Friends of African & African American Art
Board of Directors
Officers
| Roxane Whitter Thomas Chairperson | Leslie C. WilliamsFirst Vice-Chair |
| Beverly Thomas Second Vice-Chair | Bennett Jacob Wyche Third Vice-Chair |
| Paralee G. Day Corresponding Secretary | Helen L. Franklin Recording Secretary |
| Irving Norflin Riley, D.D.S. Treasurer | |
Directors
| Pamela G. Alexander | Hon. Charles W. Anderson, III |
| Hugh F. Barrington, Jr. | Garrett S. Barnett |
| Julian R. Bass, Ed.D. | Yvette Bing |
| Catherine C. Blackwell | Marlene S. Chavis, A.D. |
| Kimberly Trent Coleman | Margaret H. Demant |
| RosEurek Webb Fagin | Dexter Fields, M.D. |
| Barbara Gaber | Leslie Theresa Graves, Esq. |
| Jeannette Dickens Hale | Ellen H. Kahn |
| Lynn M. Kelley | Sharon Madison-Polk |
| Shawneen Murray | Valerie L. Myers, Ph.D. |
| Robert E.L. Perkins, D.D.S. | Vivian Rogers Pickard |
| Doris Syfax Rhea | Gail Ross |
| Gail E. Smith | Samuel H. Thomas, Jr. |
| Roslyn Trotter | Marquis W. Woody |
| Laydell Wood Wyatt | Judith Holmes Wyche |
DIA Staff Advisors
| Valerie J. Mercer Curator and Dept. Head, General Motors Center for African American Art | Nii O. Quarcoopome, Ph.D. Curator, African Art; Dept. Head, Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Americas |
