prior to matriculating at Howard University,
Eric served as Senior Domestic &
Political Advisor to former Territorial
Senator Norma P. Samuel of the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Administrative Pastor
for Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Omaha,
Nebraska, Assistant Pastor of Mount
Tabor Baptist Church of Saint Louis
(Where he was also licensed and ordained
to the ministry) and a Corrections
Officer and the youngest person employed
by the St. Louis City Department of
Public Safety.
Eric has written several articles
on ethics including: "The Police
Sub-Culture: An Ethos of Secrecy."
"A Comparison of the Views of
W.E.B. DuBois & Booker T. Washington
on Discrimination and Inequality."
"Max Weber and Karl Marx on Capitalism
and Communism." "Christian
Conservative and Liberal Views on
Same-Sex Marriages". He's currently
writing publications on: "Faith-Based
Initiatives: Five Years Since Bush"
and "Pimps, Punks, Prostitutes
and Pushers: Prisoners of the Pulpit."
Mason has or currently serves as a
member of numerous organizations including:
Lane Tabernacle CME Church of Saint
Louis, National Republican Congressional
Committee Business Advisory Council,
National Baptist Convention of America
Criminal Justice Commission, Howard
University International Alumni Council,
was appointed by former Governor E.
Ben Nelson of Nebraska to the Nebraska
Affirmative Action Commission (becoming
the youngest person to serve in the
governor's administration), Chairman
of the Legal Redress Committee for
the Omaha Nebraska Branch of NAACP,
Youngest & only African-American
with Omaha Police Chaplains Corps.,
Chairman of Violence & Crime Committee
for St. Louis Mayor's Youth Advisory
Board, Marian Oldham Scholarship Committee,
Youth Minister for Berean Missionary
Baptist District Association, Secretary
for the Missionary Baptist Minister's
Alliance of St. Louis, Secretary for
Baptist Pastor's Conference of St.
Louis, Chairman of Human Relations
Committee for Contemporary Living
Options of St. Louis, American Criminal
Justice Association, National Association
for Blacks in Criminal Justice and
the American Correctional Association.
Rev. Mason's efforts have been featured
in several news publications such
as the: United States Senatorial Record
# S5472, Omaha World Herald; St. Louis
Post Dispatch; "front cover"
of the first issues of "Choices,"
a joint publication between the Suburban
Journal & Saint Louis American
Newspapers; and Ebony Magazine as
"One of the 30 Young Leaders
of the Future" (December 1997
issue).
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