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
Civil Rights Director
Communication Workers of America
TREASURER
Open Seat
CEO & Executive Director
Ms. Melanie L. Campbell
CEO & Executive Director, and Convener,
Black Women’s Roundtable
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.
Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Chaka Burgess, Chair
Director,
Global Government Affairs Amgen
Mr. Kevin Parker. Co-Chair
Managing Director
Capitol Consulting Group, LLC
PERSONNEL
Ms. Leslie Jackson, Chair
Civil Rights Director
Communication Workers of America
Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Co-Chair
Public Member
National Labor College
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Gerald Hudson, Chair
International Executive Vice President
Service Employees International Union
Ms. Carlottia Scott, Co-Chair
Public Member
LaCause, LLC
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Mr. Michael Brown, Chair
Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
American Red Cross
Ms. Jennifer Henderson, Co-Chair
President
Strategic Directions, LLP
NOMINATIONS
Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Chair
President Emerita and Chair
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
BYLAWS
Eddie Williams, Chair
President
Eddie Williams & Associates
Ms. Dorothy Jackson, Co-Chair
Vice President
American Gaming Association
Membership
Mr. Foster Stringer, Chair
Director, Human Rights & Community Relations Department
American Federation of Teachers
Mr. Diallo Brooks, Co-Chair
BYV Representative
Field Director
The Education Trust
Affiliates
Ms. Clayola Brown, Chair
President
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Chair Emeritus
Eddie Williams
President
Eddie Williams & Associates
Immediate Past Chair
Ms. A. Shuanise Washington
President & CEO
Washington Solutions, LLC
Board of Directors
Ms. Diane Babineaux
Executive Assistant to the International President
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
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
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
Mr. Gary Flowers
Executive Director
Black Leadership Forum
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.
Dr. Delisa Saunders
Public Member
American Federation of Teachers
Dr. Elsie Scott
President
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Ms. Lottie Shackleford
Vice Chair Emeritus
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Michael Steele
Co-Chair
Republican National Committee
Ms. Cynthia Swann
Special Assistant to the President
and Director of Governance and Policy
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
Advisory Board
Mr. Norman Hill
President Emeritus
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Ms. Gloria Johnson
President (Retired)
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Mr. John Sweeney
President
AFL-CIO
