Paula Bowens
Chairperson of the External Board; President & CEO, One Degree Consulting
Lesa Moore
Health and Wellness Entrepreneur / Board Member of The Ole School Scholarship Fund
Jacqueline Walker
JMU Emeriti Faculty (History / AAAD)
Akwasi Aidoo
Senior Fellow at Humanity United
Vershawn Young
Editor of CLAJ / Professor of Black Pan African and Diasporic Studies, Communication Arts, English Language and Literature at University of Waterloo / Past Chair of CCCC (Conference on College Communication and Composition)
Bettina Mason
Partner Consultant with DiversifyEd Consulting / Founder/Principal of Mason Education Solutions Group, LLC / JMU Board Member
Deborah Whaley
Professor of American Studies / Administrative Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Office of the Dean at the University of Iowa
Joseph Sany
Vice President of the Africa Center at United States Institute of Peace
Maria Selde
Vice Chairperson of External Board; Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, National Security Segment at Guidehouse
Maria Kisumbi
Senior Advisor, Policy & Government at Humanity United Relation
Darryl Coleman
Founder & President of Coleman Search Group, Inc.
Nikitah Imani
Professor of Black Studies, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Lamont King
Emeritus Professor of History, JMU
