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

Sharon Bethea

Sharon Bethea

President

Monique Swift

Monique Swift

President Elect

Rachel Mingo

Rachel Mingo

Treasurer

Shawn Jones

Shawn Jones

Secretary

Adeeba Deterville

Adeeba Deterville

General Assembly Chair

Eryka Boyd

Eryka Boyd

Eastern Regional Rep

Jeffery Menzise

Jeffery Menzise

MidWestern Regional Rep

Gabrielle Smith

Gabrielle Smith

Southern Regional Rep

Zeeyon Walker

Zeeyon Walker

Western Regional Rep

Artesia Dunbar

Artesia Dunbar

Student Circle Chair

Pearl Barner

Pearl Barner

Elder of Elders

National Board Committees and Chairs

Adanna Johnson

Adanna Johnson

Ethics

Ann Kathleen Burlew

Ann Kathleen Burlew

Publications Chair

Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith

Rituals

Benson Cooke

Benson Cooke

Historian

Dr. Brian Turner

Dr. Brian Turner

Ethics

Dr. Donell Barnett

Dr. Donell Barnett

Leadership Development Institue Co-Chair (LDI)

Duane Deterville

Duane Deterville

Rules Committee Chair

Donell Barnett

Donell Barnett

Past Presidents Council Representative

Joniesha (JoJo) Hickson

Joniesha (JoJo) Hickson

Public Relations/Marketing

Lawford Goddard

Lawford Goddard

Rules Committee Wisdom Keeper

Dr. Leon Caldwell

Dr. Leon Caldwell

Strategic Planning

Michele Perry-Springer

Michele Perry-Springer

International Relations Representative

Pearl Barner

Pearl Barner

NCC WISDOM KEEPER

Rachel Mingo

Rachel Mingo

NCC Chair - Co-Chair

Pearl Barner

Pearl Barner

Leadership Development Institue Co-Chair (LDI)

Rameri Moukam

Rameri Moukam

Rituals

Sam Gordon

Sam Gordon

Personnel

Sabrina L.Scott-Lorestil

Sabrina L.Scott-Lorestil

Education & Training Co-Chair

Yuma Tomes

Yuma Tomes

NCC Chair - Co-Chair

A single bracelet does not jingle.

Congolese Proverb

Student Circle Board

Artesia Dunbar

Artesia Dunbar

Chair

Iniobong (Ini) Etuk

Iniobong (Ini) Etuk

Chair-Elect

Veronica Mixon

Veronica Mixon

Secretary

Kenzi Bishara

Kenzi Bishara

Research Chair

August Alderman

August Alderman

Strategic Planning Chair

Beverly Torruella

Beverly Torruella

Membership Chair

Troya Ellis

Troya Ellis

Western Graduate Representative Chair

Vanessa Anyanso

Vanessa Anyanso

Eastern Graduate Representative

Saga Foss

Saga Foss

Communications Chair

kofi Mosley-Kellum

kofi Mosley-Kellum

National Convention Co-Chair

Quanisha Whittfield

Quanisha Whittfield

National Convention Co-Chair

Rabia Brown

Rabia Brown

Jegnaship Chair

Joanne Leburn

Joanne Leburn

SC Immediate Past Chair

Brittany Griffin

Brittany Griffin

SC -Co - Adviser

National Programs

Jermaine Robertson

Jermaine Robertson

CABP Co-Chairs

Ronke Tapp

Ronke Tapp

CABP Co-Chairs

Wade Nobles

Wade Nobles

CABP Wisdom Keeper

Dr. Donell Barnett

Dr. Donell Barnett

Global Insititute Co-Chair

Linda James Myers

Linda James Myers

Global Insititute Wisdom Keeper

Evan Auguste

Evan Auguste

Sawubona Healing Circles Co-Chair

Mawiyak Kambon

Mawiyak Kambon

Sawubona Healing Circles Wisdom Keeper

Monique Swift

Monique Swift

Schools Organizational Consultation

Huberta Jackson-Lowman

Huberta Jackson-Lowman

Schools Organizational Consultation

National Office

Kathy Jones

Kathy Jones

Administrative Operations Manager

k.jones@abpsi-hq.org

Michelle Washington

Michelle Washington

Administrative Coordinator

m.washington@abpsi-hq.org

Candace Wilson

Candace Wilson

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

c.wilson@abpsi-hq.org

ABPsi Founders

Dr. Joseph Akward
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. Robert Green
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. Jane Fort Morrison
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. Charles W. Thomas & Dr. Robert Green (1968-1969)
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 B. Obleton
Caryn Pass
Aldrich M. Patterson
Garret E. Payne
Dorothy C. Pettigrew
Frederick Phillip
Randolph Potts
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
Frank C. Worrell
Julia S. Wright
Evelyn K. Young

ABPsi Distinguished Psychologists

Dr. A. J. Franklin
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. 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