Leadership

Officers

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
ASALH President, Harvard University
Bio for Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Ms. 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

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Executive Council Members

Class of 2017

Dr. Thomas Battle, Awards Committee Co-Chair
Howard University (Ret.)

Dr. Martha Biondi, Awards Committee Co-Chair
Northwestern University

Ms. LaNesha DeBardelaben, Marketing Committee Chair
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI

Dr. Bettye Gardner, Carter G. Woodson House Committee Chair
Coppin State University (Ret.)

Dr. James Stewart
Penn State University (Ret.)

Dr. Nikki Taylor
Howard University

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn, Development Committee Chair, Luncheon Committee Co-Chair
Cabin John, MD

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

Ms. 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

Mr. Anton House
Howard University

Dr. Lionel Kimble, Academic Program Committee Co-Chair
Chicago State University

Mrs. Gladys Mack, Annual Luncheon Host Committee Co-Chair, Human Resources Committee Chair
Washington, DC