NAACP Announces Newly Elected and Re-Elected Board Members During 2023 Annual Board Meeting
During last month's Annual Meeting in New York, NY, the NAACP National Board of Directors elected and re-elected members, pursuant to our constitution and bylaws.
Re-elected by the board were Leon W. Russell, Chairman; Karen Boykin-Towns, Vice Chairman; Jesse H. Turner, Jr., Treasurer; Yvonne White, Assistant Treasurer; Alphonso Braggs, Assistant Secretary.
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, and Janette McCarthy-Wallace, Secretary, both retook the oath of office and were unanimously reaffirmed by the National Board.
In accordance with Constitutional requirements, the Board elected members Francesca Mitchell (Florida), Youth, student at Elon University; Freada Kapor Klein (California) who were newly elected. The three returning members were Peter Rose (New York); Rev. Dr. Gina Stewart (Tennessee); George Gresham (New York).
Regionally elected members were Rick Callender (California); Joseph Cotton (New Mexico); Richard T. Smith (New Jersey); Raoul Cunningham (Kentucky); Steve Ricard (Missouri); Rev. David Walker (South Carolina); Akosua Ali (District of Columbia).
Alice Huffman (California) was elected by the Convention in Atlantic City and was installed at the February meeting for her new term.
Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony (Michigan); Gary Bledsoe (Texas); Rev. Dr. Roslyn M. Brock (Maryland); Michael A. Curry (Massachusetts); Rev. Theresa Dear (Illinois); Gloria Sweet-Love (Tennessee); Robin Williams (Maryland) were elected At-Large by all units of the Association for new terms and were sworn in at the February meeting.
Also, during the NAACP Annual Meetings, the NAACP Foundation Board of Trustees swore in all newly elected and re-elected officers and trustees, as ratified by the National Board of Directors pursuant to the NAACP Foundation constitution and bylaws.
CeLois Steele, Vice Chair was elected to serve for the first time at the February Meeting.
The following officers were re-elected:
Dwayne C. Proctor Ph.D., Chairman
Thomas L. Kalahar, Treasurer
The following Trustees were newly-elected:
Antoinette Brock Johnson, VP, Corporate Analytics & Transparency, Bristol Myers Squibb
Otho E. Kerr, III, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Tonya Veasey, President/CEO, Open Channels Group (OCG+)
The following trustees were re-elected to serve another three-year term:
Brittney Calloway
Dr. Garth Graham
James Harris
Tanya Leah Lombard
Nate Miles
LaChandra White
The following trustees were elevated to the NAACP Foundation President's Circle:
Larcine Bland
Patrick Gaston
We are grateful to everyone who is committed to advancing the mission of the NAACP and fighting for the communities we represent.
For all information regarding the NAACP Board of Directors, visit the website here.
For all information regarding our NAACP Foundation leadership, visit the websitehere.
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