2023-2027 Executive Council Officers
Dr. Karsonya 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. Lopez D. Matthews, Jr.
District of Columbia Archives
Chair, ASALH TV Committee
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
Carter G. Woodson Branch (DC)
Public Commentary Committee Chair
Membership Committee, Co-chair
Dr. Kenvi Phillips
National Archives and Records Administration – Obama Presidential Library
