NCOBPS Executive Council Members
Kathie Stromile Golden – Executive Director
Mississippi Valley State University
Emmitt Y. Riley, III – President
Depauw University
Dr. Pearl K. Dowe – Vice President
Emory University
Françoise Cromer – Secretary
College of St. Elizabeth
Princess Williams – Treasurer
Amherst College
Jessica Lynn Stewart – Nominations Committee
Emory University
Shiela Harmon-Martin – Historian
University of the District of Columbia
Periloux Peay – Parliamentarian
Georgia State University
Naomi Nubin – Graduate Student Representative
University of Houston
Elsie Scott – President’s Council
Howard University
Jerome Hunt – LGBTQ+ Caucus
Long Beach City College
Ashley Daniels
Georgetown University and Black Girls Vote
Regional Representatives on the Executive Council
Albert Samuels – Southern Regional Representative
Southern University
Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs – Southern Regional Representative
Hood College
Ayana Best – Eastern Regional Representative
Howard University
Ray Block – Midwestern Representative
Pennsylvania State University
Mackey Unique
Emory University
Gladys Mitchell Walthour – Midwestern Representative
North Carolina Central University
LaGina Gause – Western States Representative
University of California, San Diego
Najja Baptist – At-Large Member
University of Arkansas
Founding Editors National Review of Black Politics
(formerly National Political Science Review)
Andra Gillespie
Emory University
Dr. Pearl K. Dowe
Emory University