Founder
Rose Duhon-Sells
1941 – 2024
Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (retired)
Southern University at New Orleans & Union Institute
Duplichain University-Founder
Green Legacy Publishing
Lake Charles LA
Executive Director
Charlene Lui
NAME National Office
2101 L Street, Suite 101-245
Washington DC, 20036
Email: name@nameorg.org
Phone: 202.679.NAME (6263)
Board of Directors
President
Lakia Scott
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development
Yale University
New Haven CT
Email: president@nameorg.org
President-Elect
Steven Lysenko
Science Teacher,
East Upper School
Rochester (NY) Central School District
Email: presidentelect@nameorg.org
Past President
Ludwig 'Ludy' David Kalakauikekeha Van Broekhuizen
Global Ambassador for Cognia
Honolulu HI
Email: pastpresident@nameorg.org
Founding Members' Representatives
H. Prentice Baptiste
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces NM
Email: founders@nameorg.org
Cherry Ross Gooden
Retired
Texas Southern University
Curriculum and Instruction
Email: founders@nameorg.org
Marjorie Kyle
Professor Emeritus
Mesa Community College
Mesa AZ
Email: founders@nameorg.org
Region 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont
Regional Director: Deirdra Preis, Sacred Heart University, Conneticutt
Email: regionaldirector1@nameorg.org
Region 2 - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Director: Carol Haney-Watson, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania
Email: regionaldirector2@nameorg.org
Region 3 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Regional Director: Susan Bennett, University of South Florida
Email: regionaldirector3@nameorg.org
Region 4 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Regional Director: Bernard "Coach B" Caldwell, Miami University, Ohio
Email: regionaldirector4@nameorg.org
Region 5 - Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Regional Director: Sarah M. Straub, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas
Email: regionaldirector5@nameorg.org
Region 6 - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Regional Director: Michelle Love-Day
Emails: regionaldirector6@nameorg.org
Region 7 - Alaska, Hawai'i, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Regional Director: Kat O'Dell, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Email: regionaldirector7@nameorg.org
Region 8 - International Chapter
Regional Director: Soh Young Lee-Segredo
Email: regionaldirector8@nameorg.org
Regional Director Coordinator - Rebecca Russell
Email: rdcoordinator@nameorg.org
