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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ROBERT W. NORTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Senior Vice President (retired)
Corporate Human Resources 
Pfizer Inc.
South Carolina

H. JAMES WILLIAMS, PH.D., C.P.A., C.M.A., J.D., LL.M.
PRESIDENT
Fisk University
Tennessee

JENNIFER ADEBANJO, PH.D.
Faculty Trustee
Chair, Faculty Assembly 2012-2013
Associate Professor of Political Science
Chair, Political Science Department
Tennessee 

JACQUELYN DENTON ALTON
President 
Almeda Travel
Texas

PHILIPPE E.C. ANDAL
Student Representative
President, Student Government Association 2012-2013
Tennessee

CAMILLA PERSSON BENBOW, ED.D.
Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education 
and Human Development
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
Tennessee

JOHN W. BLUFORD III
President and CEO
Truman Medical Center
Missouri

BARBARA L. BOWLES 
CEO (retired)
The Kenwood Group
Illinois

ALMA ARRINGTON BROWN
Senior Vice President (retired)
Chevy Chase Bank
Maryland

LINDA E. BROWN COLEMAN, PH.D. 
Chair, General Alumni Assoc. of Fisk University
CEO
R & L Group, Inc.
Texas

MIKE CURB, J.D.
Trustee Emeritus
Chairman
Curb Records
Tennessee

CHERYL MCKISSACK DANIEL 
President and CEO
The McKissack Group, Inc.
New York

KATHERINE READ EZELL
Principal
Market Solutions Consulting
Tennessee

HOWARD GENTRY, JR.
Criminal Court Clerk
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
Tennessee

MICHAEL E. HAMPTON
CEO and Sole Shareholder
Mike Hampton Properties
Tennessee 

SHALIMAR D. LEGGETT
Student Representative
Miss Fisk 2012-2013
Illinois 

AMANDA GRISCOM LITTLE
Journalist and Writer-in-Residence
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee

CHALLIS M. LOWE
Senior Vice President
Organizational Development and
Human Resources
Ascension Health
Florida

ROBERT L. MALLETT, J.D. 
Peter P. Mullen Visiting Professor of Law
Georgetown University
District of Columbia

LEATRICE B. MCKISSACK, HON. D. H.L.
Trustee Emerita
CEO (retired)
McKissack & McKissack
Tennessee


ADRIENNE SERAILE MCWILLIAMS
Vice President of Eastern Sales
REACH Media, Inc.
New York

PATRICIA CASTLES MEADOWS
Founder and President (retired)
Patricia C. Meadows, CPA
Tennessee 

LESLIE MEEK, J.D.
Administrative Law Judge
Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia

JOAN THOMPSON MOBLEY, M.D. 
Pathologist (retired) and Fellow 
College of American Pathologists
Florida

GREGG F. MORTON 
President
AT&T Tennessee
Tennessee

SHEILA PETERS, PH.D.
Faculty Representative
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Psychology Department
Tennessee 

MICHAEL REEVES
President
Caterpillar Insurance Services Corp.
Tennessee 

PERIAN CASSETTY STRANG
Independent Non Profit Organization 
Management Professional
Tennessee