Who We Are
Officers
INTERIM CHAIR
Mr. Richard Womack, Sr.
Assistant to the President
AFL-CIO (Retired)
VICE CHAIR
Mr. Foster Stringer
Director, Human Rights & Community Relations Department
American Federation of Teachers
SECRETARY
Ms. Leslie Jackson
Director, Civil Rights Department
Communication Workers of America
CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ms. Melanie L. Campbell
CEO & Executive Director
Co-Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Michael Brown, Co-Chair
Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
American Red Cross
Mr. Kevin Parker, Co-Chair
Managing Director
Capitol Consulting Group, LLC
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Ms. Cynthia Swann, Chair
Sr. Advisory to the NEA Executive Director
Office of Minority Community Outreach
National Education Association
Mr. Gerald Hudson, Co-Chair
International Executive Vice President
Service Employees International Union
Chair Emeritus
Eddie Williams
Public Member
Eddie Williams & Associates
Immediate Past Chair
Ms. A. Shuanise Washington
President & CEO
Washington Solutions, LLC
Board Members
Ms. Diane Babineaux
Executive Assistant to the International President
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Mr. Melvin Bazemore
Public Member
Mr. Diallo Brooks
Public Member
Black Youth Vote! Representative
Ms. Clayola Brown, Chair
President
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Mr. Chaka Burgess
Director, Global Government Affairs
Amgen
Ms. Sharhonda Knott Dawson
BYV Representative
Director,
Chicago Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Mr. Albert E. Dotson
Chairman
100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Mr. Ralph Everett
President & CEO
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
Ms. Jennifer Henderson
President
Strategic Directions, LLP
Ms. Dorothy Jackson, Esq.
Vice President
American Gaming Association
Mr. Benjamin Jealous
President & CEO
NAACP
Reverend Joseph E. Lowery
Public Member
Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights
Mr. William Lucy
International Secretary Treasurer
AFSCME
Mr. Marc Morial
President & CEO
National Urban League
Mr. Dwayne Murray
Grand Polemarch
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Ms. Carlottia Scott
Public Member
LaCause, LLC
Dr. Elsie Scott
President
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich
Public Member
National Labor College
Ms. Lottie Shackleford
Vice Chair Emeritus
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Michael Steele
Chair
Republican National Committee
Ms. Cynthia Swann
Director, Governance and Policy
Counsel to NEA Executive Director
National Education Association
Dr. Ronald Walters
Public Member
African American Leadership Institute (Retired)
University of MD – College Park
Mr. Michael Williams
Special Assistant to the President
Coalition on Black Trade Unionists
Ms. Robin Williams
Associate Director
Human Rights & Community Action Department
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Dr. Dorothy I. Height (In-Memorium)
President Emerita and Chair
National Council of Negro Women
Co-Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
Mr. Norman Hill
President Emeritus
A. Philip Randolph Institute
