NYBLC Officers

President
Emily Dowie

Vice President/President Elect
Taina Evans

Immediate Past President
Dana M. Sinclair

Recording Secretaries
S. Michele Echols

Secretary
Juanita James

Treasurers
Rebecca Rodd

Donna Hoke Scholarship
Jhennlle Robinson (Chair)

Fundraising
S. Michele Echols (chair)

Membership & Recruiting
Simone Yearwood (Chair)

Programming
Emma Antobom (chair)

Librarian's Ball
S. Michele Echols (chair)

Social Media
Rebecca Rodd and Jhennelle Robinson (co chairs)

Past Presidents

1970-1973: The Hon. E. Cynthia Jenkins
1973-1975: Dr. Lucille Cole Thomas
1975-1977: Ms. Evelyn E. Hall
1977-1979: Ms. Joan E. Cole
1979-1981: Ms. Harriet B. Brown
1981-1983: Mrs. Phyllis G. Mack
1983-1985: Ms. Patricia Smith-Freeman
1986-1988: Mrs. Barbara Rollock
1988-1990: Dr. Robert B. Ford, Jr.
1991-1992: Mr. Rodney (Rolly) Jackson Lee, Jr.
1993-1997: Prof. Yvonne S. Bennett
1998-1999: Mrs. Neglia Ross-Parris
1999-2001: Ms. Phyllis Hodges
2001-2003: Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson
2003-2005: Dr. Stanton F. Biddle
2005-2007: Ms. Madeline Ford
2007-2009: Mr. Anthony Loum
2009-2011: Ms. Margaret Gibson
2011-2013: Mr. Richard E. Ashby Jr.
2013-2015: Mrs. Shauntee Burns-Simpson
2015-2017: S. Michele Echols
2017-2020: Dana Sinclair