2023-2027 Executive Council Officers

Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead
ASALH President
Development/Event Oversight Committee Chair
Planning Committee Chair

Rev. Anita Shepherd
Vice President for Membership
Membership Committee Chair

Ms. Aaisha Haykal
Vice President for Programs
Woodson House Committee Chair, Program Planning/Annual Theme Committee Chair
Executive Council Members
Class of 2027

Dr. Sundiata K. Cha-Jua
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chair, Woodson House

Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky
Stony Brook University
Chair, Marketing and PR

Dr. Carlton E. Wilson
North Carolina Central University
Chair, Audit and Finance
Class of 2026

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Washington, DC
Chair, Black History Month Festival Luncheon
Co-Chair, Festival Luncheon Committee

Dr. Augustus C. Wood
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chair, Academic Programs
Class of 2025

Dr. Deirdre Foreman
Manhattan Branch of ASALH
Public Commentary Committee Chair
Membership Committee, Co-chair