Officers
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
ASALH President, Harvard University
Bio for Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Mrs. Barbara Spencer Dunn
Vice President for Membership, Membership Committee Chair, Co-Chair Historic Sites Committee
Prince Georges County Truth Branch
Dr. Lionel Kimble, Jr.
Vice President for Programs
Chicago State University
Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead
Secretary
Loyola University
Mr. Gilbert Smith
Treasurer
Washington, DC
Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus
Executive Director
Bio for Sylvia Y. Cyrus
Executive Council Members
Class of 2019
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Co-Chair Strategic Planning Committee
University of Illinois, Urbanna
Ms. Zende Clark, Co-Chair Governance Committee
Newark, NJ
Dr. Natanya Duncan, Vice-Chair Academic Program Committee
Lehigh University
Dr. Cheryl Gooch, Chair Publications Committee
Delaware Historical Society
Dr. Robert L. Harris, Jr., Co-Chair Development Committee
Cornell University (retired)
Dr. Anton House
Howard University
Mrs. Gladys Mack, Chair Annual Luncheon Host Committee Co-Chair, Human Resources Committee
Washington, DC
Class of 2020
Ms. Gloria Browne-Marshall, Chair 400 Years of Perseverance Committee
The Manhattan Branch of ASALH
Ms. LaNesha DeBardelaben
Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA
Dr. Bettye Gardner, Carter G. Woodson House Committee Chair, Co-Chair Historic Sites Committee
Coppin State University (Professor Emerita)
Mrs. Susan Simms Marsh, Esq., Co-Chair Governance Committee
Pennsylvania American Water
Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter, Chair Awards Committee
Blackrose Foundation
Dr. Jarvis Givens
Harvard University
Mr. Moses Massenburg
Michigan State University
Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn, Co-Chair Luncheon Committee
Cabin John, MD
Class of 2021
Jeff Banks, Chair Audit Finance Committee, Chair Conference Oversight Committee
Washington, DC
Ms. Aaisha Haykal, Co-Chair Program Committee
College of Charleston
Dr. Eric Jackson
Northern Kentucky State University
Dr. Edna Greene Medford
Howard University
Dr. Annette Palmer, Co-Chair Nominating Committee
Morgan State University (retired)
Mrs. Anita Shepherd, Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
Bank of America
James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH
