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Africa In April Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. Willie H. Gregory, Sr., Manager, Community Public Relations, Nike, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kent, Regional District Manager, Miller Coors

Mrs. Janas Jackson, Diversity& Affinity Groups Advisor,FedEx Express Corporation

Mr. A. L. Lewis, President, Inward Journey Security, Inc.

Mr. Josh Hammond, President, Buster’s Liquors & Wines

Mr. Calvin Taylor, Memphis Convention& Visitors Bureau, Community Relations

Mrs. Teleesa Payne Mason, President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ,BEO Chapter

Danny Jenkins, President/CEO, Frame-It-Now

Mr. & Mrs. Willie Nelson, President/CEO Nelson Plumbing, Inc.

Rev. Melvin Watkins, Jr., Co-Pastor, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Westwood Inc.

FedEx African American Network:

Marlon Sanders, Chair

Willie F. Brooks, Jr., Co-Chair

Cheryl Floyd

Ellen Buggs

Acknowledgements

The Honorable William Byron Lee, Governor, State of Tennessee

Brother Ansar, President, Photography Services, Inc.

John J. DeBerry, Jr., Minority Leader PRO Tempore, TN House of Representatives, 9th District

Ms. Sheila Moses, Academic Services Coordinator, Dean's Office,

Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis

Ms. Pamela DeShields, Senior Administrative Secretary, Rudi E,. Scheidt School of

Music Department, University of Memphis

Carolyn A. Featherstone, Administrative Secretary, Faculty Senate, UM

Mrs. LaShell Vaughn, Africa In April Corporate Coordinator

Mr. Malvin Massey, General Manager, WUMR 91.7 FM, University of Memphis