Who We Are
Officers
CHAIRMAN
Mr. Richard Womack, Sr.
Public Member
AFL-CIO (Retired)
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Foster Stringer
Director, Human Rights & Community Relations Department
American Federation of Teachers
SECRETARY
Dr. Elsie Scott
President & CEO
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
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
Eddie Williams & Associates
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
Special 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
President
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Mr. Michael Brown
Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
American Red Cross
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 Conference of Black State Legislators
Mr. Albert E. Dotson
Chairman
100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Mr. Ralph Everett
President & CEO
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
Ms. Suzanne Fuller
Vice President & General Manager
Market Optimization Practice Group
Global Novations, LLC
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
Ms. Tanya Leah Lombard
Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs
AT&T
Reverend Joseph E. Lowery
Public Member
Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights
Mr. William Lucy
President
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Mr. Marco McMillian
Executive Director
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Marc Morial
President & CEO
National Urban League
Mr. Dwayne Murray
Grand Polemarch
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Alfonso M. Pollard
Director of Politics and Human Rights
Communications Workers of America
Ms. Carlottia Scott
Public Member
LaCause, LLC
Reverend Al Sharpton
Founder & President
National Action Network
Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich
Public Member
National Labor College
Dr. Barbara Shaw
Chair of the Board & President
National Council of Negro Women
Ms. Debra J. Speed
Director - Public Policy and Strategic Alliances
Verizon Communications
Ms. Cynthia Swann
Director, Governance and Policy
Counsel to NEA Executive Director
National Education Association
Mr. Ron Thomas
Principal of Counsel
Blank Rome Government Relations, LLC
Ms. Robin Williams
Associate Director
Human Rights & Community Action Department
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Ms. Vanessa Williams
Executive Director
National Conference of Black Mayors
Keith Beckley
Verizon Wirless
Public Member
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
