NCOBPS Executive Council Members
Kathie Stromile Golden – Executive Director
Mississippi Valley State University
Dr. Pearl K. Dowe – President
Emory University
Dr. Sharon D. Wright Austin – Vice President
The University of Florida
Jessica D. Johnson Carew, Ph.D. – Secretary
Elon University
Athena King – Treasurer
Old Dominion University
Jessica Lynn Stewart – Nominations Committee
Emory University
Shiela Harmon-Martin – Historian
University of the District of Columbia
Periloux Peay – Parliamentarian
Georgia State University
Elsie Scott – President’s Council
Howard University
Jerome Hunt – LGBTQ+ Caucus
Long Beach City College
Christopher Saint Jean – Graduate Student Representative
Rutgers University
Brianna-Nicole Facey – Undergraduate Student Representative
The University of Florida
Regional Representatives on the Executive Council
Albert Samuels – Southern Regional Representative
Southern University
Sherice Janaye Nelson, Ph.D. – Southern Regional Representative
Ayana Best – Northeastern Regional Representative
Howard University
Ray Block – Midwestern Representative
Pennsylvania State University
Mackey Unique
Emory University
Gladys Mitchell Walthour – Midwestern Representative
North Carolina Central University
LaGina Gause – Western States Representative
University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Walker – Western States Representative
College of The Desert
Najja Baptist – At-Large Member
University of Arkansas
Jessica Lynn Stewart, Ph.D. – At-Large Member
Emory University
Founding Editors National Review of Black Politics
(formerly National Political Science Review)
Andra Gillespie
Emory University
Dr. Pearl K. Dowe
Emory University