Board Leadership:
Magdalene Johnson Obaji, chair
President, NIS Solutions
J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., co-vice chair
Director, The Africa Center
Andrew Skipper, co-vice chair
Partner and Head of Africa Practice, Hogan Lovells International Division, London Office
Members:
Department of History of Art and Black Studies, Amherst College
Eric Barkley
Managing Partner, Bayleaf Group LLC
Brian Chingono
Partner, Verdad Capital
Diane Frankel
Director, Artists’ Legacy Foundation
Anne L. Howard-Tristani
President, Howard-Tristani International Consulting
Gay McDougall
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Leitner Center on International Law, Fordham University
Gbenga Oyebode
Co-Founder and Chairman, Aluko & Oyebode
Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi, D.O.
Doctor of Optometry
Tarneem Saeed
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Saeed Group
Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Ph.D.
Former President, Kalamazoo College
Ex Officio Members:
Lonnie G. Bunch III, ex officio
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Kevin Gover, ex officio
Under Secretary for Museums and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Emeriti Members:
Stu Bohart, chair emeritus
Director, OM Asset Management
R. Lucia Riddle, vice chair emerita
Senior Advisor, TD&P Consulting
Timothy Bork, member emeritus
Principal, SKYE Associates LLC
Marcella A. Jones, member emerita
CEO, Jones Foundation
Honorable Anne Imelda Radice, member emerita
Former Director, American Folk Art Museum
Honorable Robin Sanders, member emerita
CEO, FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative and FE3DS, LLC
James H. Small, Ph.D., member emeritus
Franklin Fellow, United States Agency for International Development
