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John Gilmore Riley Center/Museum for African American History & Culture Inc. Board:
  • Chairman, Dr. David Jackson
  • Vice Chair, Attorney Gwen Spencer
  • Secretary, Nancy Benda, Retired Administrator, Department of Education
Members:
  • Richard Brand (Marketing Professor, SBI, Florida A&M University
  • Will Guzman
  • Ben Harris
  • Carolyn Jones
  • Torrio Osborne
  • Dan Penton, Engineer, PBS&J, Engineering Firm of Tallahassee, Florida
  • Judge George Reynolds, III, Circuit Judge, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Dr. Barbara Sloan (Vice President, Tallahassee Community College)
  • Attorney Gwendolyn Spencer, Private Practice, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Fatimah Zaid (Director of Marketing, Yellow Cab)
Ex-Officio:
  • Maggie L. Lewis, Leon County School Board Member, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Andrew Gillum, Commissioner, City of Tallahassee, Florida
  • Cliff Thaell, County Commissioner, Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida
Advisory Council
  • Mr. Morris Miller, PL, Holland & Knight Law Firm
  • Delbera McGriff, Archivist, State of Florida
  • Eluster Richardson, Artist-in-Residence
  • Curtis Richardson, Legistative Representative
  • Michael Hervey, Resources
Staff directory:
  • Althemese Barnes, Founder and Executive Director
    E-mail: abarnes@rileymuseum.org
  • Augustus Mitchell, Educational Director
    E-mail: staff2@rileymuseum.org
  • Mrs. Gloria Steele, Office Manager
  • Anthony Dixon, Archivists, Intern
  • Porsha Wallace, Intern


John G. Riley Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors:
  • Chairman, Shirley Gooding-Butler, Retired, Sec. of Labor
  • Vice-Chair, John Proctor , Deputy Chief of Police, Tallahassee Police Department
  • Secretary, Lorraine Warren
  • Treasurer, Patricia Griffin , Vice President, Premier Bank
  • Parliamentarian, Attorney Walter Kelly , State/DOT
Members:
  • Claudia Anderson, Human Relations CHP
  • Dr. Nolia Brandt
  • Atty. Ben Crump, Private Practice
  • Patsy Eccles
  • Patricia Griffin, Bank Vice President
  • Elizabeth Holifield
  • Dr. Victoria Keith, VP for Trust Management SunTrust Bank
  • Mr. Dave Lang, Retired, Clerk of Court
  • John Proctor, Deputy Chief of Police
  • Lorraine Warren
  • Dr. Dorothy Wells
  • Attorney Larry White
  • Penny Youngblood

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