Lennette J. Benjamin, M.D.
Chair, Program Committee
Clinical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

Richard Burnett
Fort Worth, TX 

Kirit D. Chapatwala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Selma University
Selma, AL

The Honorable Katie G. Dorsett, Ed.D.
North Carolina State Senator
Raleigh, NC 

A. Kale Evans
President and Executive Coach
Kale Evans & Company
South Orange, NJ

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 

Lawrence I. Hollins
President
The Hollins Group, Inc.
Chicago, IL  

Shirley H. Miller
Advocacy Manager
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, TX

Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Director-Emeritus,
Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Jaquel D. Patterson, ND
Special Projects Manager
Morris Heights Health Center
Bronx, NY 

Rosie M. Peterson, BS, PAHM
Chair, Membership Review Committee
Director of Development and Institutional Diversity Initiatives
Office of Diversity and Community Engagement
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX 

Rev. LeRoi Simmons
Philadelphia, PA 

Gary R. Smart, MPA
Manager, Special Projects and Clinical Support
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT 

Steven R. Smith, JD
Managing Partner
Attorney
Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver
Washington, DC 

Donald W. Spigner, MD
Director/Physician
Medical Care – Administration Planning
Harrisburg, PA

James W. Sweeney, JD
Principal Sweeney & Associates
Sacramento, CA

Dennis Taylor
Vice President of Human Resources
Munich American Reassurance Company
Norcross, GA