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:
Rowland O. Abiodun
Department of History of Art and Black Studies, Amherst College
Eric Barkley
Managing Partner, Bayleaf Group LLC
Brian Chingono
Partner, Verdad Capital
Henry John Drewal, Ph.D.
Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Diane Frankel
Director, Artists’ Legacy Foundation
Anne L. Howard-Tristani
Managing Director, Howard-Tristani International Consulting
Vivek Maru
CEO, Namati Global
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:
Augustus Casely-Hayford, Ph.D., ex officio
Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Lonnie G. Bunch III, ex officio
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
John Davis, Ph.D., ex officio
Provost and Acting Under Secretary for Museums and Research, 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
