Her contributions to The Links, Incorporated was most outstanding. Reflecting back, however, she recalled that although she was involved in entrepreneurial activities, her real love was rendering service to those around her. Edmonds served as Alternate-Delegate to the 1970 General Assembly of the United Nations. These programs were well received by the public and gave aspiring young African American youth the opportunity to meet role models who encouraged them to develop their talents and skills in this field of artistic endeavor. Even when her health failed and she was confined to a nursing home she would call officers and members to talk about Links. During this same period, Ellison was also pursuing her community interest in young people by founding the Northern Virginia Chapter of Jack and Jill and serving on the board of directors of Burgundy Farm Country Day School and the United Way. Kelli is from Cleveland Ohio (an unwavering Browns fan!) Esi Eggleston Bracey is a transformational business executive with nearly 30 years of experience in general management, brand building, and marketing leadership. 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 was national director of this program area from 1962 to 1967 and again from 1969 to 1970, before the national and international facets were separated. Her bipartisan anti-lynching bill passed the Senate in 2018. In recognition of her services, Ellison was named Arlingtons Woman of the Year, 1986. The Arlington County Commissioners appointed Link Ellison to the Board of Directors of Arlington Community Television. The decision to focus on identification and support of talented youth led to one of the most exciting and productive efforts in organizational history. Barbara Simpkins held many responsible positions. The Department of Justice grant will bolster the Miami-Dade Police Departments ability to combat crime and violence and make the area a safer place to live, work, and raise families. Torchbearer Award, United Negro College Fund Memorial services were conducted by President Frazier, and the November issue of President Fraziers newsletter was devoted to her. In 2014, she married Douglas Emhoff. Ellison has been honored by many national civic and service organizations for her achievements. 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. She is a charter member of the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter located in the Central Area. The announcement was made at the organization's 41st National Assembly held in Indianapolis, IN. She joined the Black Womens Agenda Symposium of National Presidents in Atlanta, Georgia, convened (by Past National President Dolly Adams) to develop strategies to support the 1990 Civil Rights Restoration legislation. That same year, Congresswoman Beatty introduced legislation that made the tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenses paid by elementary and secondary teachers for supplies and expenses permanent. She was appointed national vice president in 1995. She has been awarded nine honorary degrees and innumerable honors. Past Presidents; Chapter Accomplishments . She participated in the AAUW Council of Presidents and met with the president of the National Council of Women of the United States to explore joint project development. Rep. Demings holds an honorary doctorate of laws from Bethune-Cookman University, as well as honorary doctorates from Florida Technical College and City College Fort Lauderdale. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project has awarded millions of dollars in college scholarships to help hundreds of young men achieve their dream of earning a college degree or post-secondary certification. As a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, she fought for better protections for DREAMers and called for better oversight of substandard conditions at immigrant detention facilities. During the first year of the Philadelphia chapters existence, Scott served as vice president and continued to hold this office through 1949 when the nationalization meeting was held. 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America,Savoy Magazine W.E.B. She was active in Jack and Jill, the Mothers Study Club, the Sunday Niters, and the Dealers. A Hoosier by birth, Patricia Russell-McCloud, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana where she attended Shortridge High School. During a two-year residence in Germany she traveled and studied in England, Belgium, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, and France. in Political Science from Yale University with honors in the first graduating class including females, followed by a J.D. Master Innovator,Smart Business NetworkMagazine In addition to driving volume, share, and ratings increases for P&aG and BET, respectively, Kelli has created multiple award-winning creative campaigns, including image campaigns, new branding and visual identification systems to drive specific viewership goals. Memorial Services were held on Friday, July 15, at the Port of History Museum in Philadelphia. She attended St. Colemans Roman Catholic Church. Dr. Newell-Harris has exemplified her exceptional talent to engage audiences in discourses about tough and complicated medical and health topics. As national president, Ellison continued to utilize her many skills and contacts to implement Links programs and maintain the organizations national visibility. In June of that year, the Philadelphia Board of Education awarded her a four-year scholarship to the Womens School of Design, later known as the Moore Institute of Art. 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. In 2019, she received the Baldridge Leadership Award, and was named by Fortune as One of the Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders. She has served as Precinct Chair for District 8 for over 30 years, a member of Grandmothers Club, and Ethel Ransom Humanitarian & Cultural Club. 1949 is also the starting year of the first National President Sarah Strickland Scott. She also played a major role, alongside other federal and local officials, in helping the City of Columbus win the Department of Transportations (DOT) Smart City Challenge, a nationwide competitionpowered by a pledge of up to $40 million in federal funds to transform one mid-size citys transportation network and make it safer, easier to use and more reliable. On June 17, 2021, President Biden passed a bill making Juneteenth a National holiday. She has received citations from her Alma Mater for distinguished service and from her church for outstanding church leadership. Barbara Jean Dixon Simpkins was born and educated in the public schools of Pensacola, Florida. degree from Howard University and the M.A. For many years she was a guidance counselor at the Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware. From 1999 thru 2003, during her time as a Special Agent, Campbell served on the Presidential Protection Division assigned to President William J. Clinton and First Lady Hillary R. Clinton and President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, Ph.D. is a 1986 alumna of Fayetteville State University (FSU), and the 17th national president of The Links, Incorporated. W.O. For six years, she chaired the UNCF Telethon in Waco; for two years, she was telethon chair in Washington, and was UNCF Volunteer of the Year in 1978. In 1983, in her home church, she exchanged wedding vows with Rev. As an entrepreneur, Smith is also senior vice-president of The HR Group Inc., a management consulting firm she has co-owned with her husband, Stephen, for 30 years. 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. Campbell was personally recognized for her professionalism and dedication to ensuring the safety and security of Members and staff. (Minutes, 1984 Assembly pp. Upon her retirement from the Smithsonian she received the title of Director Emerita. Her cultural capital and influential global network have resulted in her being tapped by media companies like BET and SiriusXM to serve as a guest host, and her work can be viewed on radio, tv, and in print. Washington, DC Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard has been elected the 17th president of The Links, Incorporated. Other institutions include her alma-mater, Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard University, Radcliffe College and Western Michigan University. In Philadelphia, she attended Reeves Memorial Church and was active in the Hostess Club and the Sponsors Club. Ultimately, Adjoa is the go-to change agent to mobilize leaders and communities for thoughtful, collective social and political action. Gladys Gary Vaughn 14. Dr. Samuel E. Kelly, former Vice-President at the University, said of her, As an early founder of the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program at the University of Washington, Marion contributed innumerable hours toward the development of a scholarship fund which ultimately produced over $500,000 during the time in which she served on the Board. In 1970, the 17th National Assembly, meeting in Cincinnati, elected Helen Gray Edmonds of Durham, North Carolina, as the fifth national president. She also served on the Transition Committee for current Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. from the University of Virginia Law School. After her term as national president, Scott served for a time as national director of the Service for Youth program facet. Jo Ann began her career with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, moving on to progressively more responsible leadership positions in the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Agriculture before serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Library of Congress where, among other things, she led eleven National Book Festivals. She has amassed over 25 years of success in the academic and business arenas. 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. Over our 75-year history, 17 trailblazing women have served at the helm of The Links, Incorporated. President Frazier has received many honors recognizing her civic and community services in varied ways. Campbell was educated at the Johns Hopkins University (MS), and the University of Florida (BS). Many of her activities were youth or family-oriented. Her first legislative achievement was the establishment of the 500 Role Models of Excellence Project as a district-sanctioned program. Through the years, as the couple moved from the Tenth District, Texas to the Second, Mid-Atlantic States and the District of Columbia, and to the sixth, Georgia, the two have formed a trained, spiritually-oriented working team which has made an indelible imprint on American life wherever they have lived. Gwendolyn B. Lee has more than 38 years experience in secondary education. She was the first African American to serve as the Chair of the Board of United Way of America. The initiative helps to ensure the girls are not forgotten by maintaining media attention and pressure on U.S. and Nigerian officials to honor their pledge to do all they can to rescue them. A sought after public speaker and the recipient of numerous awards, she was previously named one ofEbony Magazines150 most powerful African-Americans in the United States. She was married to Dr. Horace C. Scott and was the mother of one daughter, Marjorie Ann Scott Upshur, who pre-deceased her. As a hobby, Wright indulged a love for historical research. Link Copeland is the 15th national president of The Links, Incorporated, and also a member of the Executive Leadership Council. She has traveled across America, South America, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa and West Africa. National Legislative Affairs and Public Issues Committee. She is married to Charles Glover, and they have two adult children, Attorney Candace Glover and Dr. Charles Glover II. Chair and President, National Council of Negro Women. 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. Congresswoman Wilson also is founder and chair of the Congressional Black Caucuss My Brothers Keeper Task Force. Diversity and Inclusion Award, Murtis Taylor Human Services System She regularly served as Chair of the Audit Committee or Financial Expert to the Board. She also launched Operation Free Palms, a project focusing on rejuvenating Orlandos most crime-ridden housing complex, the Palms Apartments. "We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow," he said in criticism of the national . She then served as a managing attorney in the San Francisco District Attorneys Office and later was chief of the Division on Children and Families for the San Francisco City Attorneys Office. Recently, she introduced theFree Credit Score Act, legislation to require consumer reporting agencies to include a credit score when providing consumers with a free annual credit report. The Sergeant at Arms also coordinates extensively with the U.S. Capitol Police and various intelligence agencies to assess threats against Members of Congress and the Capitol complex. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Delta Kappa Education Fraternity, the Potomac Chapter of Girl Friends, Inc. and a member of Ft. Washington Baptist Church. half marathon as well as the Walt Disney marathon. In the early days of the organization, she worked very hard with the Vigilance Committee. Dr. Edmonds was the first Black woman to become Dean of a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the United States. During her tenure in the Ohio House, she rose to become the first female Democratic House Leader in Ohios history and was instrumental in spearheading and enacting legislation to require financial literacy in Ohios public school curriculum, to expand STEM education, and to secure funds to help under- and uninsured women access breast and cervical cancer treatment. Her alma mater, Bowling Green State University, named her to the 2018 Class of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni and she was honored by the St. Louis Urban League/Urban League Guild with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. 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. She has been a Co-Chair for Leadership Cobb, as well as served on the Board of Directors for Chattahoochee Technical College and the Alumni Board of Directors for Bowling Green State University (Ohio) where she chaired its Strategic Planning committee. 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. 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. In 1957, The Links elected Pauline Weeden Maloney of Lynchburg, Virginia as the third national president. She was tapped by the Biden-Harris campaign to serve as the National Advisor for Black Engagement, and has served as a trusted advisor to numerous federal, state, and local officials. As its first major task, Edmonds asked the Advisory Council to explore and evaluate the feasibility of a national headquarters for the organization. President Frazier represented the organization in the NAACP Silent March on Washington. M.P. Dr. . Smith is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and the Delta Research and Education Foundation (DREF). Further, she has secured more than $10 million in grants for visionary programs involving the professional community in cutting-edge issues such as adolescent pregnancy prevention, family planning, promotion of physical activity among African American youth, school-age child care, and recruitment and retention of minority youth in undergraduate and graduate programs. In further tribute to President Maloney, a memorial display was placed in The Links headquarters during the November 1987 meetings of the national committees and The Links Foundation. She is married to Stephen V. Leonard and they are the proud parents of two sons Victor and Alexander. 1905. She earned her B.A. Stanford was active with the Visiting Nurses Association and the Montgomery Hospital Association. 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. The chapter establishment officer was . She was a writer, gourmet cook, and gardener. Rice, Mayor of Seattle, proclaimed November 4, 1990, as Marion Schultz Sutherland Day. On August 11, 2020, Vice President Harris accepted President Joe Bidens invitation to become his running mate and help unite the nation. Congresswoman Wilson has consistently secured resources for various projects in her district, including a $1 million grant in 2014 to help reduce crime in Miami-Dade Countys highest crime area, the Northside District. In February 2022, Cooke-Holmes was installed as National President and Chair, Board of Directors of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for the remainder of the 2021-2023 biennium, after serving as National First Vice President and National Secretary. She is a prolific motivational speaker in the areas of leadership and change management. Dr. Newell-Harris has received acclaimed recognition for her work as the healthcare educational consultant for a major international philanthropic organization. Simpkins died December 10, 2009 at her home in Fort Washington, Maryland. She is married to Dr. Elwyn Lee who is also a Yale Graduate and an Administrator at the University of Houston. She is the co-Founder of Salute Selma, Inc., a non-profit organization designed to take the lessons learned through the lenses of the Civil Rights Movement and apply these solutions to everyday business practices. She was the mother of two sons, Frederick, Jr., and Bruce Rosell Hawkins. In rapid succession she became Southern Area director and then national vice president. Vice President of the United States of America. Vivian Beamom 5. From 2011 to 2018, she served as the Science, Space and Technology Committees first African-American and first female Ranking Member. Kelli served as the head ofGlobal Consumer Branding and Advertising for DELLs Consumer Products division, head of Marketing and Communications for BET Networks, and as a Brand Manager at P&G. 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. There she soon became one of the citys demonstration teachers in art techniques. She attended the School of Accounts and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, and served as an accountant, auditor, and equal employment counselor for the Internal Revenue Service, and as a bank director and corporate secretary. President Pauline Maloney was a great American woman. 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. 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. superb leadership in The Links, Incorporated. Most recently, she passed legislation to rename a Miami post office in honor of Father Richard Marquess-Barry, a pillar of the community and one of South Floridas most influential and unifying faith-based leaders. On this rich background of service and experience, she was elected to the national presidency of The Links, Incorporated. As a state legislator, she worked with Governor Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the State Capitol and passed a bill mandating HIV/AIDS testing for prisoners upon their release and linking them to care in the counties where they relocated. On frequent subsequent trips abroad, she has revisited these countries as well as Ireland, Portugal, Morocco, Monaco, and the Caribbean areas. and a Ph.D. in anthropology with a specialization in African Studies from Northwestern University. Kornisha was recognized as Chapter President of the Year by the Southeastern Region at the 29th Biennial Mothers Regional Conference. D. from Nova Southeastern University in educational leadership as an accelerated student. 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). degree with a major in history from Morgan State College in Baltimore, and M.A. She brings to any task given her the traits which characterize her and account for her success. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Fisk University and a Master of Science degree in elementary education from the University of Miami, Congresswoman Wilson worked as a teacher and assistant educational coordinator for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Head Start program. Among her many religious affiliations are membership in the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Baton Rouge and its Missionary Society, Stewardess Board, and Laymens Organization. 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