MEMBERSHIP
"Committed to improving the quality of life of black women, their families, and their communities. Addressing the critical concerns of the founding organization to significantly impact the education, economic, political and health awareness of the lives of black women and their families.."
Executive Committee
Ms. Gina E. Wood, President
Ms. Lanita Thweatt, First Vice President of Programs
Dr. Rebecca S. Sledge, Second Vice President of Finance and Fund Development
Ms. Karen Smaw, Third Vice President of Membership and Chapter Development
Ms. Yvette O. Jefferson, Recording Secretary
Ms. Felicia O'Neal Hackett, Corresponding Secretary
Ms. Valerie Trent, Treasurer
Ms. Angie Best, Financial Secretary
Ms. Lakeisha Jordan, Esq., Nominating Committee Chair
Program Committee Chairs
Ms. Haneda Garner, Health Committee Chair
Ms. Winifred Allen, Health Committee Co-Chair
Ms. Carla Moss, Education Chair
Ms. Rhonda Moore, Economic Empowerment Chair
Ms. Stacy Watson, Economic Empowerment Co-Chair
Finance and Fund Development
Committee Chairs
Ms. Valerie Trent, Treasurer/Budget and Finance Chair
Ms. Robin Valentine, Assistant Treasurer/Budget and Finance Co-Chair
Ms. Cynthia Harvey, Fund Development Chair/Annual Forum Chair
Standing Committee Chairs
Ms. Ebonee Montgomery, Audit Co-Chair
Ms. Natavia Jean-Jacques, Bylaws Chair
Ms. Antoinette Rivera, Co-Chair
Ms. Denise Naizire, Ethics Chair
Ms. Lakeisha Jordan, Esq., Nominating Chair
Ms. Valerie Trent, Nominating Co-Chair
Ms. Karen Smaw, Protocol Chair
Ms. Connie Johnson, Public Policy & Advocacy Chair
Ms. Krysta Jones, Public Policy & Advocacy Chair Co-Chair
Ms. Angela M. Homer, Technology Chair
Ms. Lorelle D. Langhorne, Historian
Ms. Natalie Davis, Amenities Chair
Appointed Officers
Ms. Sheila Bryant, Immediate Past President
Ms. Natavia Jean-Jacques, Parliamentarian
Rev. Adwoa Rey, Chaplain
Ms. Lisa Storr, Assistant Chaplain
Ms. Angela M. Homer, Sergeant of Arms
Past Chapter Presidents
Evelyn Reid Syphax* - Organizer
1984-1990
Carolyn Eaglin, Esq.*
1990-1992
Ellen A. Graves*
1992-1996
Mary Ann Neal*
1996-1998
Michelle M. Spady
1998-2002
Dr. Alice H. Howard, Ed.D.
2006-2011
Robin S. Browder
2011-2017
Sheila J. Bryant
2017-2021
*Deceased
CHAPTER MEMBERS
Adwoa Rey, MARS
Andrea Bailey
Andrea Wingo
Angela M. Homer
Angela Smith-Mackey
Angie Best
Antoinette Rivera
April Rochelle
Dr. Ara Thomas Brown, Ed.D.
Barbara Evans
Dr. Bathsheba Bryant-Tarpeh, Ph.D.
Beverly Holmes
Carla Conley
Carla Moss
Caroline Kitchen
Dr. Carrie Register-Haley
Dena Bost
Clara A. Marshall
Connie Johnson
Cynthia Harvey
Dr. Denise Nazaire, Ph.D.
Diane Nimmo Hunter
Diane Price
E. Carita Tompkins
Ebonee Montgomery
Ethel R. Lee Walker*
Fannie Allen
Felicia Hackett
Frances Wood
Gayle Hopson-James
Gina E. Wood
Haneda Garner
Harriet Reed
Idris Stover
Inez Whitmire
Jackie Lucas, Esq.
Jacquelyn Mitchell
Jeannia James
Julia C. Pryor
Karen Smaw
Kathy Mealy
Dr. Kiana Trent, DPM
Krysta Jones
Lakeisha Jordan, Esq.
Lanita Thweatt
Lessie Dew
Lillie Easley Parker
Lisa Storr
Liza Reynolds
Lorelle Langhorne
Michelle Caldwell Thompson
Monique Acosta-House
Monique Rush
Natalie Davis
Natavia Jean-Jacques
Nickcola Noble
Ora Clark-Brown
Pamela Harris
Pamela Wright
Porlan Cunningham
Dr. Rebecca Sledge
Renatha S. Saunders
Rachel Hughes
Rhonda A. Moore
Robin Valentine
Sandra Stewart
Sheila J. Bryant
Shirley Anderson
Stacy Watson
Tamara Baptiste
Tamica Wells
Tammie Wondong-Ware
Dr. Taunna Jones, DPM
Tonyia Johnson
Val Marie Turner
Valerie Trent
Versie Liles
Winifred Allen
Yolondria Dixon-Carter
Yvette O. Jefferson
Yvonne Jefferson
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*Deceased