OFFICERS

Andrea M. O'Neal

Brooklyn, NY

A.B. ’03, Business Economics

Andrea  M. O'Neal ('03) brings 20 years of experience championing the advancement of historically and socially marginalized communities with expertise in institutional equity, racial and economic justice, organizational behavior, and cultural change management. She is currently a presidential appointee of the Biden-Harris Administration, serving as the first-ever Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Equity at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). O'Neal is a recognized thought leader in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) field with a career spanning global Wall Street, social impact, and advisory services for C-Suite executive teams. She is on the front lines of mission-critical work related to breaking down systemic barriers, closing racial wealth gaps, fostering equitable workplaces, and operationalizing high-performing culturally competent leadership practices. Andrea has served as a research advisory committee member for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Equitable Futures Project, Ambassadors Program for the Smithsonian National Museum of African  American History & Culture (NMAAHC), Board Chair of the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), Brown University's Presidential Task Force on Anti-Black Racism, Brown University President's Leadership Council, and President of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider, and in several industry conferences. She holds an A.B. in business economics from Brown, hails from Atlanta, GA  and resides in Washington, D.C.

Interested in serving because:

History demands – especially in this moment – that we boldly leverage the power of our Black collective efficacy to protect the hard-fought gains, strengthen our institutions, ensure knowledge transfer, preserve cultural presence, inspire community engagement, sustain community well-being, honor ancestral legacy, and generate fertile new soil for future seeds to grow. 

I have diligently worked alongside fellow alumni to make meaningful inroads on this bigger vision. As part of the 2018-2020 and 2020-2022 administrations, I have co-created and produced stellar IPC regional programming, such as the Beyond 1619 event in NYC; and I have also helped establish new IPC strategic partnerships on campus with the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Institute for Transformative Practice. Additionally, the Executive Committee has successfully magnified IPC’s campus impact within the ecosystem of Alumni Relations, Advancement, Admissions, Financial Aid, Campus Life, and the Office of the President. We have built a strong rapport with key stakeholders and are considered trusted thought partners that help meet community needs and drive change. Most importantly, we have strengthened IPC’s bonds with current students by being a reliable council of elders that supports their organizations, offers advice, and amplifies their concerns to the University. The Harambee House 25th Anniversary celebration and IPC Black Student Leadership Retreat are representations of the intergenerational community building essential for our collective connectivity and sustainability.  

I practice a philosophy of servant leadership with a personal priority to reinvest my skills and resources into the communities that have given me so much.

Reginald D. Williams II

Washington, DC

A.B. ‘02, Biomedical Ethics

Reginald D. Williams II (Reggie) leads the Commonwealth Fund’s International Program and co-leads the Fund’s focus on Behavioral Health.

As Vice President of the International Health Policy and Practice Innovations program, he is responsible for fostering international dialogue, exchange, and education that enables U.S. policymakers and health care leaders to learn from cross-national experiences. He is responsible for the organization’s international research and policy analysis. Critical to all activities is the cultivation of a robust international network of senior policymakers and health care leaders, including the Commonwealth Fund’s Harkness.

Prior to the Fund, Mr. Williams worked as a managing director at Avalere Health for 15 years. His roles at Avalere included leading the firm’s Evidence-Based Medicine Policy practice and focusing on health care delivery innovation and digital health. For over 10 years, he has volunteered with organizations dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives, serving on the board of directors of Fountain House and the Youth Mental Health Project. He has also served as the chair of the board of directors of Mental Health America. Mr. Williams earned an A.B. in Biomedical Ethics from Brown University in 2002.

Interested in serving because:

Brown University changed my life forever. I am running for President-Elect of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council to continue to deepen my service to Brown University and its Black community. 

As a visiting high school senior, I was welcomed by the Black community at Brown during a weekend visit that made me feel at home, excited for my future and future of other Black students like me. That feeling of community drew me to Brown, nurtured me while I was there, and is an experience I want to make sure other Black students and alumni have at the university.

The support network, feelings of belonging, and opportunities for learning that carry Black students through their time on campus is vital. For me, it was being a part of Harambee House leadership, active participation in the group formally known as the Organization of United African Peoples (predecessor to the Black Student Union), and the greater Providence National Pan-Hellenic Council community. As an alumni volunteer, I have led the Brown Club of Washington DC, participated on the President’s Advisory Committee on Public Health and served as a fundraiser on the behalf of my reunion classes.

As President-Elect, I hope to continue to serve the Brown University Black community by fostering relationships between alumni, students, faculty, and staff. I want to be a constructive catalyst for achieving the IPC mission. As alumni, we can create positive experiences for the Black community at Brown. I hope we can work together!

Eleanor Brown

Washington, DC

Sc.B. ‘93, Biology

Eleanor Brown is a professor of law at Penn State Law, a professor of International Affairs in the School of International Affairs (SIA) and a senior scientist in the Rock Ethics Institute of the Pennsylvania State University.  She is one of very few black women who are full professors at the nation's 9th largest university (yes, Penn State NEEDS more Black women). She is also the co-founder of DiversiBoard which helps companies to find diverse software engineering and other technical talent from a broad international pool with a particular emphasis on her native Caribbean and also West Africa. 

Eleanor graduated from Brown with a degree in Biology. Eleanor has remained a very active alumna of Brown. She served in the alumni leadership for her class (1993) and mentors current Brown students. She has also helped place current Brown students in internships. She has served as a volunteer interviewer for applicants to Brown. 

At Brown, she was a very happy resident of Perkins. She won the Alice Hagy Prize for academic achievement at graduation. She was very active in a variety of student groups at Brown, including the peer counseling program and most notably the movement for need-blind admissions. Eleanor is passionate about creating opportunities for Black people. Up until recently, she served as Chair of Lutie Lytle, an academic association of Black women law professors (named after the first Black woman to become a law professor), which is primarily an academic mentorship organization for young Black women considering becoming lawyers and law professors. Having served on several multinational Boards in her native Caribbean, she also cares deeply about opening up Board service opportunities for Black and Brown people.

After she graduated from Brown, Eleanor received the Rhodes Scholarship and pursued a graduate degree in Politics at Balliol College, University of Oxford. She also graduated from the Yale Law School. She then returned to her native Jamaica, where she was Chair of Jamaica's Trade Board. 

Eleanor's academic work is at the center of race, migration, and property acquisition. Her book, "The Blacks Who 'Got' Their 40 Acres," will be published with Oxford University Press. Prior to joining the faculty of Penn State, Eleanor was a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. She has previously been a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation, a GWIPP Fellow at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, and a Reginald Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School.  While at New America, she regularly wrote opeds and her work has been featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. Eleanor was a member of the board of directors of the Association for Law, Property and Society and the Fellowship Committee for the Association of University Women.  Eleanor was also an external board member of Caribiz, an association of Caribbean business school students and alumni, formed to support capital market development in the Caribbean.  Eleanor is active in the Episcopalian church and is a single mom of three children.

Interested in serving because: 

I love Brown and I believe passionately in the power of Black alumni networks. I recognize the power of these very alumni networks in my own life! Indeed, a Black alum first recruited me to Brown, another Black alum wrote a recommendation for me for law school, and yet another helped me get a job as a law professor. 

When I first came to Brown, I was a 17 year old, freshly arrived from my native Jamaica. Brown was my first experience of the United States, and I remain eternally grateful to the Black alums who "held my hand" while I was a student and helped me to make my way following graduation. To this day, my most vivid memory of Brown is the TWTP program. There could not have been a more welcoming way to introduce me to Black and Brown folks and to  the larger Brown community! 

In my own life, I have tried to "pay in forward" through my service to my class (1993), my active participation in the alumni interviewing process of applicants, my mentorship of current Brown students and my specific participation in recruiting Caribbean students in particular. 

Why would I like to be Secretary? If I am fortunate enough to be elected, my primary (though not sole) responsibility would be the communication of IPC positions, as well as policies and activities affecting the Black community. I understand the indispensable role that effective communication will play in ensuring that the IPC properly represents the interests of Black students and alumni, and also in building relationships with partner organizations and ensuring appropriate visibility in the larger university community. I have served in a similar role for other organizations and I feel confident that if elected, I would competently fulfill my responsibilities. 

I do not take  your support for granted. Please feel free to email me with any questions. Thank you for considering my candidacy. Ever True!

Randi Richardson

Flint Township, Michigan

A.B. ‘20, Modern Culture and Media and African Studies

Randi Richardson '20 is originally from Flint Township, Michigan and graduated with honors in degrees of Modern Culture and Media and Africana Studies.

She currently works at NBC News as a reporter covering structural racism and entertainment news. She's served on IPC's Black Matriculation Committee for the past two years implementing new initiatives such as Zoom calls and a podcast to encourage accepted students to matriculate to Brown. She's also been informally advising current students on how to navigate some of the same barriers she faced while on campus. While at Brown, she wrote for the Brown Daily Herald, was a member of the Varsity Women's basketball team, co-led Black Christian Ministries, served as a University tour guide and info session leader and was a Residential Peer Leader (RPL) for three years. 

Interested in serving because:

I'm running for Recent Graduate Officer because the best part of Brown is Black at Brown and I'm invested in making campus the very best it can be for Black students. For the past two years, I've had the pleasure of working with seasoned alumni who have institutional knowledge about Black at Brown and it's been eye opening to not only learn that history, but also to see how it informs what IPC does today. It's been a privilege to work with Black at Brown heavy weights and that's an experience I want to help facilitate for others. This position allows me to connect with both current students and seasoned alumni by spearheading and strengthening intergenerational relationships like the ones that have meant so much to me these last couple years. I also have a personal interest in running as a recent alumna who is aging out of knowing current students. When Class of 2023 graduates, I won't know any current students and just the thought of that is saddening. But this position allows me to stay connected to campus and adds some structure to what I've already been doing. I've been a feedback informed leader my entire life and I'm excited to take my IPC involvement to this next level.