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Board of Directors

 

OFFICERS

Chairman:
Richard D. Parsons
Chairman of the Board
CitiGroup
 
Vice Chairmen:
Alfred C. Liggins, III
Chairman, TV One, LLC
CEO/President, Radio One, Inc.

Treasurer:
JoAnn H. Price
Managing Partner
Fairview Capital Partners, Inc.
 
Secretary:
John W. Carr, Esq.
Retired Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


DIRECTORS

Val Azzoli
Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
The Atlantic Group

Michael L. Diamond
Senior Vice President, Marketing/Chief of Staff
Time Warner Cable

T. Troy Dixon
Managing Director and Head of Structured Products Trading Group
Deutsche Bank

W. Anthony Edson
Co-Founder and Partner
Stone Tower Capital

Yolanda Ferrell-Brown
President
Ferrell-Brown Design, Inc.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University

Carla Harris
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Investment Management 

Maya L. Harris
Vice President, Democracy, Rights and Justice
The Ford Foundation 

Ingrid Saunders Jones
Sr. Vice President, Global Community Connections
The Coca-Cola Company 

Marcella A. Jones
CEO
Giving Back Foundation

Quincy Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Quincy Jones Productions, Inc.

Edward T. Lewis
Senior Advisor, Solera Capital
Chariman and Founder, Essence Communications, Inc.

Loida Nicolas Lewis
Chair and CEO
TLC Beatrice, LLC

Tracy V. Maitland
President
Advent, Capital Management, LLC

Luis A. Miranda, Jr.
President
MirRam Group

Ronald O.  Perelman
CEO
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.

Philip Pitruzello
VP Manhattanville Capital Projects
Columbia University

Jonelle Procope
President and CEO (ex officio)
Apollo Theater Foundation 

Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Diversity Officer
Time Warner Inc.

Marcus Samuelsson
Chef/Restaurateur
Red Rooster Restaurant

Kurt Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Harlem Globetrotters

Debra Shriver
Vice President and CCO, Senior Vice President/Magazines
Hearst Corporation

Leslie M. Uggams
Artist/Singer

Darryl E. Wash
Managing Partner
Ascend Venture Group, LLC

Vaughn C. Williams, Esq.
Partner
Skadden Arps Meager and Flom LLP

Willie E. Woods
President
ICV Capital Partners, LLC

Brett I. Wright
Co-Founder and CEO
NuAmerica Agency