ONE OF THE OLDEST EXISTING BLACK WOMEN’S NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA
2023 Board Of Directors

Back row left to right: Barbara Mason Taylor, YolandaWest- Virginia P. Bland
Front row left to right: Cheryl Horn, Margaret McCauley, Dr. Hassena Khan Leonard, Joan A. Thomas, Ann Young.
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Virginia P. Bland
President
Barbara Mason Taylor
Development and Community Outreach Director
Dr. Hassena Khan Leonard, PHD.
Scholarship Director
Jacqueline Jackson-Young
Membership Director
Susan Price Akingblade
Parliamentarian
Advisory Board Members
Kenneth Brown Sr.
Operations manager. Eleven years as a member of the governing board of Trustees at El Camino Community College school District.
Leslye Taylor
Executive leadership, development coach and organizational performance coach. Has served as a keynote speaker for several companies.
Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.
Financial Advisor with Fraser Financial Group, and Massachusetts Mutual in Beverly Hills, California.
Founder of the non-profit, Ray Charles foundation for America
Brian Sherriffe
Courtside administrator for the National Basketball Association. Brian oversees in-game officials, reviews and work closely with broadcast media partners ESPN and TNT.
DR. HASSENA KHAN - LEONARD
RECORDING SECRETARY
MARGARET MCCAULEY
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Chery Horn
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
SUSAN PRICE
PARLIAMENTARIAN
SHIRLEY EARLISE STARK-WALLACE
ANN YOUNG
YOLANDA WEST
HONORABLE DIANE WATSON




