National Board of Directors

 

David N. Braxton

Chair of the Board

First Vice President

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Atlanta, GA 

 

Betty S. Pace, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Professor

Molecular & Cell Biology Department

University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

 

Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.

1^st Vice Chair

Sidney Strickland & Associates

Washington, DC

 

Shirley H. Miller

2^nd Vice Chair

Manager, Advocacy/Community Relations

Southwestern Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

Children’s Medical Center Dallas

Dallas, TX

 

Lawrence I. Hollins

3^rd Vice Chair

President

The Hollins Group, Inc.

Chicago, IL  

 

Elizabeth B. Simpson

Treasurer

Bentley Simpson Consulting

Fort Mill, SC

 

Betty Nwabuonwu

Corporate Secretary

AVP – Systems Development

State Street Corporation – Kansas City

Leawood, KS

 

Lennette J. Benjamin, M.D.

Chair, Program Committee

Professor of Medicine

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Clinical Director

Montefiore Hospital Medical Center

Bronx, NY

 

Rosie M. Peterson, BS, PAHM

Chair, Membership Review Committee

Assistant Director

University of Texas at Dallas

Sickle Cell Disease Research Center &

Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Technology

Richardson, TX 

 

Charles F. Whitten, M.D.

President Emeritus

Distinguished Professor and

Associate Dean Emeritus

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

 

Richard Burnett

Williams Chicken, Inc.

Fort Worth, TX 

 

The Honorable Katie G. Dorsett, Ed.D.

North Carolina State Senator

Raleigh, NC

 

A. Kale Evans

President, Dynamic Consulting Solutions, LLC

600 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, NJ 07086

 

Wayne A. Frederick, M.D., FACS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Deputy Director, Howard University Cancer Center

Washington, DC

 

Christopher Hollins

Vice President, Retail Industry

American Express

New York, NY

 

Floyd O. May

Principle

GMMG, LLC

Washington, DC 

 

Linda J. Morgan

Attorney/Partner

Covington & Burling, LLP

Washington, DC 

 

Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

 

Winston Price, M.D.

Alpharetta, GA

 

Rev. LeRoi Simmons

Philadelphia, PA 

 

Gary R. Smart, MPA

Manager, Special Projects and Clinical Support

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Hamden, CT

 

Steven R. Smith, JD

Ober/Kaler Attorney’s-At-Law

Washington, DC 

 

Donald W. Spigner, MD

President/Physician

Medical Care – Administration Planning

Harrisburg, PA 

 

Dennis Taylor

Director, Human Resources

Recall Corporation

Norcross, GA