Board of Directors
W. Charles Brandy
President (2021)
Sharon Y. Holley
1st V.P. (2021)
Melvin Watkins
Treasurer (2021)
Dr. Sharon Amos
Fin. Sec (2020)
Sonia Walker
Secretary (2019)
Board Members
Sandra Williams Bush (2020)
Karen Carter Davis (2019)
Kristen V. Elmore, Esq. (2021)
Dr. Nadine S. Lockwood(2021)
Dr. Barbara Nevergold (2021)
Dr. Steve Peraza (2021)
Darrell M. Saxon, II (2019)
Madeline O. Scott (2021)
Dr. Lillian Williams (2021)
Member Biographies
Kristen Elmore
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Kristen Elmore graduated from SUNY Brockport in 2013 with not one but two majors, political science and television production.
Lilian S. Williams
Lillian S. Williams, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and former chair of the Department of African American Studies. Prof. Williams received a doctorate degree from
Melvin H Watkins
Melvin Watkins is a founding member of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, inc. (AAHANF), and has been an invaluable asset to the
Madeline S. Scott
A native of Olean, NY, Madeline O Easly Scott moves to Buffalo in 1958. She retired from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1990 after 32