NAME Board of Directors


NAME Board of Directors Executive Committee:

FOUNDER
Rose Duhon-Sells
Green Legacy Publishing
Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (retired)
Southern University at New Orleans & Union Institute
Duplichain University-Founder
Lake Charles LA
Email: rose@nameorg.org

Executive Director
Charlene Lui
2101 L Street, Suite 101-245
Washington DC, 20036
Email: name@nameorg.org

Board of Directors
President
Lisa Zagumny
Dean & Director of Doctoral Studies, College of Education
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tenn
Email: lzagumny@tntech.edu

President-elect
Ludwig 'Ludy' David Kalakauikekeha Van Broekhuizen
Global Ambassador for Cognia/AdvancED
Atlanta, GA
Email: helvetius59@gmail.com

Past President
Tasha Lebow
NAME Webspinner
University of Michigan Equity Assistance Center (retired)
Email:  tlebow@umich.edu

Treasurer
Brenda Burrell
Educational Consultant
Email: Brenda_Burrell@msn.com

Secretary
Ellis Bishop-Wright
T-Mobile Instructional Designer
Email:  e.k.bishopwright@gmail.com

Parliamentarian
Melba Venison
Educational Consultant
        Email: mveni4921@gmail.com

Founding Members' Representatives:
H. Prentice Baptiste
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Email: baptiste@nmsu.edu

Cherry Ross Gooden
Retired
Texas Southern University
Curriculum and Instruction
Email: drcrgood@gmail.com

Marjorie Kyle
Professor Emeritus
Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona
Email: mykylemail@yahoo.com



REGIONAL DIRECTORS:
Region 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont
       Regional Director: Steven Lysenko, Doctoral Candidate, New York
       Email: steven.lysenko@gmail.com

Region 2 - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
        Regional Director: Rebecca Russell, Retired Educator, West Virginia
        Email: rssr32@hotmail.com
                 
Region 3 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
        Regional Director: Susan V. Bennett, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL
        Email: sbennet3@usf.edu
  
Region 4 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
        Regional Director: J. C. Wagner-Romero, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
        Email: jc.j.romero@gmail.com

Region 5 - Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
        Regional Co-Directors: Ashraf Esmail, Dillard University (LA)  Email: ashesmail@aol.com
        Maria Gabriel, Thompson School District (CO)  Email: maria.gabriel@tsd.org

Region 6 - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
        Regional Director: Krista McAtee, Teacher and Adjunct Professor, Sonoma, CA
        Email: kristamcateelove@gmail.com

Region 7 - Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
      Regional Director: DaVerne Bell, Educational Consultant,Vancouver, WA
        Email:  DaVernespeaks@comcast.net
        
Region 8 - American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Sovereign Nations within the U.S., International Members, and Indigenous Peoples
        Regional Director: Jasmine Jackman, Peel School District, Ontario Canada
        Email: jasminejackman@gmail.com