Who We Are
Officers
CHAIRMAN
Mr. Richard Womack, Sr.
Public Member
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Foster Stringer
Public Member
SECRETARY
Dr. Elsie Scott
Public Member
TREASURER
Mr. Kevin Parker
Managing Director
Capitol Consulting Group, LLC
PRESIDENT & CEO
Ms. Melanie L. Campbell
Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
LEGAL COUNSEL
Mr. Derrick Humphries, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law
Humphries & Partners
CHAIR EMERITUS
Mr. Eddie Williams
Public Member
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Ms. A. Shuanise Washington
President & CEO
Washington Solutions, LLC
Board Members
Dr. Lezli Baskerville
President & CEO
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
Ms. Diane Babineaux
Chief of Staff to the International President
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Mr. Melvin Bazemore
Public Member
Mr. Diallo Brooks
Public Member
Ms. Suzanne E. Burks
President
The Burks Companies
Mr. Larry Cohen
President
Communications Workers of America
Ms. Clayola Brown
President
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Mr. Michael Brown
Public Member
Mr. Chaka Burgess
Director, Global Government Affairs
Amgen
Ms. Sharhonda Knott Dawson
BYV Representative
Director,
Chicago Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Ms. Lakimba DeSadier
Executive Director
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Mr. Curley M. Dossman, Jr.
Chairman
100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Mr. Ralph Everett
President & CEO
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
Ms. Arlene Holt-Baker
Executive Vice President
AFL-CIO
Mr. Gerald Hudson
International Executive Vice President
Service Employees International Union
Ms. Dorothy Jackson, Esq.
Vice President
American Gaming Association
Mr. Benjamin Todd Jealous
President & CEO
NAACP
Dr. Lorretta Johnson
Secretary-Treasurer
American Federation of Teachers
Ms. Tanya Leah Lombard
Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs
AT&T
Reverend Joseph E. Lowery
Public Member
Mr. Marc Morial
President & CEO
National Urban League
Mr. Keith A. Hunt
Executive Director
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Ms. Becky Pringle
Secretary-Treasurer
National Education Association
Ms. Carlottia Scott
Public Member
Reverend Al Sharpton
Founder & President
National Action Network
Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich
Public Member
Ms. Debra J. Speed
Director - Public Policy and Strategic Alliances
Verizon Communications
Ms. Robin Williams
Associate Director
Civil Rights and 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
Mr. William Lucy
Founding President Emeritus
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
