Roger C. Vann is a lifelong champion of civil rights and civil liberties. He recently served as director of the African American Hiring Initiative (AAHI) for the International Union UNITE HERE where he worked to increase the number of African Americans with union jobs in the hospitality industry by facilitating collaboration between the Union, employers and the African American community in six cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Vann previously served as Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut and as National Membership Director and Chief Development Officer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He is also a past president of both the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP and the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches.
Vann is an accomplished radio personality and administrator with more than 10 years experience as a news director, programmer and talk show host. He has worked as a community organizer on affordable housing issues and began his career developing and directing a pioneering manhood mentoring program for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut.
In addition to serving on the boards of several community and philanthropic organizations, Vann has frequently expressed his commitment to social change through public service. In his native state of Connecticut he served as a member of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Affordable Housing, the State Treasurer's Task Force on Individual Development Accounts and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
A graduate of Brown University, Vann lives in Virginia with his wife Rae and three children - Chad, Troy and Rachelle.
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