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