Leadership
Our Leadership: Guiding the Future of African/Black Psychology
Leadership at the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) is deeply rooted in the cultural, spiritual, and intellectual traditions of African people. Guided by the principles of Ma’at—Truth, Justice, Harmony, Balance, Order, Propriety and Reciprocity. ABPsi leaders are dedicated to the liberation of the African mind, the empowerment of the African character, and the illumination of the African spirit. Their unwavering dedication ensures that African/Black psychology becomes a transformative force, fostering healing, restoration, and the reclamation of African identity, while empowering individuals and communities to thrive.
National Board Members
Monique Swift Muhammad
President
Rachel Mingo
President Elect
Steven Kniffley
Treasurer
Michele K. Lewis
Secretary
Brandon Gamble
Western Regional Rep
Mareus Daugherty
Eastern Regional Rep
Corey Sims
Mid-Western Regional Rep
Gabrielle Smith
Southern Regional Rep
Adeeba Deterville
General Assembly Chair
Iniobong (Ini) Etuk
Student Circle Chair
Pearl Barner
Elder of Elders
Donell L. Barnett
Past Presidents Council Representative
National Board Committees and Chairs
Adanna Johnson
Ethics
Ann Kathleen Burlew
Publications Chair
Anthony Smith
Rituals
Benson Cooke
Historian
Dr. Brian Turner
Ethics
Donell L. Barnett, PhD
Leadership Development Institute Co-Chair (LDI)
Vacant
Rules Committee Chair
Joniesha (JoJo) Hickson
Public Relations
Lawford Goddard
Rules Committee Wisdom Keeper
SHaron L Bethea
Immediate Past President and Co Chair of International Relations.
Michele Perry-Springer
International Relations Representative
Pearl Barner
NCC WISDOM KEEPER
Rachel Mingo
NCC Chair - Co-Chair
Pearl Barner
Leadership Development Institue Co-Chair (LDI)
Rameri Moukam
Rituals
Sam Gordon
Personnel
Sabrina L.Scott-Lorestil
Education & Training Co-Chair
Yuma Tomes
NCC Chair - Co-Chair
A single bracelet does not jingle.
Congolese Proverb
Student Circle Board
Iniobong (Ini) Etuk
Chair
Veronica Mixon
Chair-Elect
Amber James
Secretary/Historian
Kenzi Bishara
Research Chair
August Alderman
Strategic Planning Chair
Beverly Torruella
Membership Chair
Troya Ellis
Western Graduate Representative Chair
Vanessa Anyanso
Eastern Graduate Representative
Saga Foss
Communications Chair
kofi Mosley-Kellum
National Convention Co-Chair
Quanisha Whittfield
National Convention Co-Chair
Rabia Brown
Jegnaship Chair
Artesia Dunbar
SC Immediate Past Chair
Joanne Leburn
SC Immediate Past Chair
Brittany Griffin
SC CO-Adviser
National Programs
Jermaine Robertson
CABP Co-Chairs
Ronke Tapp
CABP Co-Chairs
Wade Nobles
CABP Wisdom Keeper
Donell L. Barnett
Global Insititute Co-Chair
Linda James Myers
Global Insititute Wisdom Keeper
Evan Auguste
Sawubona Healing Circles Co-Chair
Mawiyak Kambon
Sawubona Healing Circles Wisdom Keeper
Monique Swift Muhammad
Schools Organizational Consultation
Huberta Jackson-Lowman
Schools Organizational Consultation
National Office
Kathy Jones
Administrative Operations Manager
k.jones@abpsi-hq.org
Michelle Washington
Administrative Coordinator
m.washington@abpsi-hq.org
Candace Wilson
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
c.wilson@abpsi-hq.org
ABPsi Founders
Dr. Calvin Atkinson
Dr. J. Don Barnes
Dr. Sylvia O’Bradovich
Dr. Ronald Brown
Dr. Ed Davis
Dr. Harold Dent
Dr. Aubrey Escoffery
Dr. Jim DeShields
Dr. Russ Evans
Dr. George Franklin
Dr. Al Goines
Dr. Bill Harvey
Dr. Thomas Hilliard
Dr. Mary Howard
Dr. George Jackson
Dr. Walter Jacobs
Dr. Reginald Jones
Dr. Roy Jones
Dr. Luther Kindall
Dr. Mel King
Dr. De Lorise Minot
Dr. Lonnie Mitchell
Dr. Leon Nicks
Dr. Edwin Nichols
Dr. Wade Nobles
Dr. Bill Pierce
Dr. David Terrell
Dr. Charles Thomas
Dr. Mike Ward
Dr. Joseph White
Dr. Robert Williams
Dr. Samuel Winslow
ABPsi Past Presidents
Dr. Robert L. Williams & Dr. Henry Tomes (1969-1970)
Dr. Stanley Crockett (1970-1971)
Dr. Reginald L. Jones (1971-1972)
Dr. James S. Jackson (1972-1973)
Dr. Thomas O. Hilliard (1973-1974)
Dr. George D. Jackson (1974-1975)
Dr. William Hayes, (1975-1976)
Dr. Ruth E.G. King (1976-1977)
Dr. Ruth E.G. King (replaced Dr. Alvis V. Adair, president-elect) (1977-1978)
Dr. Maisha Bennett (1978-1979)
Dr. Joseph Awkard (1979-1980)
Dr. Daniel Williams (1980-1981)
Dr. David Terrell (1981-1982)
Dr. Kobi Kambon (aka Dr. Joseph Baldwin; replaced Dr. Bobby Wright, president-elect) (1982-1983)
Dr. William K. Lyles (1983-1984)
Dr. W. Monty Whitney (1984-1985)
Dr. Melvin Rogers (1985-1986)
Dr. Halford H. Fairchild (1986-1987)
Dr. Na’im Akbar (1987-1988)
Dr. Dennis E. Chestnut (1988-1989)
Dr. Suzanne Randolph (1989-1990)
Dr. Linda James Myers (1990-1991)
Dr. Timothy R. Moragne (1991-1992)
Dr. Maisha Hamilton Bennett (1992-1993)
Dr. Anna M. Jackson (1993-1994)
Dr. Wade Nobles, (1994-1995)
Dr. Thomas A. Parham (1995-1996)
Dr. Frederick B. Phillips (1996-1997)
Dr. Dana Dennard (1997-1998)
Dr. Afi Samella B. Abdullah (1998-1999)
Dr. Mawiya Kambon (1999-2000)
Dr. Anthony Young (2000-2001)
Dr. Mary E. Hargrow (2001-2002)
Dr. Harvette Grey (2002-2003)
Dr. Willie S. Williams (2003-2004)
Dr. James E. Savage (2004-2005)
Dr. Robert Atwell (2005-2007)
Dr. Dorothy A. Holmes (2007-2009)
Dr. Benson George Cooke (2009-2011)
Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills (2011-2013)
Dr. Daryl Taasogle Rowe (2013-2015)
Dr. Kevin Mwaata Washington, Ph.D. (2015-2017)
Dr. Huberta Jackson-Lowman (2017-2019)
Dr. Theopia Jackson (2019-2021)
Dr. Donell Barnett (2021-2023)
ABPsi Life Members
Teresa Stevenson
LaTanya F. Lawrence
Samella Abdullah
Leona M. Abdullah-Ward
Na’im Akbar
Adwoa Akhu
Michelle E. Anderson
Mildred R. Anderson
William H. Anderson
Russell Andrew
Bobbie M. Anthony-Perez
Pamela E. Ashe
Kimling T. Ashing
Ikechukwu Azuonye
Oscar A. Barbarin
Pearl Barner II
Rochelle T. Bastien
Lula Beatty
Ronald Beavers
Carolyn Block
Phillip J. Bowman
Sharon Bowman
A. Wade Boykin
Arletta Brinson
Ann K. Burlew
Patricia Canson-Griffith
Dennis E. Chestnut
Monica L. Clement
Madonna Constantine
Benson G. Cooke
Joy Cooley
Nyala Joan Cooper
Sandra Cox
Donald T. Cross
William E. Cross Jr.
Alpha O. Curry
Lennell R. Dade
Harry Davidson
Jerry Davis
Darlene DeFour
Carrie Dixon
James Dobbins
Aubrey S. Escoffery
Victor Etta
Helen L. Evans
Halford Fairchild
Merrilyn Faison
Hugh Faulkner-Jones
Paris Finner-Williams
Anderson J. Franklin
Antoine Garibaldi
Tracey Garrett
Johnny Gibson
Cleonis E. Golding
Constance Golding
Dr. Kevin Cockley
Edmund Gordon
Maya K. Gordon
Thomas A. Gordon
Frances Grant
Scott L. Graves Jr.
Harvette Grey
Brittany Griffin
Cheryl Grills
Maisha Hamilton
Mary Elizabeth Hargrow
Linda Hartwell
V. Robert Hayles
Jessica Henderson Daniel
Allyson Henry
Herbert Henry
Vincent D. Henry
Denyse Hicks-Ray
Asa G. Hilliard III
Denise Hinds-Zaami
Dorothy A. Holmes
Charmain Jackman
Eric Jackman
Anna M. Jackson
Laurence Jackson
Theopia R. Jackson
Huberta Jackson-Lowman
Linda B. James Myers
Ericka Jenifer
Pamela L. Jenkins
Benetta E. Johnson
Annie Lee Jones
Jerome Jones
Patricia Y. Jones
Reginald L. Jones
Lee N. June
Kobi K. Kambon
Mawiyah Kambon
Shelvy H. Keglar
Richard C. Kelsey
Muriel Kennedy
Helen M. Kinard-Scott
Velma LaPoint
G. Evelyn LeSure-Lester
Maat E. Lewis
Harvey D. Linder
Roma Little-Walker
Howard Mabry
Jocelyn E. Maxime
Jean-Marie Mayas
Harriett McAdoo
Victor J. McCarley
Dorothy McDonald
Kathleen Y. McDuffie
Horace Mitchell
Kenneth P. Monteiro
Timothy O. Moore
Joseph R. Morris
Amanda Murphy
Ernest R. Myres
Tiesha S. Nelson
Edwin Nichols
Wade Nobles
Ezemenari M. Obasi
Nettie Ball Obleton
Caryn Pass
Aldrich M. Patterson
Garret E. Payne
Dorothy C. Pettigrew
Frederick Phillip
Randolph Potts
Barbara A. Prempeh (New)
Suzanne M. Randolph Cunningham
Philip J. Raphael
Harriette Richard
Larry T. Richardson
Keba M. Rogers
Daryl M. Rowe
James E. Savage Jr.
Adib A. Shakir
Pamela L. Shipp
Anthony J. Smith
Margaret B. Spencer
Satira S. Streeter
Barbara F. Streets
Judy Sundayo
William Talley
Ronke L. Tapp
William A. Thomas
Derise Tolliver
Nkechi F. Townsend
Les Triché
Alvin Turner
Beverly J. Vandiver
Wilson Vincent
Tifase’ Webb-Msemaji
Arthur L. Whaley
Lisa A. Whitten
Linda Whittington-Clark
Birdean Williams
Brian K. William
Constance Y. Williams
Daniel E. Williams
Michael Williams
Robert L. Williams
Willie S. Williams
Sheila C. Williams-White
Melvin N. Wilson
Sandra Wilson-Cannon
Leo Wilton
LaPearl L. Winfrey
Dr. Karen M. Witherspoon (New)
Frank C. Worrell
Julia S. Wright
Evelyn K. Young
ABPsi Distinguished Psychologists
Dr. Anna M. Jackson
Dr. Asa Hilliard III
Dr. Benson George Cooke
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Dr. Beverly Daniel-Tatum
Dr. Camara Jules P. Harrell
Dr. Carolyn Murray
Dr. Charles Thomas
Dr. Cheryl Tawede-Grills
Dr. Daudi Azibo
Dr. Edwin J. Nichols
Dr. Faye Belgrave
Dr. Hal Fairchild
Dr. Harold Dent
Dr. Harriett McAdoo
Dr. Helen Neville
Dr. Horace Mitchell
Dr. Jacqueline Mattis
Dr. James Jones
Dr. James R. Lanier
Dr. Janet Helms
Dr. Jerome Taylor
Dr. Joseph White
Dr. Karen M. Witherspoon (New)
Dr. Kathleen Burlew
Dr. Kevin Cokley
Dr. Kobi K.K. Kambon
Dr. Linda James-Myers
Dr. Lisa Whitten
Dr. Marcia Sutherland
Dr. Margaret Beale-Spenser
Dr. Michael Conner
Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin
Dr. Na’im Akbar
Dr. Paris Finner-Williams, Esq.
Dr. Reginald Jones
Dr. Robert Guthrie
Dr. Robert L. Green
Dr. Robert Williams
Dr. Shawn Utsey
Dr. Shelly Harrell
Dr. Suzanne Randolph
Dr. Suzette L. Speight
Dr. Taasogle Daryl Rowe
Dr. Thomas Parham
Dr. Wade W. Nobles
Dr. William Cross