NYBLC Officers 

President
Shakema S. Miller

Vice President/President-Elect
Taina Evans

Immediate Past President
Dana M. Sinclair

Recording Secretary
S. Michele Echols

Corresponding Secretary
Juanita James 

Treasurer
Rebecca Rodd

Hoke & Gethers-Muhammad Memorial Scholarship
Taina Evans

Fundraising
TBA (chair)

Membership & Recruiting
TBA (Chair)

Programming
Iman Powe-Maynard (chair)

Social Media
Jade Jacobs (co-chair) & Rebecca Rodd (co-chair)

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 M Sinclair
2020-2021: Emily Dowe (resigned)/