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Board of Directors

Meet NBAF’s Board of Directors, responsible for stewarding the organization’s mission and strategic direction, providing financial and operational oversight, ensuring that NBAF’s resources are managed responsibly and effectively, and supporting the organization’s fundraising and development efforts.

Leatrice 
Ellzy

President & CEO
Ex-Officio

LISA 
BONNER, ESQ

Board Chair
Entertainment Attorney
Bonner Law, PC

CAROLE
SYKES

Vice Chair
Georgia Public Defender Council
Atlanta Judicial Circuit

THEIA
SMITH

Board Secretary
Sr. Director of DEIB
Comcast/NBC/Universal

FELICIA
MCDADE

Board Treasurer
Principal Business Dev & Strategy SE Engie

ANGELA
WATTS

Executive
10 Squared Agency / RAGTRADE ATLANTA

Derek
Johnson

Media Personality and Celebrity Hair Stylist
The J Spot Salon

Jennifer
Christian

Software Quality Manager
Baxter

Malik W.
Hakeem

Assistant Executive Director
Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation

NBAF ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS 

(comprised of former NBAF Board Chairs)

NANCY
BOXILL, PH.D

Ph.D, Retired Fulton County Commissioner

LOLITA
BROWNING JACKSON

Founding Principal, 4 C’s Consulting LLC

SUZANNE
E. BURKS

President & CEO, BurksX Digital Marketing

EVERN
COOPER EPPS

Retired Chairman, UPS Foundation

SONYA
HALPERN

Georgia State Senator

CAMILLE
RUSSELL LOVE

Executive Director, Mayor’s Office Of Cultural Affairs

INGRID
SAUNDERS JONES

Retired Senior VP of Global Community Connections and Chair Of The Coca-Cola Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company

CHARMAINE
WARD MILLNER

Vice President Of Marketing, Communications, Community Relations, Kaiser Permanente

Tracey Lloyd

Executive Director of Emily J.T. Perez Foundation
Co-Founder - The Ascendax

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