Through her leadership, one of the most significant movements in the organizations history was begun the targeting of these Grants-in-Aid to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). She currently serves as the National Chair and Seventh President of the National Council of Negro Women, an advocacy organization with more than 2 million members, working in the interest of womens rights and civil rights. Campbell led the transformation of the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act for the USSS, markedly improving response, compliance, case management, and oversight for information resources. Campbell was appointed Special Agent in Charge of the Liaison Division within the Office of Government and Public Affairs in 2014 where she secured all diplomatic and official passports. The announcement was made at the organization's 41st National Assembly held in Indianapolis, IN. Now known as the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, the program has flourished and earned much-deserved national acclaim. Prior to being re-elected as National President, Kornisha served as the 2017-2019 Regional Director of the Southeastern Region. On July 29, 2022, Kornisha McGill Brown was re-elected for a second term as the 27th National President of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated at the 45th National Convention in Orlando, Fl. Mrs. Liberty joined the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority in 1994 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She sits on three Congressional Committees a senior member of theHouse Committees on the JudiciaryandHomeland Securityand appointed by the leadership as a Member of the crucial Budget Committee. In 2014, Congresswoman Beattys efforts proved pivotal in securing nearly $4 million in federal funds to address Columbus infant mortality rate, which is one of the highest in the country. Singular Sensation Award, Ohio Cancer Research Associates Margaret Pauline Fletcher Weeden Maloney, always called Polly, was born and grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of William and Eliza Fletcher. Her cultural capital and influential global network have resulted in her being tapped by media companies like BET and SiriusXM to serve as a guest host, and her work can be viewed on radio, tv, and in print. As a wife, committed church woman, especially to the Womens Missionary Society and the young people of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; entrepreneur; life member of the NAACP; life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; member, International Womens Forum (IWF) and civic volunteer; she resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband. Dr. Lee has a 4o plus year record of active participation in The Links, Incorporated. Frazier, the daughter of Fran Chambers, is the first Heir-o-Link to fill this position. She is Chair of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. She was cited byEbony magazine as one of the most influential Black Americans from 1982-86; was elected byDollars and Sense Magazine as one of Americas top Business and Professional Women of 1986. Diversity and Inclusion Award, Murtis Taylor Human Services System During almost forty years of service, she touched the lives of countless students whom she inspired to aim for higher goals. . YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award Beatty serves on the exclusive House Committee on Financial Services and is a member of two Subcommittees: Housing and Insurance and Oversight and Investigations. Since 1971, President Sutherland has increasingly devoted her time and efforts to various leadership roles with The Links. Her stellar work and staunch commitment have earned her numerous national, regional, state and local awards. A few other honors earned by this brilliant young woman are the Sarah A. Blocker Meritorious Community Service Award from Florida Memorial College; Alpha Phi Alpha, Beta Lambda Chapters Distinguished Community Service Award; salute to Leadership Award, from the Agricultural Investment Fund, Inc.; Trail Blazer Award of the Womens Committee of 100; Women in Communication, Community Headliner Award; the Bronze Medallion of The National Conference of Christians and Jews; and the Leadership Award of the Antidefamation League. Stratton attended High School for Girls in Philadelphia and Glassboro State Teachers College where she majored in elementary education. The Honorable William J. Walker was sworn in as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives on April 26, 2021. She attended the School of Accounts and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, and served as an accountant, auditor, and equal employment counselor for the Internal Revenue Service, and as a bank director and corporate secretary. Ellison received her M.P.A degree from the American University School of Government and Public Administration in Washington and was elected to Pi Alpha Honorary Society. Esi currently leads the $5B Beauty & Personal Care portfolio for Unilever North America which includes responsibility for the Hair, Skin Cleansing, Skin Care and Deodorant businesses with iconic brands like Dove, TRESemm, Suave, Vaseline, Degree, Axe, and Shea Moisture as well as newer brands like Schmidts Naturals and Love Beauty and Planet. She retired in December 2007 from Thornton Township High School, District 205, where she served as the Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and Professional Development and as the director for Special Education and the District Coordinator for Small Learning Communities. She is also the proud grandmother of two grandkids (twins), granddaughter Ellison Bennett Carter and grandson Roy Lee Carter, III. . Born in Cincinnati and raised in Chicago, Congresswoman Pressley is the only child of a single mother and a father who was in and out of the criminal justice system creating an unstable household and forcing her to mature at a rapid rate. Lillian Hudson Wall, wife of Dr. Lonnie C. Wall, was a native of Waynesborough, Georgia. Adjoa B. Asamoah is a seasoned executive, award-winning impact strategist, international influencer, and leading authority on racial equity, with expertise in organizational and leadership development, leveraging cultural intelligence and behavioral psychology to create meaningful systems change. She joined the Black Womens Agenda Symposium of National Presidents in Atlanta, Georgia, convened (by Past National President Dolly Adams) to develop strategies to support the 1990 Civil Rights Restoration legislation. Julia Brogdon-Purnell 8. Washington, DC Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard has been elected the 17th president of The Links, Incorporated. Kelli is also Founder of The SonRise Project, a safe space for parents of children who struggle will mental wellness and addiction issues. Link Scott did graduate study in the field of guidance and received her masters degree from Columbia University. Each week, she took her turn cooking for the approximately 250 people who come. The Links, Incorporated, organization of African American women founded in 1946 that is devoted to strengthening African American communities through fund-raising, education, advocacy, and volunteering. Dr. Cole has a long history of community service. She also serves on the Bowling Green State University (Ohio) Student Affairs Leadership Council. In 1997, President Bill Clinton honored the program, which today serves more than 8,000 students each year, with the Teaching Example for the Nation Award at the Summit for Americas Future. The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is an advocate, a policy-maker, an activist, and a survivor. She is a member of numerous organizations including Top Ladies of Distinction, NAACP, Finance Executive Networking Group (FENG), and Jack & Jill of America. Congresswoman Johnson is the proud mother of her son, Kirk, and of her three grandsons, Kirk Jr., David, and James. Developed a comprehensive, culturally competent, medically accurate, and age appropriate sexual education and health curriculum, which was successfully adopted as a permanent part of the Boston Public Schools wellness policy. Since the early age of eight, this national president was at the nations podiums as a gifted child prodigy, speaking to large audiences in an oratorical, persuasive and motivational style. She was cited as one of Ebony magazines One Hundred Most Influential Black Americans from 1987 to 1990, and in 1988, as one ofDollars and SenseMagazines selection of Americas Top 100 Black Business and Professional Women. Following her distinguished career with USSS, Campbell was recruited to be the Assistant Sergeant at Arms for the Office of the Sergeant at Arms where she provided assistance, guidance, and recommendations on sensitive and/or confidential issues relating to the Sergeant at Arms. Dr. Newell-Harris is the recipient of the National Medical Associations highest honor, the Scroll of Merit, as well as numerous awards and honors from many organizations including Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Bay Area Black United Fund, John Hale Medical Society, and Cinnamongirl, Inc. She is a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. In Lynchburg, Dr. Weeden opened his dental office and Maloney served successively as teacher, guidance counselor and administrative principal at the citys Dunbar High School. The theme, Dynamic Dimensions, used at the 1964 Assembly over which Beamon presided, might very well characterize her administration. Her volunteer efforts have earned wide recognition for her as a tireless worker and community leader. She was the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. in history at Ohio State University. In the same year, she also brought then-Department of House and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to the Third Congressional District to announce a $225 million project to revitalize the Near East Side, led by nearly $30 million in federal funds. Coalition of 100 Black Women, Community Service Award Edmonds practiced her own philosophy that mass communications were the strongest basis for organizational understanding. W.E.B. In one of the profiles prepared by the Greater Miami (FL) Chapter for a nomination, her chapter listed President Fraziers special talents as, among others, leadership and organizational skills and public skills. In the four years of her term, President Fraziers dynamic, visionary and creative actions more than validated her chapters insightful citations. Sergeant at Arms, United States House of Representatives. However, she is probably best remembered at Girls High for leading her black classmates in a determined effort to attend the annual and, at that time, all-white senior prom. She is an active member of the Dogwood City (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University. A community-mobilization movement, National CARES is the only organization dedicated to providing mentoring, healing and wellness services on a national scale for Black children. Patricia Russell-McCloud 12. Maloney would identify students with college potential, but without obvious financial support, help them make application and then she would arrange for scholarship aid. Chair and President, National Council of Negro Women. And, she is a mother of four children and is married to Robert L. Harris, Esquire. The professional organizations to which she belongs include the International Reading Association, the American Association of University Professors, the National Association of College Women, the National Reading Association, and the Louisiana Reading Association. She was subsequently designated as chair of the Civil Service Commission. Even now, she says, a familiar face will sometimes greet her in various cities and a young woman will remind Link Sutherland of how she, as a Leaderette, had profited from those experiences. Cornelius Marion (C.M.) She'll coordinate the different Cabinet . In 2017, Vice President Harris was sworn into the United States Senate. She also is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and she is among that elite cadre of women to serve on corporate boards of publicly-traded companies. They are the proud grandparents of eight grandchildren, six boys and two girls. Her professional caption is appropriate, for she is, a visual speaking experience. After consistent development and expansion, Russell-McClouds analytical ability to substantively address issues, including achieving excellence, hot topics in education, leadership, womens issues, workplace diversity and inclusion, implicit bias and change, among others, has made her a speaker of choice. For six successive summers, 19681974, she traveled to Oregon to serve at Portland State University. She is a member of the Selma (AL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and numerous other civic and social organizations. She was named Principal of the Year for the State of Illinois in 1998 and Administrator of the Year in 2003. The Durham (NC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Historical Overview The Durham (NC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was chartered on October 11, 1958 as the seventy-seventh chapter of the national body. Under her leadership, AARP has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies. She is also an Aspen-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership, Class of 2012. Adams secured funding for and organized Black Womens Consultationa coalition of the fifteen largest groups of African-American women in America. Link Scott attended elementary and secondary schools and college in her home city. Rep. Demings began her career in Jacksonville as a social worker, working to protect foster children. At a testimonial marking her retirement after 25 years of service to the Cincinnati public schools, the superintendent cited her distinguished record and praised her ability to recognize, develop, and inspire leadership skill and ability. Terrell High School in 1943 at the age of 16. Valerie is an active member of Delta Mu Zeta chapter in Harlem, and resides in Brooklyn with her soul mate and best friend Douglas Baker. from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and has continued post-doctoral study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and the University of Washington in Seattle. Susan L. Taylor, best-selling author of four books, and editor of eight others, is a fourth-generation entrepreneur, who grew up in Harlem working in her fathers clothing store. She has been appointed by multiple DC superintendents to the federally-mandated State Title I Committee of Practitioners, and she has been elected as chair for four consecutive years. Throughout her term of office and continuing subsequently, Ellison took an active, leadership role in her own chapter, Arlington (VA). During her tenure on the committee, she participated in hearings for two Supreme Court nominees. A Hoosier by birth, Patricia Russell-McCloud, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana where she attended Shortridge High School. She has served as Precinct Chair for District 8 for over 30 years, a member of Grandmothers Club, and Ethel Ransom Humanitarian & Cultural Club. Jo Ann Jenkins holds a variety of board and advisory positions including AARP Board of Directors; General Mills Board of Directors, TheWall Street JournalCEO Council, Kennedy Center National Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, Stanford School of Medicine Board of Fellows, AVNET Board of Directors; World Economic Forum Stewardship Board for the Education, Gender, and Work System Initiative; World Economic Forum, Board of Governors for the Health Systems Initiative; Vice-Chair, International Oversight Board, National Academy of Medicines Healthy Longevity initiative. Growing up, Vice President Harris was surrounded by a diverse community and extended family. She served at two different times as president of the Philadelphia Chapter, 1963-66 and 1974-75. Maloney received more than a hundred honors and awards from national, regional, state and local organizations. However, in the annals of The Links, Incorporated this president shines as the one who led the group in the purchasing, renovation, furnishing and equipping of the national headquarters at 1200 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Although it cannot be measured, undoubtedly the charm and grace of the setting had a positive effect on the participants. The Alphabettes, Quetts and Archousai, many of whom were also members of The Links, toured the building with their families. Her outstanding participation in civic life continued as she was elected president of the Black Womens Agenda in 1988. W.O. The Department of Justice grant will bolster the Miami-Dade Police Departments ability to combat crime and violence and make the area a safer place to live, work, and raise families. 100 Black Women, community Service Models of Excellence Project, a space. Dogwood City ( GA ) Chapter of the fifteen largest groups of African-American Women in America served two. 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