National Board:

OFFICERS

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III – Chairman
* Senior Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York
* President, State University of New York College at Old Westbury

Beny J. Primm, M.D. – 1st Vice Chair
* President, Addiction, Research and Treatment Corp.

Hon. Donna M. Christensen – 2nd Vice Chair
* Delegate to Congress, U.S. Virgin Islands

Betty Phillips Adams – Secretary

Andrea D. Perry-Jackson, Esq. – Treasurer
* Attorney at law

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. – Medical
* Executive Senior Vice President, Addiction, Treatment and Research Corp.

Megan E. McLaughlin, D.S.W. – Personnel

The Rev. Edwin C. Sanders, II- Ecumenical
* Senior Servant, Metropolitan Interdemoninational Church, Nashville, Tenn.

The Hon. Albert Vann - Legislative Affairs and Public Policy
* Member, New York City Council, 36th District

AFFILIATE CHAIRS

BLCA of Albany
The Rev. Ronald Steward – Chair
* Senior Pastor, Antioch Christian Center, Rensselaer, NY

BLCA of Metro Atlanta
The Rev. Raphael Warnock – Chair
* Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta

BLCA of Buffalo
The Rev. Dr. James A Lewis III -Chair
* Pastor, Bishop Jermaine Wesley Loguen Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Buffalo

BLCA of Detroit
The Rev. Horace L. Sheffield, III – Chair
* Pastor, New Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit

BLCA of Nassau
The Rev. Dr. Sedwick Easley – Chair
* Pastor, Union Baptist Church, Hempstead

BLCA of New York City
The Rev. Alfonso Wyatt – Chair
* Vice President, Fund for the City of New York

BLCA of Rochester
The Rev. James L. Cherry, Sr. - Chair
* Pastor, Aenon Baptist Church, Rochester, NY

BLCA of Syracuse
The Rev. Chauncey Brown – Chair

CHAIR EMERITI
The Honorable David N. Dinkins
* Professor, Columbia University
* Former Mayor, New York City

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS:

Marcell Maxwell, Ed. D., Executive, Fund Development (Vice Chair)
Cheryl Morrison
* Vice President, Organizational Development, HSBC North America

Rose Blackburn, M.D.
* Senior Director, Medical and Scientific Services, Quintiles Transnational

Hazel N. Dukes
* President, New York State Conference NAACP