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She held the position of President of Cotys Global Consumer Beauty Division and Senior Vice President of Procter & Gambles Global Cosmetics leading a portfolio of flagship international make-up brands including COVERGIRL, Max Factor, Sally Hansen, Rimmel London, Bourjois, and more. She is also an Aspen-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership, Class of 2012. During the years after their mothers service as national president both Ellison daughters became members of the Arlington (VA) Chapter. Rep. Demings began her career in Jacksonville as a social worker, working to protect foster children. A community-mobilization movement, National CARES is the only organization dedicated to providing mentoring, healing and wellness services on a national scale for Black children. Rep. Demings shared a two-room home in Jacksonville, Florida with her six older siblings. 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. 1st National President and Co-Founder Philadelphia (PA) Chapter 1949-1953. as a child, which had instilled in her a fundamental sense of right and wrong. (CREES), of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. Her own familycherished mother, devoted husband, children and grandchildrenis the embryo of her concern for Black families, particularly those matriarchal families which seem to have to bear such heavy burdens in our society. Her husband, Ronald Eugene Frazier, is an Architect and Urban Planner whose independent firm is one of the best known in this field. She is leading these brands and her team powerfully through the COVID pandemic, unlocking unprecedented growth (record H1 performance) and market place impact including (but not limited to) noteworthy programs Dove Courage is Beautiful, America wil not be Beautiful, Fathers Taken programs. Her last Assembly was the 23rd, in Las Vegas, which she attended in a wheelchair. 25 Influential Black Women in Business,The Network Journal At a young age, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she attended Miner Normal School and Howard University. Prior to being re-elected as National President, Kornisha served as the 2017-2019 Regional Director of the Southeastern Region. She was one of the founding members of Citizens Concerned with Human Dignity (CCHD) which was formed to assist the economically disadvantage in finding housing in Fort Worth. Community Service Award, SCLC Congresswoman Wilson also is founder and chair of the Congressional Black Caucuss My Brothers Keeper Task Force. Purnells husband Clifton A. Purnell, long-time athletic director at Capitol Senior High School in Baton Rouge, proceeded her in death. Rasheeda S. Liberty also serves as a regional finance director for Amazon. 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. She has a highly successful scholarship initiative at her Alma Mater, Kentucky State University for African American Women scholars in STEM related careers. For three decades she attended Assemblies and Area Conferences regularly and gave valuable advice and encouragement when officers and leaders faced difficult problems. As Senator, Vice President Harris championed legislation to reform cash bail, combat hunger, provide rent relief, improve maternal health care, and address the climate crisis as a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Biennially, The Links, Incorporated gives an award for outstanding international volunteerism. Throughout her education, she was captured by the opportunity and challenge of learning. Beamon was a dedicated community worker, serving on many boards including the Child Guidance Home, the Childrens Theater, the Community Chest of Greater Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Urban League. 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. Many awards and recognitions were presented to her, including the Elks Oratorical Scholarship for her exceptional ability, talent and skill in the art of public speaking. She served as national president of The Links, Incorporated and The Links Foundation, Incorporated and is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of Imani Community Church. Dr. Edmonds was the first Black woman to become Dean of a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the United States. By doing so, the needs of people were met. Julia Brogdon Purnell, charter member and past President of the Baton Rouge Chapter, served as National President of The Links, Incorporated, 1978-1982. Top Executives in Diversity,Black EnterpriseMagazine Gwendolyn B. Lee has more than 38 years experience in secondary education. Three governors were counted among her friends and she received civic appointments from two of them. It is believed the reason for this feel good surge is tied to peoples natural desire for meaning and significance. In 2015, Campbell was detailed as Special Advisor to the Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for the Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness where she developed comprehensive recommendations for transforming the Veteran Affairs $1 billion Uniformed Police Program. Through her activism and non-profit Salute Selma, Inc., Abina has had the privilege to work and march with people like Congressman John Lewis, Past Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George Bush, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris. Adjoa B. Asamoah is a seasoned executive, award-winning impact strategist, international influencer, and leading authority on racial equity, with expertise in organizational and leadership development, leveraging cultural intelligence and behavioral psychology to create meaningful systems change. Dr. Edmonds academic specialties were United States History since 1865; European Diplomacy since 1870; and International Relations. 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. 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. For a short time, she taught kindergarten in Washington. 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. They quickly became involved in the community. "We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow," he said in criticism of the national . 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. Dr. Cole has served on the corporate boards of Home Depot, Merck, and Nations Bank South. Who are the founders? She spoke to the assembled delegations. They are the proud grandparents of eight grandchildren, six boys and two girls. Professionally, Dr. Glover serves as President of Tennessee State University, her beloved alma mater, and is the institutions eighth and first woman president. Her educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics with honors. In her service as the national membership chair, chapter establishment chair, she co-authored The Links signature program, Links to Success: Children Achieving Excellence. As area director, Barbara went with a delegation to South Africa to break ground for the Links/IFESH Schools built by The Links, Incorporated. She was one of eight civil rights leaders who met regularly with the President and members of his Cabinet during the late 1970s. 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. A woman who was known for making hospitality a hobby, Wall was cited by Ebony magazine in 1950 as a hostess of the year. It was she who opened her home for the first meeting of the group members who were invited to form the new club on November 9, 1946. Dr. Helen Grey Edmonds died in Durham, North Carolina on May 9, 1995. With her parents proudly at her side, she received a B.S. Her contributions to The Links, Incorporated was most outstanding. Together, they published and edited a community newspaper, the Pacific Leader. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is serving her 15th term representing the 30th Congressional District of Texas. Among numerous awards is The O. Max Gardner Award from the North Carolina Consolidated System of Higher Education given in 1975 for the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race; the William Hugh McEniry Award from the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities in recognition of principles of dedication and commitment to the education and advancement of the state. A unique tribute was the establishment in 1977 of the Helen G. Edmonds Graduate Colloquium of History at North Carolina Central University, by the (then) 25 Ph.D. holders in History and Social Sciences, her former students who had completed their work in the undergraduate and graduate departments at North Carolina Central University. The two women launched Christines idea for a Service Center at Bethel A.M.E. Church. During her lifetime, she has received sterling awards of achievement, including, her speech, If Not You, Who? It met four timesConsultation I, II, III, and IV. This effort was formally recognized by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and the Ambassador of the Netherlands. Beamon was recognized as the role model and inspiration for at least eight Cincinnati school principals. Thomas Gleason 1963-1987. She also is a recipient of the UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead award. She has traveled across America, South America, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa and West Africa. 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. Du Bois, 1918. She visited Iraq, Jordan, and Afghanistan to meet with servicemembers and assess the situation on the ground. 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. search tools / download zoom Upcoming Pages As a result, her district was awarded billions of dollars in capital funding for major projects like the Port Miami Tunnel, which created thousands of jobs. The Houston (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was organized in 1951 by Dr. Thelma Patten Law who invited thirteen other civic conscious friends, Thelma O. She remained an activist in the community, working as a senior aide to Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, volunteering for Senator John Kerrys reelection campaign, and working for Senator Kerry for 13 years in a variety of roles, including constituency director and political director. A particularly significant accomplishment during her presidency was the fulfillment of The Links pledge to contribute half a million dollars to the United Negro College Fund. The theme, Dynamic Dimensions, used at the 1964 Assembly over which Beamon presided, might very well characterize her administration. She has served as Precinct Chair for District 8 for over 30 years, a member of Grandmothers Club, and Ethel Ransom Humanitarian & Cultural Club. The chapter establishment officer was . Margaret Roselle Hawkins 3. During her tenure on the committee, she participated in hearings for two Supreme Court nominees. When you give you make a lasting impact on someones life an accomplishment that carries more weight than any personal purchase. Maloney received more than a hundred honors and awards from national, regional, state and local organizations. YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award She is a member of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Review Board and the Elections Security Taskforce. Margaret Pauline Fletcher Weeden Maloney, always called Polly, was born and grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of William and Eliza Fletcher. Mr. Adams is a Bishop of the A.M.E. Church and is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. As the wife of the Bishop, Adams is the missionary supervisor of hundreds of groups of women in the Episcopal District to which the Bishop is assigned. 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. Maloney would identify students with college potential, but without obvious financial support, help them make application and then she would arrange for scholarship aid. They have a large blended family that includes their children, Ella and Cole. Kornisha was recognized as Chapter President of the Year by the Southeastern Region at the 29th Biennial Mothers Regional Conference. She also launched Operation Free Palms, a project focusing on rejuvenating Orlandos most crime-ridden housing complex, the Palms Apartments. The professional organizations to which she belongs include the International Reading Association, the American Association of University Professors, the National Association of College Women, the National Reading Association, and the Louisiana Reading Association. She earned an M.A. 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. Scotts daughter was the first Black student to attend the Friends Select School in Philadelphia. As a hobby, Wright indulged a love for historical research. Wall also gave the young organization an even more tangible gift. Her education also includes completing a National Institutes of Minority Health pre-doctoral fellowship at George Washington University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences examining chronic disease and family systems, a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute post-doctoral fellowship at the Howard University Cancer Center, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics studying cardiovascular and cancer epidemiology, and completing the Graduate Summer Program in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her first legislative achievement was the establishment of the 500 Role Models of Excellence Project as a district-sanctioned program. She attended Haines School, Tuskegee Institute, and Hampton Institute. 2013. She is also a member of her chapters Presidents Advisory Board, an advisory group consisting of past chapter presidents created to provide ongoing guidance to the chapter. In 1978, the 21st National Assembly, meeting in Chicago, installed Julia Brogdon Purnell as the seventh national president of the organization. She brings to any task given her the traits which characterize her and account for her success. Margaret Rosell Hawkins Sarah Strickland Scott Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Sarah Scott Strickland envisioned an organization that would respond to the needs and aspirations of Black women in ways that existing clubs did not. President Frazier served as an honorary chair of the 1989 LDEF Equal Justice Dinner in New York City. During this conversation, our past national presidents will share their valued insight, personal stories on friendship and service, and how they upheld the legacy our co-founders set course to in 1946 during their respective administrations. She has received citations from her Alma Mater for distinguished service and from her church for outstanding church leadership. Leonard was tabbed for the post at the organizations 41st National Assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana. Opal Lee was born October 7, 1926 in Marshall, Texas. She earned the Ed.D. Recently she was on the board of Marthas Table, a nonprofit that supports children, families and communities in Washington, D. C. through quality education, healthy food and community support. Kornisha is married to Dr. Darius K. Brown, Sr., and they are the very proud parents of two children- Jordan Janay Brown and Darius Brown, Jr. She and her family are active members of New Birth Outreach Church in Columbus, GA. President, National Council of 100 Black Women. 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. Kornisha McGill Brown is a native of Thomaston, GA and currently resides with her family in Columbus, GA. She is a graduate of Spelman College where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. She also serves as community advisor to the Board of Directors of Arlington Hospital, and as secretary of the Womens Committee of the Washington performing Arts Society. For six years she has served as chairperson of the chapters annual fundraising event, The Monte Carlo. This benefit effort raises thousands of dollars every year to carry out the chapters commitments to deserving students and for other program endeavors. Prior to her service in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Beatty was Senior Vice President of Outreach and Engagementat The Ohio State University and a member in the Ohio House of Representatives for five terms. More than any other person, it was Edmonds who established the organizations program and structure to make the dedication to human service the identifying characteristic of The Links. 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. Sutherland married Raymond Merriwether, a fellow student at Howard University, and interrupted her studies to become the mother of a baby girl, Chrystal. Link Scott did graduate study in the field of guidance and received her masters degree from Columbia University. Rice, Mayor of Seattle, proclaimed November 4, 1990, as Marion Schultz Sutherland Day. Her husband became a successful developer of apartment houses and nursing homes in the greater Seattle area, and Link Sutherland became a Nursing Home Administrator. Hudgins further recalled that during her administration Maloney had widened the scope of the organizations concerns to include the international scene by directing attention to the problems of the emerging African nations. Dr. . Frances Vashon Atkinson was born in St. Louis and began her education there. 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. 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. Methodist Church. She was appointed national vice president in 1995. 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. A committed Life Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha with over four decades of leadership and service, Dr. Glover has served in several capacities, including International Vice-President, International Treasurer, and Treasurer to the Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF). 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. 4,5) Thousands of Links share Gayes opinion. Always sensitive to the need for intercultural and social changes in the lifestyles of her community and her people, she was an active member of the Fellowship Commission in Philadelphia. She has also sponsored legislation to reduce homeowners insurance premiums, protect foster children, and defend Haitian women against gender-based violence. 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. Esi is married with two children (15-year-old daughter, Anura, and 11-year-old son Benoit). Before her election as national president, she developed and delineated the National and International Trends and Services program facet. She is well known for her disruptive work on COVERGIRL partnering with unconventional beauty talent (Queen Latifah, Pink, Ellen, Janelle Monae) before their prime, breakthrough new product innovation, and unexpected pop-culture tie-ins partnerships (sports, movies, female empowerment) that fostered record brand love, equity, and sales growth. As a guest of the Israeli Government Helen Edmonds participated in the 1971 conference on the Changing Needs in the Education of Women in the Second Development Decade held at Mount Carmel International Center in Haifa, Israel. International Grand Basileus, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Rasheeda S. Liberty was elected the 25th International Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., during the 58th Biennial Boule on July 31, 2020. In addition, she has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Ohio Dominican University and Central State University. Ms. Opal stood alongside the president during this historic occasion and received the pen in which he used to sign off on the law. 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. Master Innovator,Smart Business NetworkMagazine While Dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 1994 to 2012, Dr. Glover led the College of Business through the accreditation process and spearheaded the implementation of the nations first Ph.D. program in Business at a HBCU. Hospital in Dallas. 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. On November 9, 1946, the Links organization gathered for their first National Assembly, with delegates present from chapters that had been established in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Baltimore Maryland; Central New Jersey; Petersburg, Virginia; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Wilmington, In her state, Virginia, she served on the Central Planning District Commission and the Virginia Cultural Laureate Center. During her tenure, the district has received $3.1 billion in grants, contracts, and other assistance. As its first major task, Edmonds asked the Advisory Council to explore and evaluate the feasibility of a national headquarters for the organization. Pauline Ellison 7. During her years as editor of The Pacific Leader, she and her husband sponsored a group of high school girls, The Leaderettes, who were active in promoting good citizenship and wholesome entertainment for their peers. No Glue or Lace. 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. Under her leadership the group was incorporated; 58 chapters were established; Area divisions were reorganized; and The Links became recognized as the fastest-growing, most interesting group of Black women in the country. (Pittsburgh Courier, June 1953). She graduated from Kentucky College and Industrial Institute in Frankfort, and earned a bachelors degree from the University of Cincinnati. While attending the Philadelphia High School for Girls, her innate artistic talent was discovered and she entered the special program in the field of art. She became journalist of her chapter the same year and was elected chapter secretary in 1974. The national president, Regina Frazier, conducted the service which was attended by organizing members, Atkinson, Stratton, Wright, members of the Executive Council, and other Links members from many sections of the country. She holds a BA in English and Philosophy from Spelman College, a Masters in Public Administration from Troy University, and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School. Six years after her induction she was elected to the Executive Council as Member-at-Large. She retired from the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in July 2006, as County Auditor after 20 years of service. While teaching at Wilberforce University, Adams met and married John Hurst Adams, then a faculty member at nearby Payne Theological Seminary. 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. She has amassed over 25 years of success in the academic and business arenas. CEO, EVP Beauty & Personal Care, Unilever North America. On January 6th Campbell was an instrumental player in securing Members of Congress and staff. -Moved ILA Headquarters to 17 Battery Place, New York. One of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in Ohio,Diversity First He is the thirty-eighth person to hold this post since the House of Representatives first met in New York City in 1789. 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. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. And she was the first woman appointed to the board of Coca-Cola Enterprises. She earned a B.A. 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. Pauline A. Ellison was born in Iron Gate, Virginia, and graduated from Watson High School in Covington. Atkinson wrote the words to The Links song, originated the Coronation Carnival, and was the fourth president of the Philadelphia (PA) Chapter. She also is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and she is among that elite cadre of women to serve on corporate boards of publicly-traded companies. As Attorney General, Vice President Harris won a $20 billion settlement for Californians whose homes had been foreclosed on, as well as a $1.1 billion settlement for students and veterans who were taken advantage of by a for-profit education company. Iron Gate, Virginia, and earned a bachelors degree from Columbia University Institute... 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