Who We Are
Officers
CHAIRMAN
Thomas W. Dortch Jr., Chairman, 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
VICE CHAIRMAN Diane Babineaux, Public Member
SECRETARY, Elsie Scott, PhD, Public Member, Founding Director, Ronald Walters Leadership & Public Policy Center, Howard University
TREASURER, Hannibal Brumskine II, Certified Public Accountant
PRESIDENT & CEO, Melanie L. Campbell, National Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
Legal Counsel
Derrick Humphries, Esq. Attorney-at-Law, Humphries & Partners
Sonia Jarvis, Esq., Distinguished Lecturer & Director of Center on Equality, Pluralism & Policy
Baruch College School of Public Affairs
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, Richard G. Womack, Sr., Public Member
Board Members
Thomas Battle, Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Appollos Baker, Legislative and Political Organizer, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
Cora Masters Barry, Political Scientist & Strategist
Salandra Benton, Executive Director and State Convener, Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Florida Black Women’s Roundtable
Diallo Brooks, Public Member
Clayola Brown, President, A. Philip Randolph Institute
Felicia Davis, Director, Building Green Initiative @ CAU, Convener, Clayton County Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable
Donna Epps, Vice President for Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, Verizon
Ralph Everett, Public Member
Dorothy Jackson, JD, Public Member
Derrick Johnson, President & CEO, NAACP
Lorretta Johnson, PhD, (Retired) American Federation of Teachers
Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Chief Executive Officer, The Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women
Reverend Tony Lee, Pastor, Community of Hope AME Church, Temple Hills MD, Convener, NCBCP Black Men & Boys Initiatives
Joe Leonard, PhD, Public Member
Tanya Leah Lombard, Vice President, Multicultural Engagement & Strategic Alliances, AT&T
Marc Morial,President & CEO, National Urban League
Elizabeth Powell, Secretary – Treasurer, American Postal Workers Union
Rebecca Pringle, Vice President, National Education Association
Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, PhD, Public Member
Reverend Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network
Hasan Solomon, Legislative Director, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Debra J. Speed, Public Member
Foster Stringer, Public Member
Terrence (Terry) L. Melvin, President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Open Seat, President & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Antonio Williams, Senior Director of Government & External Affairs, Comcast NBC Universal
Robin Williams, (Retired) Vice President
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Advisory Members
Dwayne Crawford, Executive Director, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Norman Hill, President Emeritus, A. Philip Randolph Institute
Janaye Ingram, Director of National Partnerships, Airbnb
Ingrid Saunders Jones, Chair, National Council of Negro Women
William Lucy, Founding President Emeritus, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Spencer Overton, President & CEO, Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies