Leadership

ARDN Directors and Officers

Hon. Ms. Constance B. Newman, Chair of the Board & Director
Special Counsel for African Affairs, Carmen Group; former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; former Assistant Administrator for Africa, USAID

Dr. Djibril Diallo, President & Chief-Executive-Officer
Former Regional Director for West and Central Africa, and Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Mr. Richard Leonard, Secretary & Director
Former UNAIDS Staff

Ms. Arlene Katzive, Secretary & Director
Principal, ARKAT PDL, Inc.; former UNICEF Staff

Mr. Gordon Tapper, Treasurer & Director, Caribbean Engagement Chair
Founder, Give Them a Hand Foundation; former UN Chief of Special Section

Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Chaplain & Director, Education Chair
Professor of Black Studies

Dr. Shelby Lewis, Director, Women’s Empowerment Chair
Professor Emeritus, Clark University; Member, Fulbright Scholarship Board

Mme. Asthou Mbaye, Director, Private Sector Engagement Chair
Manager of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility, Dangote Industries

Mr. James Hsui, Legal Counsel
Principal, James Hsui PLLC; Commercial, Nonprofit/NGO & International Law Attorney; Secretary, UN Senior Africans Group

ARDN Advisers

Ms. Floydetta (Flo) McAfee, Media and Communications Co-Chair
President, Summerland Studio LLC; former Special Assistant to President Clinton, White House Office of Public Liaison

Mr. John Yearwood, Media and Communications Co-Chair
President, Yearwood Media Group; Chair, International Press Institute Executive Board; former World Editor, Miami Herald

Hon. Mr. Rodney Ellis, International Outreach and Political Affairs Chair
Commissioner, Harris County District One, Texas; former Texas State Senator

Mr. Richard Gant, Art, Culture and Sports Chair
Actor, Screenwriter and Director, Hollywood

Dr. Julius Garvey, Health and Science Chair
Medical Doctor; former Cardiologist

Rev. Clement Achim-Gyimah, Youth Leadership Chair
Pastor; West Africa Focal Point, Pan African Youth Leadership Network

Hon. Mr. Cloves Campbell, Media, Communications, and Political Affairs Adviser
Executive Director, Arizona Commission of African American Affairs; Chairman Emeritus, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association; former Member, Arizona House of Representatives

Mr. Nicholas Gouede, Media & Communications Adviser
International Development Consultant; former UNAIDS Staff

Mr. Bob Butler, Media & Communications Adviser
Executive Director, Butler Media; Reporter, KCBS Radio; former President, National Association of Black Journalists

Mr. James Gomez, International Outreach and Political Affairs Adviser
Director for International Affairs, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

Ms. Gloria Herndon, US Mayoral Outreach and Private Sector Engagement Adviser
CEO, GB Global Group

Ms. Ngozi Nmezi, US Mayoral Outreach Focal Point
Managing Principal, Portier Agency; former Executive Director, Washington D.C. Mayor’s Office of African Affairs

Officers of Global Alliance of Mayors & Leaders from Africa & of African Descent (GAMAD)

Hon. Dr. Alfred O. Vanderpuije, President
Member of Parliament, Ghana; Former Lord Mayor of Accra, Ghana

Hon. Ms. Celia Sacramento, Vice-President
Former Mayor, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Mr. Oscar Gamboa, Executive Director

Hon. Mr. Alfred Martin Aruo, East Africa Chair
Mayor of Soroti, Uganda

Hon. Mr. Kagiso Thutlwe, Southern Africa Chair
Mayor of Gaborone, Botswana

Hon. Mr. Yeo Klotioloma, West Africa Chair
Vice-Governor of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Hon. Mr. Nassereddine Zenasni, North Africa Chair
Mayor of Sidi M’Hamed, Algiers, Algeria

Hon. Ms. Rose Christiane Raponda, Central Africa Chair
Mayor of Libreville, Gabon

Hon. Ms. Angela Brown-Burke, Caribbean Chair
Former Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica