Board of Directors

 

OFFICERS

Chairman:
Richard D. Parsons
Senior Advisor
Providence Equity LLC
 
Vice Chairman:
Alfred C. Liggins, III
Chairman, TV One, LLC
CEO/President, Radio One, Inc.

 

Treasurer:
JoAnn R. Price
Managing Partner
Fairview Capital Partners, Inc.

 

Secretary:
John W. Carr
Retired Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


DIRECTORS

John D. Demsey
Group President, The Estee Lauder Companies
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

Michael L. Diamond
Senior Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Intelligence
Time Warner Cable

T. Troy Dixon
Managing Director and Head of Structured Products Trading Group
Deutsche Bank

W. Anthony Edson
Apollo Global Management LLC

Yolanda Ferrell-Brown
President
Ferrell-Brown Design, Inc.

Carla Harris
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Investment Management 

Maya L. Harris
Vice President, Democracy, Rights and Justice
The Ford Foundation 

Ingrid Saunders Jones
Sr. Vice President, Global Community Connections
The Coca-Cola Company 

Marcella A. Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Giving Back Foundation

Paul Tudor Jones, II
Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Tudor Investment Corporation

Quincy Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Quincy Jones Productions, Inc.

Edward Lewis
Senior Advisor, Solera Capital
Chairman, Latina Media Ventures
Co-Founder of Essence Magazine

Loida Nicolas Lewis
Chair and CEO
TLC Beatrice, LLC

William E. Lighten
Managing Director
Eland Capital Partners

Philip R. Pitruzzello
VP Manhattanville Development
Columbia University

Ronald O. Perelman
Chief Executive Officer
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.

Jonelle Procope
President and CEO (ex officio)
Apollo Theater Foundation 

Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility 
Time Warner Inc.

Marcus Samuelsson
Chef/Restaurateur
Red Rooster Restaurant

Kurt Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Harlem Globetrotters

Debra Shriver
Vice President and CCO, Senior Vice President/Magazines
Hearst Corporation

Earl W. Stafford
Chief Executive Officer
The Wentworth Group, LLC

Leslie M. Uggams
Artist/Singer

Darryl E. Wash
Managing Partner
Ascend Venture Group, LLC

Vaughn C. Williams, Esq.
Of Counsel
Skadden Arps Meager and Flom LLP

Willie E. Woods
President
ICV Capital Partners, LLC

Brett Ian Wright
Media Entrepreneur
Founder/Chief Executive Officer, NuAmerica Agency
Co-Founder, Uptown Magazine
Principal, Uptown Creative Agency

Patricia Miller Zollar
Managing Director
Neuberger Berman