Meet our leadership team

RASHIDA MIMS

Executive Director

JUANITA C. BRITTON

Chair of The Board, Queen Mother Botwe Nana Adobea II of KONKO Village

KWAME ALEXANDER

Co-Founder/Director Emeritus

KIM HARDWICK

Board Secretary

TRACY CHILES MCGHEE

Co-Founder/Director Emeritus

NIKKI GIOVANNI

Poet Laureate

Founding Board Members: Kwame Alexander, Kenneth Braswell, Renee Daniel Flagler, Tracy Chiles McGhee, David Miller, Lindsay A. Young