Board Members

Officers
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chair U.S. House of Representatives (MS-2)		Dr. William Spriggs, Dept. Vice Chair Howard University, Economics Department
Art Collins, Treasurer Public Private Partnership		Janice Griffin, Secretary Griffin and Associates
Board Members
Representative James E. Clyburn U.S. House of Representatives (SC-6)		Lewis L. McKinney Government Strategies Industry and Government Affairs/Anheuser-Busch
Patricia A. Ford Metropolitan Washington, DC Labor Council, AFL-CIO		Beverly Perry, Vice President Government and Corporate Affairs/PEPCO
Honorable Earl F. Hillard Hilliard, Hunt& Smith, LLC		Dr. Earl Richardson, President President, Morgan State University
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick U.S. House of Representatives (MI-15)		Angela Riemer Government Relations/Wyeth
William A. Kirk, Jr. Esg. Kirkpatrick & Lochart, Preston, Gates, Ellis, LLP		Hilary Shelton, Director Washington Bureau/NAACP
William (Larry) Lucas, Vice President Government Affairs/Diversity Progams Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America		Marva Smalls, Executive Vice President Public Affairs and Chief of Staff/Nickelodeon
Robert M. McGlotten McGlotten and Jarvis		Melvin L. Watt U.S. House of Representatives (NC-12)
Lacy Johnson Ice LLP
Staff
Dr. Alicia Petersen, Director Director