Officers
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
ASALH President, Harvard University
Bio for Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Dr. Greer C. Stanford-Randle
Vice President for Membership, Membership Committee Chair
Antioch University
Dr. Jim C. Harper, II
Vice President for Programs
North Carolina Central University
Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead
Secretary
Loyola University
Mr. Gilbert Smith
Treasurer
Washington, DC
Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus
Executive Director
Executive Council Members
Class of 2018
Mr. John Ashley, Esq.
Washington, DC
Ms. Dorothy Bailey, Governance Committee Chair
Prince George’s County Truth Branch, MD
Mr. Jeff Banks, Audit & Finance Committee Chair, Annual Luncheon Host Committee Co-Chair
United Bank, Washington, DC
Mrs. Barbara Spencer Dunn, Membership Committee Co-Chair, Carter G. Woodson House, Co-Chair, Nominating Co-Chair
Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture
Dr. Sharon Harley, Publications Committee Chair
University of Maryland
Dr. Edna Greene Medford
Howard University
Dr. Annette Palmer
Morgan State University
Dr. Janet Sims-Wood, Nominations Committee Co-Chair
Prince Georges County Community College
Class of 2019
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Academic Program Committee Co-Chair
University of Illinois, Urbanna
Ms. Zende Clark
Newark, NJ
Dr. Natanya Duncan
Lehigh University
Dr. Cheryl Gooch
Delaware Historical Society
Robert L. Harris, Jr.
Cornell University (retired)
Mr. Anton House
Howard University
Mrs. Gladys Mack, Annual Luncheon Host Committee Co-Chair, Human Resources Committee Chair
Washington, DC
Class of 2020
Ms. Gloria Browne-Marshall
The Manhattan Branch of ASALH
Ms. LaNesha DeBardelaben, Marketing Committee Chair, Development Committee Co-Chair
Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA
Dr. Bettye Gardner, Carter G. Woodson House Committee Chair
Coppin State University (Ret.)
Mrs. Susan Simms Marsh, Esq.
Pennsylvania American Water
Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter, Awards Committee chair
Blackrose Foundation
Dr. Lionel Kimble, Academic Program Committee Co-Chair
Chicago State University
Mr. Moses Massenburg
Michigan State University
Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn, Development Committee Co-Chair, Luncheon Committee Co-Chair
Cabin John, MD