Ms. Jeannine LaRue, Co-Chair
VP, Public Affairs, Rutgers University

Dr. Cornel West, Co-Chair
Author & Professor, Princeton University

Ms. Laura Aden, Program Director
Dodge Foundation

The Honorable El-Rhonda Alston, Esq.

Ms. Anna Aschkenes, Executive Director
Cultural & Heritage Commission

Mr. Cephas Bowles, General Manager
WBGO Jazz 88

Mr. Andre Braugher, Performer

Mr. Avery Brooks, Actor

Ms. Bobbi Brown, Make-up Artist & Founder
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

Ms. Katina Bynum, VP of Marketing
Universal Music

Ms. Laurie Carter, Vice President & General Counsel – ED Jazz Studies, Julliard School

The Honorable Upendra Chivukula
Assemblyman, 17th District

Ms. Veronica Claypool, Managing Director
Theater Development Fund

Ms. Michellene Davis, Esq.

Ms. Ruby Dee, Actress

Mr. James DeWorken, Arts Consultant
New Brunswick Board of Education

Mr. Walter Fields. CEO & Publisher
North Star Network

Mr. John Heldrich, Retired Executive
Johnson & Johnson

Mr. Giuffre Hollingsworth, Attorney
Delaware River Port Authority

Mr. Lou Kady, Esq., Entertainer

Mr. A. Dean Irby, Co-chair, Acting Conservatory
State University of NY – Purchase College

Dr. Penelope Lattimer, Director – Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

Ms. Benilde Little, Author

Ms. Emily Mann, Artistic Director, McCarter Theater

Ms. Shirley Matthews, Program Director
Apollo Theater Foundation

Mr. John McEwen, Executive Director
The Theater Alliance

The Honorable Nina Mitchell Wells, Esq.

Ms. Isabel Nazario, VP Arts & Humanities
Rutgers University

Mr. Brad Neilley, President, Green Planet Group

The Honorable Donald Payne, Congressman, 10th District

Dr. Clement Price, Professor – FASN History
Rutgers University

Mr. Steve Richards, Senior Vice President – Finance
National Basketball Association

Mr. Christopher Van Der Stad, President
New Millennium Bank

Dr. Gregory Williams, President, City College of New York

Ms. Christina Zorich, Actress