Dr. Newell-Harris experiences as an advocate and navigator for her friends and family over the years have affirmed for her the necessity for consumers of health care to acquire these skills. Dr. Newell-Harris has served as a medical consultant in various healthcare settings inclusive of ambulatory teaching clinics, private practice and physician foundation clinical practice. Bell, Vera A. Codwell, Adelaide Forde, Jimmie P. Gray, Goldie Hartshorn, Signora Howard, Garrett Lanier, Lynette Peacock, Ann Robinson, Martha Davis Robinson, Elneita Stewart, Doris Wesley, and Ann Wright, to comprise the charter . She is married to Dr. Elwyn Lee who is also a Yale Graduate and an Administrator at the University of Houston. She has also held leadership roles in a number of professional organizations, including the Association of Art Museums Directors where she served as the president and she co-led the American Alliance Museums Working Group on diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion. Since the early age of eight, this national president was at the nations podiums as a gifted child prodigy, speaking to large audiences in an oratorical, persuasive and motivational style. Past presidents 1-10 1. Rep. Demings began her career in Jacksonville as a social worker, working to protect foster children. Opal Lee was born October 7, 1926 in Marshall, Texas. Ms. Opal stood alongside the president during this historic occasion and received the pen in which he used to sign off on the law. She believes that it is up to you to attain the highest quality of health care and the best outcomes for you and your family. As a wife, committed church woman, especially to the Womens Missionary Society and the young people of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; entrepreneur; life member of the NAACP; life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; member, International Womens Forum (IWF) and civic volunteer; she resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband. She also is a recipient of the UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead award. At the time she served as national president of The Links, Beamon was the widow of Dr. Reginald E. Beamon, a dentist who was also an activist. After the untimely death of Gilchrist in 1990, the Center was renamed The Scott-Gilchrist Quality of Life Center and Purnell became the Director. In 2015, she earned the EMILYs List Rising Star Award and was named one of Boston Magazines 50 Most Powerful People. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator. And, she is a mother of four children and is married to Robert L. Harris, Esquire. 71, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015, and H.R. An 18-year member, prior to her historical election to the presidency by acclamation in July 2002, she has served as chair of the Grants-In-Aid Committee, director of the Services to Youth Program facet, chair of the Membership and national vice president. In addition to her experience leading the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and Leadership Cleveland, Link Copelands public service is marked by her appointment to Vice Chairperson of the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission and subsequently the Cleveland Millennium Commission by former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White, whose second term Inaugural Committee she chaired. In 1972, she became the first nurse ever elected to the Texas State House and achieved that that same distinction upon her election to the Texas Senate in 1986. While in Liberia, she lectured at the Universities of Monrovia and Liberia, and five other educational and/or community groups. She was the first African American to serve as the Chair of the Board of United Way of America. Julia Brogdon Purnell, charter member and past President of the Baton Rouge Chapter, served as National President of The Links, Incorporated, 1978-1982. Kelli is founder and CEO of JOY Collective, a Black and woman-owned marketing and creative agency committed to delivering purpose-driven work that positive impacts our community. Sometimes the best way to thank those who have helped you is pay it forward by helping someone else. The 80-year . At this meeting, she was elected the first national president and continued in that office until 1953. In the same year, she also brought then-Department of House and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to the Third Congressional District to announce a $225 million project to revitalize the Near East Side, led by nearly $30 million in federal funds. She supports three Christian Childrens Fund children. Her sister, Sadie Brogdon Blackwell, is also a member of The Links. President Ellison has said that she envisions Links members as a human resource bank for the nation a source for leaders who will serve their communities and combine their talents and assets to influence decision and policy makers of this country. During her term as national president, the chapter establishment program was structured and national Grants-in-Aid became an integral part of The Links operation. Marion Sutherland 11. President Ellison served as a delegate for six years, and sometimes president of the Inter-Service Club Councilan organization of thirty-two recognized service organizations in Arlington County (Virginia). Kelli is also Founder of The SonRise Project, a safe space for parents of children who struggle will mental wellness and addiction issues. Beverly and her husband, Stephen, have been married for forty-nine years. Scott composed the organizations pledge, a promise to support the organization, which members make. She joined the Sorority in 1976, in the Epsilon Kappa Chapter at the University of . She is the past Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee for Maritime and Border Security wherein she co-authored HR 1417, a bipartisan bill which has been touted as the best vehicle for accomplishing comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. House of Representatives. She retired in December 2007 from Thornton Township High School, District 205, where she served as the Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and Professional Development and as the director for Special Education and the District Coordinator for Small Learning Communities. If Not Now, When? recorded in the Congressional Record of the United States (H366l), May l4, 1980; awarded more than 300 keys to American cities; participant in the Friendship Force, a good will tour of Mexico during the Carter Administration; participant in the American-Jewish Committee sponsorship of ten American women of national acclaim on a human relations trip to Israel; featured in theBlack Enterprise Magazineas being one of the Top Five Business Motivators in America;ESSENCEMagazine,EBONYMagazine, andAtlanta Good Life. Dr. Cole rose to national prominence as the first African American woman President of Spelman College and, later, as President of Bennett College, making her the only person to serve as president of both historically Black colleges for women in the United States. Her life was a series of firstsshe was the first Black woman appointed to the Lynchburg School Board in 1971; she was the first Black elected president-of the Southern Regional School Boards Association in 1974; and she became the first woman rector of the Board of Visitors at Norfolk State University in 1976. From 1990 to 1994, Dr. Glover served as the Chairperson of the Department of Accounting and as an Assistant Professor at the Howard University School of Business. A longtime advocate and champion to end human trafficking, during the 114th Congress, Congresswoman Beattys bipartisan legislation to combat child sex trafficking unanimously passed the House of Representatives in 2015 and was signed into law as part of a larger measure, theJustice for Victims of Trafficking Act, by President Obama. She joined the staff of the University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics in 1970 as senior pharmacist and in 1973 became director of pharmacy for the university hospitals and clinics. Her academic areas, Administration and Supervision of Educational Institutions, helped establish the foundation of her life as an educator civic leader churchwoman, wife and mother. She also has served as President, Vice-President, and Treasurer of Beta Delta Omega Chapter in Jackson, Mississippi, and as President and Vice-President of Alpha Psi Chapter as an undergraduate student. Virginia is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., The Links Inc., The Continental Societies Inc. and Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. Virginia regularly participates in the National Urban Leagues BEEP-Program, lecturing at Historical Black Colleges and Universities. Kelli and her teams have received hundreds of awards, including Emmy, Telly, Promax, BDA, NAMIC, CTAM, CTPAA and NAACP Image Awards for her work. She who suggested the name Links. At their January 1947 meeting, the group accepted this name as best expressing the spirit and purpose of the new clublinking friends for service. Wall died on September 12, 1975. She has served as newsletter editor for Church Women United; as consultant and Speaker for The World Federation of Methodist Women; and as a member of the board of directors, UNCF. She was active in Jack and Jill and served a term as national president of that organization. The Florida lawmaker has continued her mission to improve the quality of life for her constituency by creating jobs with dignity, improving education, stopping home foreclosures, safeguarding Medicare and Social Security, and strengtheningties with Haiti and the Caribbean. Purnell has also studied at Louisiana State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana. Rice, Mayor of Seattle, proclaimed November 4, 1990, as Marion Schultz Sutherland Day. 1905. Dr. Newell-Harris is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Miss Porters School in Farmington, Connecticut, where she was the first African-American student. She died in 1975 and is buried in Cincinnati. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL, she graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program. Business Person of the Year, National Black MBA, Cleveland Chapter The Smiths have two married children: son Brian (Rashan Ali) Smith, daughter Stacy (Dr. Jason) Frazier, and five grandchildren. She is the founder of the Diversity & Innovation Caucus, the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Homelessness Caucus, co-chair of the Congressional Lupus Caucus, and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus of Bosnia. She has traveled across America, South America, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa and West Africa. While AARP has long been recognized for its services, information and advocacy on behalf of people age 50 and over, Jenkins led efforts to redefine AARPs vision, challenge outdated beliefs and spark new insights that allow people to adapt to the new realities of aging with relevant solutions to everyday issues such as health, financial resilience, digital and social connectivity, work opportunities and personal fulfillment. On November 6, 2018, Congresswoman Pressley was elected to represent Massachusetts 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Her bipartisan anti-lynching bill passed the Senate in 2018. OUR LEGACY Northern Indiana (IN) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Our Legacy On November 9, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two friends invited seven of their other friends to discuss forming a new type of club to respond to the needs of African Americans in the aftermath of World War II. In this role, she was responsible for some of Orlandos highest profile tasks, including special events and dignitary protection. Congresswoman Johnson is the first African-American and woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and is the Dean of the Texas Congressional delegation in addition to serving as Dean of the Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Democratic Congressional Delegation. Enthusiastic, gracious, charming are a few of the adjectives used to describe this effective leader who did so much to expand the program horizons of The Links. Edmonds had lectured one or more times at 87 different American colleges and universities in nine institutions in Sweden, Germany and Liberia. Each course endeavor afforded new knowledge, growth and understanding. She was also responsible for the administration of all Georgia GED testing and supported local literacy action groups throughout Georgia. President Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, with the United States on the brink of civil war. A native Virginian, she resides in Cleveland, Ohio and is the mother of three adult children, Reverend Kimberley S. Copeland, Dr. Garrison E. Copeland and Michael Patterson Taylor Copeland. During her distinguished 27-year career with the Orlando Police Department (OPD), she served in virtually every department, including serving as Commander of the Special Operations. Dr. Lee currently serves as a Leadership Coach for New Leaders for New Schools. She served at two different times as president of the Philadelphia Chapter, 1963-66 and 1974-75. She received service awards for her contribution to the support of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1955, and was cited by the National Council of Negro Women for her community service. Recognized by the NW Georgia YWCA as a Woman of Achievement, she has been listed in both Whos Who Among African Americans and Whos Who in the Southeast. Jo Ann Jenkins holds a variety of board and advisory positions including AARP Board of Directors; General Mills Board of Directors, TheWall Street JournalCEO Council, Kennedy Center National Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, Stanford School of Medicine Board of Fellows, AVNET Board of Directors; World Economic Forum Stewardship Board for the Education, Gender, and Work System Initiative; World Economic Forum, Board of Governors for the Health Systems Initiative; Vice-Chair, International Oversight Board, National Academy of Medicines Healthy Longevity initiative. Under her leadership, for the last three years, the sorority has raised, annually, in excess of $1 million per day to benefit HBCUs. Purnells husband Clifton A. Purnell, long-time athletic director at Capitol Senior High School in Baton Rouge, proceeded her in death. The Fraziers have three children Ronald II, is a business major at Howard University and Robert Christophe and Rozalynn Suzanne attend schools in Miami. In 1976, the Arlington (VA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated accepted her into membership, which served as a fulfillment to her heartfelt commitment to empowering individuals who may otherwise be denied. Campbell was appointed as Deputy Sergeant at Arms in July 2021 and has supported high security events such as the State of the Union Address, where she escorted the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Most recently, Dr. Glover was the 2018 recipient of the HBCU President of the Year award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Stratton attended High School for Girls in Philadelphia and Glassboro State Teachers College where she majored in elementary education. Battey/Wikimedia. Rep. Demings is married to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, is a proud mother to three sons, and proud grandmother to five. Maloney came to be considered Lynchburgs first lady of education and seemed never to recognize the meaning of the word retirement. After her years at Dunbar High she served on the Lynchburg Public Schools as Inter-Administrator and consultant for Lyn-Cay Headstart; and on many other boards including Mental Health, the Red Cross, the United Way, Polio Committee, YWCA, Lynchburg Community Action Group, Friends of the Public Library, the City Restoration Committee, Fine Arts Center, Bethune Child Care Center, Meals-On-Wheels, and the NAACP. President Frazier has also served as a Preceptor at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Florida, and as a Clinical Field Instructor at the Florida A. and M. University College of Pharmacy in Tallahassee, Florida. Mrs. Liberty is lauded by her sorority for her stewardship of the organizations mission of enhancing the quality of life for women and their families in the U.S. and globally. Church in Camden. Working closely with the National Programs committee, and particularly with Hazelle Boulware of Lynchburg, VA the national director of Services to Youth, Purnell secured for The Links, a grant of $101,205 from the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Program (LEAA) of the U.S. Department of Justice. A devoted student, Congresswoman Pressley was supported by her teachers, faculty, and peers and was elected class president every year from 7th grade through senior year of high school. [9] Sarah Strickland Scott, 1949-1953 Margaret Rosell Hawkins, 1953-1957 Pauline Weeden Maloney, 1957-1961 Vivian J. Beamon, 1962-1970 Helen Gray Edmonds, 1970-1974 Pauline Ellison, 1974-1978 Julia Brogdon Purnell, 1978-1982 Regina Jollivette Frazier, 1986-1990 During her lifetime, she has received sterling awards of achievement, including, her speech, If Not You, Who? She is serving her fourteenth term as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Before her election as national president, she developed and delineated the National and International Trends and Services program facet. Stylish, scintillating, and hardworking, Katie Greene was awarded a gold bracelet at the 1969 Assembly for her unmatched record of attendance at every assembly for twenty years. She also enjoys playing her organ and working with her block club. Dr. Edmonds was the first Black woman to become Dean of a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the United States. At a testimonial marking her retirement after 25 years of service to the Cincinnati public schools, the superintendent cited her distinguished record and praised her ability to recognize, develop, and inspire leadership skill and ability. Leonard earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Psychology from Howard University and a Master of Science Degree from North Carolina Central University. During this period of service, she established the relationship between The Links and Africare, which resulted in the furnishing of The Links room at the Africare House in Washington, D.C, and in the digging of numerous water wells all over the African continent. President Frazier served as an honorary chair of the 1989 LDEF Equal Justice Dinner in New York City. In her professional life, she was employed as national program leader for Human Sciences Research by the Families, 4-H and Nutrition Unit in the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. She has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of an engineering firm, a tax manager at a major public utility company, and an accountant with a Big-Four CPA firm. As its first major task, Edmonds asked the Advisory Council to explore and evaluate the feasibility of a national headquarters for the organization. A Hoosier by birth, Patricia Russell-McCloud, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana where she attended Shortridge High School. By the end of her second term, the national headquarters was fully operational. Today, she works on the House Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Intelligence Committees. The 1974 National Assembly meeting in Washington, D.C. elected Pauline Ellison, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, and a charter member of the Arlington (VA) Chapter as the sixth national president. She createdDrive to End Hunger, a multi-year, nationwide campaign which has donated tens of millions of meals and provides support to over 100 anti-hunger organizations across the country. Adams holds the Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude from Southern University in Baton Rouge and the Masters of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. Over our 75 year history, 17 trailblazing women have served at the helm of The Links, Incorporated. She has been recognized with numerous awards including Ad Color Legend Award, BE Powerful Women in Business, Ebony Power 100, BET Butterfly Award, Cosmetics Executive Women Achievers Awards, Advertising Age Women to Watch, Women Wear Daily Marketer of the Year, and many more. Dr. Cole is married to James D. Staton, Jr. She is the mother of three sons and one stepson. Myrtle C. Manigault Stratton was a native of Philadelphia although at the time of the organization she was living across the river in Camden, New Jersey, and she continued her residence in that locality. Campbell was personally recognized for her professionalism and dedication to ensuring the safety and security of Members and staff. Dolly Desselle Adams, eighth national president of The Links, Incorporated, was born in Marksville, Louisiana. On the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, she worked with members of both parties to keep the American people safe from foreign threats and crafted bipartisan legislation to assist in securing American elections. In her eight-year tenure on the Council, she: In 2016, Congresswoman Pressley was named one of The New York Times 14 Young Democrats to Watch. Mrs. Liberty will provide leadership to over 100,000 sorority members and serve as chairman of the board of directors, composed of 38 national and regional officers who manage the sororitys 500 chapters in the United States and in several countries. She has brought fresh thinking to these businesses and championed high impact purpose driven efforts like Doves founding of the CROWN (Creating and Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Coalition to help foster beauty inclusivity and to eradicate hair discrimination through support of the CROWN Act legislation. Adjoa chairs the Democratic National Committees African American Leadership Council, and has worked on several bi-partisan initiativesincluding training women across the political ideological spectrum at American Universitys Women & Politics Institute. Torchbearer Award, United Negro College Fund The Links was founded in Philadelphia when two young black women, Margaret Hawkins and Sarah Scott, invited seven friends to join them in forming a new type of intercity club. Her undergraduate studies were at Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Kentucky, after which she attended an intensive study program, sponsored by the Council for Legal Educational Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and matriculated for her Jurist Doctorate degree at Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C. She stressed family involvement in all Links program planning and activities. She is a charter member of the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter located in the Central Area. 25 Influential Black Women in Business,The Network Journal On this rich background of service and experience, she was elected to the national presidency of The Links, Incorporated. Throughout her career, Campbell has risen through the ranks and held numerous management positions within the USSS to include the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the Office of Technical and Mission Support and the Inspection Divisions; Assistant Inspector, Headquarters/Inspection Division; Special Agent, Criminal Investigative Division; and Special Agent, Intelligence Division. Ultimately, Adjoa is the go-to change agent to mobilize leaders and communities for thoughtful, collective social and political action. Smith was also recognized in 2017 as an Outstanding Georgia Citizen by the Office of the Secretary of State and is the recipient of a U.S. Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition. On the basis of the Advisory Councils study and recommendations, the concept and trial structure for the headquarters was approved by the 1974 Washington Assembly. Smith is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and Golden Torch Honor Societies. Her community volunteer services seem rooted in her concerns for children and young peopleservice as a member of the board of Childrens Protective Services, and the Family Counseling and Childrens Services of McLennan County, Texas; Waco (Texas) Neighborhood Youth Center; Secretary of the National Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation of Los Angeles; Seattle Planned Parenthood and Friends of the Childrens Defense Fund Committee are some of her affiliations. Dr. . Her father, The Reverend Clyde Mitchell Schultz, died when she was only eight years of age, but she was embraced and shepherded by caring relatives in Springfield, Illinois. Take charge of your health is her motto. By doing so, the needs of people were met. Campbell was appointed Special Agent in Charge of the Liaison Division within the Office of Government and Public Affairs in 2014 where she secured all diplomatic and official passports. Growing up, Vice President Harris was surrounded by a diverse community and extended family. She was cited byEbony magazine as one of the most influential Black Americans from 1982-86; was elected byDollars and Sense Magazine as one of Americas top Business and Professional Women of 1986. Kornisha also served as the 2015-2017 Southeastern Regional Secretary, Regional Nominating Committee member for 2 terms, and as Regional Chair of Rules and Regulations. Here, for more than 30years, until her retirement in 1977, she served successively as professor of history; chairman of the history department, dean of the Graduate School and University Distinguished Professor. Federal agency officials and members of Congress on a variety of family and consumer issues. She believes that health literacy, self-empowerment and initiative are required to create a culture of wellness within your work and home environment. They quickly became involved in the community. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of color in 288 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. These include respect for our Founders, Past National Presidents, Present and Past National, Area and Chapter Officers, Chapter Organizer(s), Charter Members and Honorary Members. Open on Saturdays, the Center serves hot meals, has a food pantry, a clothing center and offers counseling services for people of all ages. When she retired in 1984 as professor of education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Purnells distinguished career included teaching positions at Avery Institute in Charleston, South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, and Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina. As an educator, servant leader, small business managing partner, and philanthropist, Kornisha has spent the majority of her professional and personal life supporting and advocating for the youth in the community. a Metallurgical Engineer and a fellow member of the Board of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. and is a proud graduate of Howard University. On August 11, 2020, Vice President Harris accepted President Joe Bidens invitation to become his running mate and help unite the nation. Barbara Jean Dixon Simpkins was born and educated in the public schools of Pensacola, Florida. Terrell High School in 1943 at the age of 16. She has been a member of the chapters International Trends and Services committee, and the Services To Youth committee. Adams was inducted into the Seattle (WA) Chapter and affiliated with the Angel City (LA) Chapter. Dr. Glover also served as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson (Mississippi) Airport Authority. Congresswoman Beatty is a committed and vocal supporter of the Congressional Black Caucus, concussion awareness and education legislation, and the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), which seeks to increase the participation of women and minorities in all facets of the financial marketplace. Her skill sets include demonstrated expertise in organizational effectiveness, business operations redesign and restructure and strategic planning. She was one of fifty influential leaders attending the legislative briefing co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democratic National Committee Black Caucus/Bethune-DuBois Fund, and was a guest at a reception in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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