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Addison Barry Rand, a member since 2001, assumed chairmanship of the Board of Trustees on
July 1, 2006. He is the Chief Executive Officer of AARP, the nation's
leading advocacy group for people age 50 and older. He has served as
Chairman of the Board of Aspect Communications and as Chairman and CEO
of Equitant Inc., globalizing the Ireland-based company and negotiating
a successful merger with IBM in 2005. He is Chairman Emeritus of the
Avis Group, where he transformed the $4.5 billion, Fortune 350 company
into the world’s leading service and information provider of comprehensive
automotive transportation and vehicle management solutions, while serving
as Chairman and CEO. He enjoyed an outstanding 30-year career with Xerox
Corporation, completing his tenure as Executive Vice President of Worldwide
Operations. He was responsible for $18 billion in revenue and is largely
credited with Xerox’s transformation into a sales and marketing powerhouse.
Under his leadership, Xerox won two prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Awards as well as recognition as the “Best Sales Force in
America” and the top training organization in America. Rand currently
serves as a corporate director on the boards of Agilent Technologies
and Campbell Soup. He earned a B.A. degree from American University
and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University. He also attended Stanford
University as a Sloan Fellow focused on management sciences. He is the
recipient of several honorary degrees, was inducted into the National
Sales Hall of Fame, and is a recipient of the NAACP Image Award. |
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Renee Higginbotham-Brooks,
Esq., a member since 1997 and Vice Chairwoman of the Board since
April 2005, is the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Block Capital,
Inc., an investment services firm in Fort Worth, Texas, established
in 2005. Previously, she was the sole proprietor of the Law Office of
Renee Higginbotham-Brooks for 19 years specializing in public finance.
She earned a B.A. degree
in political science, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum
laude from Howard University, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown
University School of Law. In 1991, she became the first female
and first African American appointed to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission in its 56-year history where she served as its chairwoman until 1994. Later, she served on
the Texas Department of Commerce Policy Board and on the Board
of Visitors of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Some of her numerous honors include: 2003 HU Distinguished Alumni Award; 2002 Excellence Award, National Dental Association; NAACP 1997 Thurgood Marshall Award; National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, 1997 Distinguished Alumni Award; Dallas Morning News Quest for Success Award; and the City of Fort Worth 1994 Outstanding Woman of the Year Award (Superwoman Category). |
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Sidney A.
Ribeau, Ph.D., is the 16th President of Howard University and the
sixth African American to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. He was
President of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Bowling Green,
Ohio, for 13 years before coming to Howard. Under his leadership, BGSU
was recognized for its residential learning communities, values-based
education and innovative graduate programs. He began his teaching career
in 1976 as a professor of communication studies at California State
University, Los Angeles. Eight years later, after being honored as an
outstanding teacher and student adviser, he became chair of the University's
Pan African Studies Department. He held that position until 1987, when
he was named Dean of Undergraduate Studies at California State University,
San Bernardino. Three years later, he became Dean of the College of
Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
campus. In 1992, he was named Vice President for Academic Affairs at
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, a position he held
until his appointment to Bowling Green. Currently, he serves on the
boards of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement
Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) and Worthington Industries. He has served
on the boards of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),
the United Way, the Regional Growth Partnership, the Andersons Inc.
in Maumee, and Convergys Corp. Some of his numerous honors include distinguished
alumnus awards from Wayne State University and University of Illinois,
scholarly recognition from the National Communication Association and
the President's Award from the National Association of Student Personnel
Administrators. He received a B.S. degree from Wayne State University,
and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in communication from the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. |
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Nnamdi
Anozie, a member since 2009, serves as Undergraduate Student Trustee
and is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences double majoring
in Political Science and Anthropology. He has served in various leadership
capacities: Undergraduate Student Assembly representative; General Assembly
member; and Arts and Sciences Student Council spokesperson as Mr.
College of Arts and Sciences. A Legacy Scholar and Dean’s
List Honoree, he is a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors
Association and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Other activities
include: Sergeant-at- Arms of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity;
Student Ambassador; HU Gentlemen Scholars; and HU African Students Association. |
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Kirsten M. Bowden,
a member since 2009 and third year law student, serves as Graduate Student
Trustee. She was elected HUSL Class of 2010 Representative, and is a
member of the Constitutional Law Society and the National Black Law
Student Association. She has worked in government and private sector
organizations as a public affairs and governmental relations specialist;
was featured on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now;” and is a recipient
of the North Carolina School Public Relations Association Blue Ribbon
Award for Excellence in School Communications. She holds two B.S. degrees
and the Master of Public Administration degree from Appalachian State
University (ASU). As a nationally ranked student athlete, she represented
ASU at a National Leadershape Institute and received several scholar-athlete
awards. At ASU, she was a student ambassador, president of several student
organizations and a member of several honor societies for student leadership
and academia. |
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Paul A. Cotton,
Ph.D., R.D., a member since 2009, is the Program Director for Health
Behavior & Minority Health, Division of Extramural Activities, National
Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health.
For his work at NIH, he has received a number of awards including a
2009 NIH Director’s Award. He holds a B.S. in Human Nutrition and
Foods and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Nutritional Sciences from Howard
University. Prior to his appointment at NIH, he conducted human studies
of nutrition and physical activity and developed research collaborations
with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, and Tribal Colleges at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
He is president of the Bison Express, and past president of the Howard
University Alumni Club of Prince Georges County. He serves on the Howard
University NCAA Certification Steering Committee, NCAA Sub-Committee
on Gender Equity and was inducted into the Howard University Athletic
Hall of Fame (2003) for wrestling. |
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Elizabeth G. Early,
a member since 1989, is a retired Health Care Consultant in Sarasota,
Florida. Her previous positions include: Assistant Commissioner of the
Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, New York City Department
of Health; Director of the Bureau of Day Care; and Executive Director
of the Northside Center for Child Development, New York City. She is
recognized as a visionary in addressing social and healthcare issues,
and has served on the faculties of Fordham University and Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine. She earned a B.A. degree in philosophy from Howard
University and an M.S.W. degree from New York University. She has served
on the boards of several community-based, not-for-profit organizations,
including the Advisory Board of the Governor's Commission on Child Care,
New York State Advisory Board to the Commissioner, New York City Department
of Human Resources, and the Citizens Committee for Children. |
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Aprille J. Ericsson,
Ph.D., a member since 2004, is an Instrument Manager and Aerospace
Engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is currently working
on a lunar instrument and astrophysics X-ray mission proposal. She has
more than 20 years of experience in structural dynamics, controls, and
instrument management of spacecraft missions. She received a B.S. degree
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from Howard University, where she served several terms as president
of the Graduate Student Council. She is the first African American female
to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard. She was featured
on the NBC Nightly News Women to Watch series; she is listed in history books honoring African Americans in
Aerospace and Science, and is featured in a Smithsonian National Air
& Space Museum exhibit. Her awards include: a 2007 Congressional
Black Caucus Black Women's Agenda award; a 2002 Howard University College
of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences (CEACS) Alumni Excellence
Award; and the 1997 Women in Science and Engineering Award for Best
Female Engineer in the Federal Government. The Howard University
Upward Bound Math and Science Initiative Program is named in her honor.
She is a charter member of the Howard CEACS alumni network, and serves
on the boards of the Center for Quality in Urban Education and the Howard
University Middle School of Mathematics and Science. |
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Harold P. Freeman,
M.D., a member since 1993, is President and Founder of the Ralph
Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in New York City. He is
also a senior advisor to the director of the National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health, and Professor of Clinical Surgery at
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. A Diplomate
of the American Board of Surgery and Fellow, American College of Surgeons,
he served as President and CEO of North General Hospital in New York
City, and was Director of Surgery at Harlem Hospital Center for 25 years.
He earned an A.B. degree from the Catholic University of America, and
an M.D. degree from Howard University College of Medicine. He was elected
to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in
1997, and served as National President of the American Cancer Society.
He is the chief architect of the American Cancer Society initiative
on Cancer in the Poor, for which the "Harold P. Freeman
Award" was established in 1990. He is a past chairman of the President's
Cancer Panel, having been appointed for four terms, first by President
George H. W. Bush in 1991, and later by President William Clinton in
1994, 1997, and 2000. He pioneered the concept of "Patient Navigators,"
a program to provide low-income patients with personal guides through
the health care system. In June 2005, the U.S. Congress, with the passage
of the Patient Navigator, Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention
Act, provided $25 million in funding to implement his program nationally.
The HistoryMakers recognized him in 2006 with the Daniel Hale Williams
Award. |
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Earl G. Graves Sr., a member since 1989, is Chairman and Publisher of Earl G. Graves, Ltd.,
and Founder and Publisher of Black Enterprise in New York City. He also served as Chairman and CEO of Pepsi-Cola of
Washington, DC, L.P., at the time the largest minority-controlled Pepsi-Cola
franchise in the U.S. He serves on the boards of Aetna Inc., Aetna Foundation,
Inc. and the Black Enterprise B.R.I.D.G.E. Foundation and volunteers
on the boards of TransAfrica Inc., the American Museum of Natural History
and Hayden Planetarium, and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
& Sciences. Long active in Scouting, he currently serves as a vice
president of the National Executive Board and as a member of the marketing
committee for the national office, Boy Scouts of America. He received
a B.A. degree from Morgan State University and is the recipient of honorary
degrees from more than 60 colleges and universities, including his alma
mater. In 1995, Morgan State renamed its business school, the Earl G.
Graves School of Business and Management. In 1999, he was awarded the
84th NAACP Spingarn Medal. In 2006, ExxonMobil commissioned a likeness
of him for exhibition in the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in
Baltimore, MD. Later that year, he received a lifetime achievement award
from the National Association of Black Journalists. In October 2006,
he was interviewed by Julian Bond for “An Evening with Earl Graves,”
a program produced for The HistoryMakers, which aired on PBS. In April
2007, he was inducted into the Junior Achievement Worldwide U.S. Business
Hall of Fame. |
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Patrick T.
Harker, Ph.D., a member since 2009, is President of the University
of Delaware (UD) with concurrent appointments as professor of business
administration in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics,
and professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UD College
of Engineering. He served as Dean of the Wharton School, Reliance professor
of management and private enterprise, and chairman and professor of
operations and information management. He earned the Ph.D. degree in
Civil Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and served as
professor and chairman of the Systems Engineering Department in the
School of Engineering and Applied Science. He was named a Presidential
Young Investigator by the National Science Foundation (1986) and as
a White House Fellow by President Bush (1991). He currently serves as
a Trustee of the Goldman Sachs Trust and the Goldman Sachs Variable
Insurance Trust and is a member of the Board of Directors of Pepco Holdings,
Inc. A renowned scholar, he has published five books and over 100 articles. |
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Dianne Atkinson
Hudson, a member since 2005, is a retired television production
executive, project manager and Special Advisor to Oprah Winfrey. Her
responsibilities have included building and developing the Oprah Winfrey
Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. The Academy was developed
at the request of Nelson Mandela as a public institution in partnership
with the South African Department of Education. She has a distinguished
record of 28 years in the media. Since 1986, she has been affiliated
with Harpo Studios in Chicago, Illinois, and has served as Vice President
of Harpo Productions, and as President of the Oprah Winfrey Foundation
and Oprah’s Angel Network. She conceptualized and implemented this
viewer-driven public charity, which has raised more than $12 million
to date. For nine seasons, between 1994 and 2003, she was Executive
Producer of the number-one rated, award-winning Oprah Winfrey Show,
preceded by nine seasons as producer. She has received nine Emmy Awards,
and is also credited with establishing Oprah’s Book Club. She earned
a B.A. degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University, and began
her career in 1976 as a broadcast news writer for the Associated Press. |
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Marie C. Johns,
a member since 2000, is Managing Member of L & L Consulting, LLC,
and the retired President of Verizon-Washington, DC. She was a mayoral
candidate in the District of Columbia 2006 Democratic Primary. She received
her B.S. and M.P.A. degrees from Indiana University, and is an active
volunteer particularly in the areas of education and economic development.
She is a member on the boards of directors of several profit and not-for
profit organizations, including the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical
Group, Enlightened, Inc., and Girl Scouts of the USA. She is the Founding
Chair of the Washington, DC Technology Council, and Chair of the Board
of the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science. Some
of her past posts include: Chair of the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
Board of Directors; Chair of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce; and Chair
of Leadership Greater Washington. She is a member of the Senior Board
of Stewards of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church,
Washington, DC. |
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Sheila C. Johnson, a member since 2009, is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose accomplishments
span the arenas of hospitality, sports, TV/film, the arts, and humanitarian
causes. Ms. Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC, a company
she founded in 2005. She oversees a growing portfolio of luxury properties
including Woodlands Inn, in Summerville, SC, Innisbrook, a 72-hole Golf
& Spa Resort in Florida, and the much-anticipated Salamander Resort
& Spa, currently being constructed in Middleburg, Virginia. As President
& Managing Partner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, and a partner
in Lincoln Holdings, LLC, she is the first African-American woman to
have a stake in three professional sports teams, including the Washington
Wizards (NBA) and the Washington Capitals (NHL). She is also a TV pioneer,
having been a founding partner of BET (Black Entertainment Television)
and the creator of the award-winning program Teen Summit. Currently,
she is producing films with a humanitarian message including Kicking
It, A Powerful Noise, She Is The Matador and The Other City, about the
HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington DC. In 2006 Ms. Johnson was named global
ambassador for CARE, a leading aid organization fighting global poverty
by empowering women. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of Parsons The New School
for Design and sits on the boards of Americans for the Arts, the Jackie
Robinson Foundation, the Tiger Woods Foundation, the University of Virginia
Curry School of Education, and the University of Illinois Foundation.
A staunch supporter of Howard University, she served on the Board of
Visitors for the John H. Johnson School of Communications. She is an
accomplished violinist and received a Bachelor of Arts in music from
the University of Illinois, as well as honorary degrees from numerous
other institutions. |
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Vernon E. Jordan,
Jr., Esq., a member since 1993, is Senior Managing Director of Lazard
Frères & Co., LLC, New York, and Senior Counsel in the law firm
of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, in Washington, DC. He earned
a B.A. degree from DePauw University and a J.D. degree from Howard University
School of Law. He was chairman of the Clinton Presidential Transition
Team, and is both a past President of the National Urban League and
former Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund. His corporate
and other directorships include: American Express Company (Senior Advisor);
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.; Lazard Ltd; Xerox Corporation; and International
Advisory Board of Barrick Gold. He is a member of the Bars of Arkansas,
the District of Columbia, Georgia, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is
a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association,
the Council on Foreign Relations, The Bilderberg Meetings, and past
President of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. He holds honorary
degrees from more than 60 colleges and universities in America and is
the author of Vernon Can Read! A Memoir (Public Affairs 2001). In 2007, his portrait was unveiled in
the Great Hall of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. |
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Warner Lawson, Jr.,
Esq., Graduate Faculty Trustee since 2008, has been a Professor
of Law since 1981 and a member of the HU Law School faculty since 1974.
He earned a B.A. degree in political science from Howard University
in 1962 and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Howard in 1969. An
author of numerous scholarly articles, he served as Academic Associate
Dean in the School of Law from 1979 to 1985 and again from 2005 to 2006.
During his teaching career, he has visited more than 14 law schools;
served as Distinguished Professor in Residence, Aetna Life & Casualty
Co. Law Department, and was named to the Louisiana State University
Law Center’s Teacher Hall of Fame. His public service includes
Chair, D.C. Law Revision Commission; Member, Middle States Association
evaluation review teams of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico
and the University of Maryland School of Law; and Member, Contract Drafting
Committee of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (multi-state).
His Howard service includes Chair, Faculty Senate, Chair,
Faculty Grievance Commission, and other roles in the Faculty Senate. |
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Charisse R. Lillie,
Esq., a member since 2004, is Vice President of Community Investment
and Executive Vice President of the Comcast Foundation. Formerly, she
held the positions of Vice President, Human Resources, Comcast Corporation,
and Senior Vice President, Human Resources Comcast Cable-Comcast Corporation
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a partner in the law firm of
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, in Philadelphia for 13 years,
and was chairwoman of the litigation department for three years. She
also served as: Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights
Division; Professor, Villanova Law School; Assistant U.S. Attorney for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; General Counsel to the Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Philadelphia and City Solicitor of the City
of Philadelphia. A past president of the Federal Bar Association, she
served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for
seven years, the last two as chairwoman. She has received numerous prestigious
civic and professional awards, including the Philadelphia magazine 2004 and 2005 "Super Lawyer," and the 2004 Distinguished
Daughters of Pennsylvania. She earned a B.A. degree from Wesleyan University, cum laude; a J.D. degree from Temple University Law School – Dean’s
Honor List; and an LL.M. degree from Yale Law School. |
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Robert L. Lumpkins, a member since 1999, is Chairman of the Board of The Mosaic Company
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a retired Vice Chairman of Cargill Incorporated.
He received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Notre
Dame, and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford University Graduate School
of Business. He began his career with Cargill in 1968, and served in
a succession of line and financial management positions until his retirement
in 2006. He was Cargill’s Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 2005,
was elected to the Cargill board of directors in 1991, and elected vice
chairman in 1995. He is a director of Ecolab Inc. and Webdigs Inc.,
and chairman of hedge fund Black River Asset Management. His service
on non-profit boards has included the Stanford Business School Advisory
Council, the Notre Dame Science Advisory Council, and TechnoServe Inc. |
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Anita D. Stearns
Mayo, Esq., a member since 2008, is a Senior Attorney with the law
firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP in San Francisco, California.
She provides compliance advice primarily to corporate clients on the
laws of campaign finance, lobbying, ethics and conflicts of interest.
She has authored legal articles and is a member of the Bar in California
and Washington, DC. She earned a B.S. degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and M.A. degree from Howard University, and a J.D.
degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She
has served as National President, National Vice President, and National
Recording Secretary of the Howard University Alumni Association, and
served as an officer of the San Francisco Bay Area Howard University
Alumni Club. She has also served as a board member and officer for numerous
San Francisco organizations, including the Family Service Agency, the
Ivy AKAdemy Foundation, and the NAACP. She is a fundraiser for several
non-profit organizations, including the United Negro College Fund. In
honor of her accomplishments and community service, "Anita D. Stearns
Mayo Day" was proclaimed by the governor, the mayor, and her U.S.
senator on June 12, 1999 in California and in San Francisco. |
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Charles J. McDonald, M.D., a member since 1993, is Professor and Founding
Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at The Warren Alpert School
of Medicine of Brown University, and Physician-in-Chief of Dermatology
at the Rhode Island Hospital. He is internationally recognized for his
research on cutaneous lymphomas, skin cancers, and psoriasis. He is
a former president of both the American Cancer Society and the American
Dermatological Association. He is a trustee of the Lifespan Health Care
Corporation of Rhode Island. He is past president of the New England
Dermatological Society, and has served on the boards of the American
Academy of Dermatology, the First National Advisory Board of the National
Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National
Institute of General Medical Sciences Pharmacological Sciences Review
Committee, and a number of other professional associations. Long active
in civic affairs, he was a trustee of the Providence Public Library
for 25 years, and Citizens Bank for 22 years and a past member of the
Rhode Island State Board of Education. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from North Carolina A & T State University,
an M.S. degree from the University of Michigan, and an M.D. degree with
highest distinction from the Howard University School of Medicine. He
is the recipient of numerous professional and civic awards including
the Distinguished Alumni Award, 1983, from the Howard University College
of Medicine; Howard University Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
for Medicine and Community Affairs, 2005; and the Morehouse College
“Candle Award” for Achievements in Medicine, 2005. |
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Floretta Dukes McKenzie,
Ed.D., a member since 1993, served as Chairwoman of the Board for
two years, as Vice Chairwoman for ten years, and holds the title of Chairwoman Emerita. She is a Senior Advisor (retired), American
Institutes for Research in Washington, DC and the Founder of the McKenzie
Group, Inc., an educational consulting firm with special emphasis on
urban education. She holds a B.S. degree from DC Teachers College, an
M.A. degree from Howard University, and an Ed.D. from the George Washington
University. She has served as: Superintendent and Chief State School
Officer for Washington, DC Public Schools; Deputy Commissioner in the
U.S. Office of Education; Deputy Superintendent of Montgomery County
Public Schools, Maryland; and Assistant Deputy Superintendent for the
Maryland State Department of Education. Also, she was a U.S. delegate
to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). Her other board memberships include: Marriott International,
Inc.; CareFirst Blue Cross BlueShield; American Association of School
Administrators Leadership for Learning Foundation; Institute for Educational
Leadership, Inc.; Harvard Graduate School of Education Urban Superintendents
Program; the Johns Hopkins Leadership Development Program; National
Geographic Society; the White House Historical Association; DC College
Success Foundation; and Ameritas/Acacia Holding Company. |
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Stacey J. Mobley,
Esq., a member since 2005, is Senior Counsel, Dickstein Shapiro,
LLP having retired as Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
and General Counsel of DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware, a global science
company. A member of the company's Office of the Chief Executive, he
was responsible for legal and governmental affairs, and strategic direction
and operation of all DuPont businesses. He was the 2003 corporate campaign
chairman for the NAACP, and was named one of America's top black lawyers
by Black Enterprise. He is active in charitable and philanthropic
organizations in Delaware Valley and Washington, DC. A member of the
Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and U.S. Supreme Court Bars, he
earned both his pharmacy and law degrees from Howard University. Among
many honors, he has received the HU Distinguished Alumni Achievement
Award, and the LexisNexis Corporate Legal Times Distinguished Legal
Service Award. In June 2006, the National Law Journal cited him as one of the nation's 100 most influential lawyers. In October
2006, the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware awarded Mr. Mobley
the Gerald Kandler Award for outstanding leadership in the cause of
civil liberties in Delaware. Mr. Mobley received the Association of
Corporate Counsel Award for "Excellence in Corporate Practice."
Also in October, Mr. Mobley was named to the Lawdragon's list of 500
leading lawyers. In June 2007, he received an Appleseed Award for commitment
to promoting pro bono and diversity in the workplace. |
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Cornell
Leverette Moore, Esq., a General Trustee since 2000 and a former
Alumni Trustee from 1992 to 1998, is Partner in the law firm of Dorsey
& Whitney, LLP, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received an A.B. degree
from Virginia Union University and a J.D. degree from the Howard University
School of Law. A passionate supporter of affordable housing, he is a
former chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, and a board
member for over 25 years of the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation.
He is a former chairman of the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors
Association, and the State of Minnesota Personnel Board. He has served
on the Bank of America - Twin Cities Advisory, and was a partner in
the ownership of the 1987 and 1991 world champion Minnesota Twins. He
is Immediate Past Grand Sire Archon of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. His
board memberships include Virginia Union University, Johnson C. Smith
University, and the Dunwoody College of Technology. In 2007, he received
the Distinguished Citizen Award from the St. Paul-Minneapolis Alumni
Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and was inducted into the
National Bar Association Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Northern
Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Chair of its corporate
capital campaign. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Jessye Norman, a member since 2002, is “one of those once-in-a-generation singers
who is not simply following in the footsteps of others, but is staking
out her own niche in the history of singing.” She entered Howard University
on full-tuition scholarship at age sixteen, and graduated cum laude in 1967. She continued her studies at the Peabody Conservatory and the
University of Michigan, earning an M.A. degree in 1968. Her accolades
include five Grammy Awards, the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, the
Kennedy Center Honors, and more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees from
colleges, universities and conservatories around the world. The Jessye
Norman School for the Arts in Augusta, Georgia, her hometown, will begin
its fifth academic year in September 2008. United Nations Secretary
General Xavier Perez de Cuellar made her an Honorary Ambassador to the
United Nations in 1990. She serves on the Board of Governors of the
New York Botanical Gardens, and also on the boards of several charitable
and educational organizations including the New York Public Library,
the Lupus Foundation and Paine College Board of Trustees. |
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Richard D. Parsons, Esq., a member since 1988, is the Senior
Advisor of Providence Equity Partners and a former chairman of Citigroup
and Time Warner, Inc. From May 2002 until December 2007, Mr. Parsons also served as Chief Executive
Officer of Time Warner. Institutional Investor magazine named him the top CEO in the entertainment industry in 2005. He is the former Chairman
and CEO of Dime Bancorp, Inc. He has held various positions in state and
federal government, including First Assistant Counsel to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller,
and General Counsel and Associate Director of the White House Domestic
Counsel under President Gerald R. Ford. In 1998, he received a congressional
appointment to serve on the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce.
In May 2001, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as Co-Chairman
of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. His undergraduate
education was at the University of Hawaii and his legal training at
Union University Albany School of Law, where he was valedictorian. He
is the Chairman of the Apollo Theater Foundation,
and also serves on the boards of Citigroup, the Estee Lauder Companies,
the Museum of Modern Art, and the American Museum of Natural History.
He also co-chairs the Advisory Committee of the National Museum of African
American History and Culture at the Smithsonian. |
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Gerald D.
Prothro, a member since 1991, is Managing Director, IKT Investments,
Ltd., Goldens Bridge, New York. He is former Senior Vice President for
Technology at BroadStream Communication Corporation. He has served as
a consultant to the telecommunications industry; specializing in technology
integration, network computing, and financial management. He is a director
for Nationwide Financial Service, Nationwide Life Insurance, and FedCap
Rehabilitation Services, Inc. He also serves on the Advisory Board of
Saturn Venture Capital Partners. He retired from IBM, where he held
numerous senior management and executive positions, including IBM Corporate
Officer in 1992 and Chief Information Officer in 1994. He was the architect
of the IBM Worldwide Internet Protocol (IP) network. He -earned B.S.
and M.S. degrees in physics from Howard University, and an Executive
M.B.A. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration. |
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Joshua B.
Rales, Esq., a member since 2010, is Founder and Managing Partner
of RFI Associates, a Bethesda, Maryland based real estate investment
company specializing in buying and renovating apartment communities.
He is also Founder of the RFI Foundation which focuses primarily on
supporting Jewish causes and promoting educational equity, health care
for the uninsured, and cancer research. He co-founded the Ruth Rales
Comcast Kids Reading Network, a reading tutorial program involving “at
risk” second graders, in partnership with Montgomery County Public
Schools. He has served on the boards of the Norwood School and Washington
Hospital Center. He is a current board member of the United Jewish Endowment
Fund and a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s Sustainability
and Finance Committees. He has chaired various events and campaigns
for Israel Bonds, the Jewish Social Service Agency, Norwood School,
City of Hope, Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer and Teach for America.
He earned his B.A. in Government & Foreign Affairs from the University
of Virginia in 1979, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center
in 1983. He is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland. |
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M. Kasim Reed, Esq.,
a member since 2002, is Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and a former Georgia
State Representatives for House District 52. A partner with the
international law firm Holland & Knight LLP in Atlanta, Georgia,
he served as the Campaign Manager for Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s
successful effort to become the first female Mayor of the City of Atlanta,
and then served as Co-Chairman of the Shirley Franklin Transition Team.
He was also Chairman of the search committee selecting the Mayor’s
senior cabinet level staff. His civic and professional leadership have
been recognized by local and national publications such as the Atlanta
Journal Constitution, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among others. He has served on the boards of Sunrise
Bank of Atlanta, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, and the National Black
Arts Festival. He was selected by the Aspen Institute as a Rodel Fellow.
He earned both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Howard University. |
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Ruth J. Simmons,
Ph.D., a member since 2007, was sworn in as the 18thpresident of
Brown University in 2001. A French professor before entering university
administration, she also holds an appointment as a professor of comparative
literature and of Africana Studies. She graduated with a B.A. degree
from Dillard University in New Orleans and earned her Ph.D. in romance
languages and literature at Harvard. She has served in various administrative
roles at the University of Southern California, Princeton University,
and Spelman College before being appointed as president of Smith College
in 1995. She is the recipient of many honors such as the 2001 President's
Award from the United Negro College Fund, the 2002 Fulbright Lifetime
Achievement Medal, and the 2004 Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, and
honorary degrees from numerous universities and colleges. She serves
on the Board of Texas Instruments and The Goldman Sachs Group. |
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Wayman F. Smith
III, Esq., a member since 1989 and Chairman from 1991- 1995, is
Senior Partner at The Smith Partnership, PC, St. Louis, Missouri. He
was Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Anheuser-Busch Companies, and
a member of the board of directors of Anheuser-Busch, Inc.; a Partner
in the law firm of Wilson, Smith, & McCullin; a Judge in the St.
Louis Municipal Court; and Director of Conciliation for the Missouri
Commission on Human Rights. For 16 years, he was
a member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and the Board of Police
Commissioners. He earned a B.A. degree from Monmouth University, and
a J.D. degree from Howard University School of Law. His numerous civic
board memberships include: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; National
Urban League; National Association of Sickle Cell Disease, Inc.; St.
Louis Symphony; and St. Louis Metropolitan YMCA. The current Chairman
of the Board of Regents of Harris Stowe State University, he is also
listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Black America.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, Missouri, Mound City,
and National Bar Associations. |
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John A.
Thain, a member since 2001, is the former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. The former Chief Executive
Officer of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., he has served as President
and co-Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., after becoming
a partner in 1988 and Managing Director in 1996. He was co-head of the
firm's European operations
based in London. He received a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University. His memberships
include: MIT Corporation; INSEAD - U.S. National Advisory Board; James
Madison Council of the Library of Congress; Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, International Capital Markets Advisory Committee; French-American
Foundation; Governor of New York Presbyterian Foundations, Inc.; and
Trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. |
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Gregory A. White, a member since 1997, is Partner and Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee
Partners, L.P., Boston, Massachusetts. He was also a Partner at Thomas
Weisel Partners, LLC. He previously served as: Executive Director at
the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board; Chief
Operating Officer and Managing Director, Valuequest/TA; Vice President/Principal
at UNC Ventures; and Second Vice President at Smith, Barney, Harris
Upham & Co., Inc. He earned a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering, cum laude, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A.
from Harvard University. He is on the board of directors of the Dana
Farber Cancer Institute. |
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The Honorable L.
Douglas Wilder, a member since 1993, is the first African American
in United States history to be elected as governor of a U.S. state,
serving Virginia from 1990 to 1994. Currently, he is a Distinguished
Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder
School of Government and Public Affairs. He is the former Mayor of the
City of Richmond, Virginia and a recipient of more than three-dozen
honorary degrees. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,
as well as five terms in the Virginia State Senate, where he was the
first African American to serve since Reconstruction. He established
the law firm of Wilder, Gregory & Associates, one of the few minority-owned
businesses in Virginia at the time, and soon became known as a top criminal
attorney. He served in the U.S. Army and was awarded a Bronze Star for
heroism during the Korean War. He earned a B.S. degree from Virginia
Union University, and a J.D. degree from the Howard University School
of Law. |
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Benaree Pratt Wiley, a member since 2009, is Principal of The Wiley Group, a firm specializing
in strategy, talent management, and leadership development. She is a
driving force in the advancement of leadership diversity. For fifteen
years, she served as the president and chief executive officer of The
Partnership, Inc., a talent management organization for multicultural
professionals in the greater Boston, Mass. region. Under her leadership,
The Partnership, Inc. strengthened the capacity of greater Boston to
attract, retain, and develop talented professionals of color and helped
more than 1,300 African Americans integrate into the corporate community.
This tenure is chronicled in a Harvard Business School case study on
transformational non-profit leadership—Bennie Wiley and The Partnership,
Inc. Currently she is a director on the boards of the Dreyfus Mutual
Funds, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She also chairs
the PepsiCo African American Advisory Board and is an independent director
of CBIZ, the leading provider of business services in the nation. Her
civic activities include serving on the boards of The Boston Foundation,
The Efficacy Institute, and Dress for Success Boston. A graduate of
Howard University and Harvard Business School, she received an honorary
degree from Boston College and served 12 years as a Trustee. She is
currently a Trustee Associate and a founding member of the Council for
Women of Boston College. |
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Richard L. Wright,
Ph.D., a member since 2009, was appointed to a professorship at
Howard University in 1976, and has served the University continuously
for nearly 34 years. In addition to his primary commitment to teaching,
some of his other activities have included: Director of Graduate Study
for his department; founding Director of the Annenberg Honors Program in the John H. Johnson
School of Communications; Director of the Teaching and Graduate Assistants
Development Program for his department, Vice-Chair and, subsequently,
Chair of the Faculty Senate; and member of three Provost Search Committees.
As an undergraduate student at Howard from 1960-64, he majored in Spanish
and minored in French. He was active in student affairs, and shared
in campus student activism during the Civil Rights years. He was awarded
a Fulbright Grant for travel, study, and lecturing in Guatemala, Central
America, and upon his return to the United States in 1965, he accepted
a full scholarship at the University of Texas in Austin, earning a M.A.
degree in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics. He
has traveled and lived internationally throughout Latin America, and
is competent in both Spanish and Portuguese. He lectures extensively
across campus on topics related to language and linguistics, teaching
and learning dynamics, language in the Black Community, as well as other
issues related to education and the necessity for effective preparation
in meeting the complex challenges of contemporary life. |
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John D.
Zeglis, a member since 2006, is the Founder & Principal Owner
of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League. He also is the retired
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of AT&T Wireless Services.
He joined AT&T in 1984 as Corporate Vice President – Law, and
was later named Executive Vice President and General Counsel, before
becoming President in 1997. He began his
career in law as an associate with Sidley & Austin in 1973. He was
valedictorian at the University of Illinois in the College of Commerce
and Business Administration, and graduated magna cum laude from the Harvard University School of Law, where he was a senior editor
of the Law Review. He has been a guest lecturer on numerous campuses,
including the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Michigan
University, Yale, Harvard School of Business, and Duke. He is on the
board of trustees of: Culver Educational Foundation; Marshall County
Community Foundation; St. Joseph Medical Center; Valparaiso University
School of Law Council; and Purdue University Libraries Dean’s Advisory
Council. He is a director of the Helmerich and Payne Corporation, AMX
Corporation, State Farm Insurance, and Telstra Corporation Limited (telecommunications)
of Australia. |
