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Organizational Structure

Chapter Presidents 

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Atlanta

Dana Lewis

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Chicagoland 

Vanessa Weathersby 

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Dallas 

Vacant

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Detroit

​Ricardo Jackson

 

Lansing 

Jeanette Patterson

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Los Angeles

Stephanie Harris-Byers

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Oakland County 

Shaunta Tyus

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Saginaw 

Vacant

 

Washington D.C.

Marvin Yates

Executive Officers

 

President 

Carleen M. Gardner

president@msuba.org

 

1st Vice President  

Paris Ross

1stVP@msuba.org

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Interim 2nd Vice President

Keith Hernandez

2ndVP@msuba.org​

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Treasurer

Darnel Manning

treasurer@msuba.org​

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Secretary

Tommy Johnson

secretary@msuba.org​

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Interim Financial Secretary

Bryan Cotton

financesec@msuba.org

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Comptroller

LaVerne Wilson

comptroller@msuba.org

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Parliamentarian 

Bryan Cotton

parliamentarian@msuba.org

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Board of Directors

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Kwafo Adarkwa

 

Jeff Akins

 

Diamond Cooper-Baltimore

 

Mary Ann Ferguson

 

Shardae Herriford

 

Dr. Wanda Lipscomb

 

Lee Johnson Jr. 

 

Dr. Tyloaha Parker-Alexander

 

Kennedy Walters

 

Erica Adams Williams

 

Sean Williams

 

Michael Williamson Jr.​

 

Alan Young 

COMMITTEES

Audit

Shall be appointed by the president and shall receive all records from the treasurer and the controller. The committee shall be responsible for auditing all financial records annually and shall engage the services of an independent auditor no less frequently than every three (3) years. The committee shall be chaired by a Group I director and the membership shall include a Group III director, the controller and three life members.
      

Baby Boomers


      

Bylaws


 

Communication/Public Relations

Email: communication@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the president and will assist the president with relationships with other organizations and shall publish the organizations newsletter. The editor or the newsletter shall be a member of this committee. 

 
     

Endowment

Email: finance@msuba.org


 
Executive 

Email: EC@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the president, the first vice president, the second vice president, the secretary, the treasurer, financial secretary, parliamentarian, comptroller and the president-emeritus. The executive committee shall exercise the powers of the board in respect to the management of the organization. Four committee members shall constitute a quorum. Minutes of the committee meeting shall be received and acted upon at the next regular meeting of the board.

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Finance

Email: finance@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the treasurer, financial secretary and four Directors appointed by the president, subject to the approval of the board by a majority vote. The finance committee shall develop and recommend to the board an annual budget. The proposed budget shall be distributed to each board member at least ten (10) days before the July board meeting. A Fund Development Sub-Committee shall be convened by the Finance Committee to address periodic fundraising initiatives.

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Homecoming 

Email: homecoming@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the president and shall be charged with the planning and preparation of the "homecoming" activities for that year. The committee shall submit the plan, including budget, to the board for approval not later than the spring meeting of the board of directors. 



Membership/Local Chapter Relations

Email: membership@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the president and chaired by the second vice president. Membership of this committee shall include the local Chapter presidents. The committee shall assist the second vice president with the development of new chapters and be the liaison between the national board and the local chapters. 


Nomination 

Email:
nominations@msuba.org

Shall be appointed by the president at the second quarterly meeting. and will consist of five (5) directors. The committee shall recommend to the membership a slate of nominees for Group I director positions. The nominating committee shall give strong consideration to nominees who have demonstrated capable prior service. The committee shall also recommend to the national board of directors a slate of candidates for election to officer positions.


Proxy

Email: proxy@msuba.org


 
Scholarship

Shall be appointed by the president and shall establish a mechanism for the awarding of the organization's scholarship awards, oversee the presentation of the awards and monitor and report to the board the progress of the award winners during the award period.


 
Sponsorship 

Email: sponsorship@msuba.org



Technology

University/Student Relations


Shall be appointed by the president and shall address the organization's relationship with Michigan State University and students as assigned by the board of directors. Membership shall include the Group II and Group IV directors.

 

Young Alumni Initiative

 
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If you are interested in working on a committee please contact the committee directly
or email to
membership@msuba.org

 

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