Board of Directors

We are a nonprofit organization with an international membership of over 1,800 health professionals, lay members of the community (Community Health Advocates), corporate members, and institutional members, dedicated to eliminating the disparities related to cardiovascular disease in all people of color.

Executive Committee

Board Members

Kathryn Harris, MD

Fellows Representative

Pittsburgh, PA

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Rachel M. Bond, MD, FACC

Director

Chandler, AZ

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Melissa Burroughs, MD, MS, FACC

Atlanta, GA

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Anthony Maurice Fletcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Bylaws Chair

Little Rock, AR

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Kevin F. Kwaku, MD, PhD, FACC

Director

Hanover, NH

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Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH, FACC

Nominating Committe Chair

New York, NY

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Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH, FACC

Director

Palo Alto, CA

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Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH

Baltimore, MD

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Modele O. Ogunniyi, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, FAHA

Director

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Sue Peschin, MHS

Director

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Marlene S. Williams, MD, FACC

Baltimore, MD

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Gloria Wilson Shelton, Esq.

Pasadena, MD

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Joyce Gwendolyn Bartley Taylor

Director

Jackson, MS

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Richard Allen Williams, MD, FACC

ABC Founder

Encino, CA

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Founding Members

Founder Richard Allen Williams, MD
Boisey O. Barnes MD
Paul Terry Batties, MD
Walter M. Booker, Sr, PhD*
Kermit L. Brown, MD*
Charles L. Curry, MD
Major Geer, MD*
Richard F. Gillum, MD
L. Julian Haywood, MD*
Hannibal E. Howell, MD*
Paul M. Jackson, MD*
Edith Irby Jones, MD*
Alphonzo Jordan, MD*
Huerta C. Neals, MD*
Levi V. Perry, MD
Felipe Robinson, MD*
Daniel D. Savage, MD, PhD*
Elijah Saunders, MD*

ABC Board Chairs

1974-1986 – Richard Allen Williams, MD
1986-1988 – Elijah Saunders, MD*
1988-1990 – Daniel D. Savage, MD, PhD*
1990-1994 – Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
1994-1996 – Joe L. Hargrove, MD
1996-2000 – Charles K. Francis, MD*
2000-2002 – F. Roosevelt Gilliam, III, MD
2002-2004 – Calvin W. McLarin, MD*
2004-2006 – Jesse McGee, MD
2006-2008 – General Hilliard, MD
2008-2010 – Kim A. Williams, MD
2010-2012 – Aloysius B. Cuyjet, MD, MPH
2012-2014 – Philip B. Duncan, MD
2014-2016 – Robert Gillespie, MD
2016-2018 – Felix Sogade, MD
2018-2020 – Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH
2020-2022 – Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH
2022- – Barbara A. Hutchinson, MD, PhD

ABC Presidents

1974-1984 – Richard Allen Williams, MD
1984-1986 – Daniel D. Savage, MD, PhD*
1986-1988 – Elijah Saunders, MD*
1988-1992 – Jay Brown, MD*
1992-1994 – Augustus O. Grant, MD, PhD
1994-1998 – Paul L. Douglass, MD
1998-2000 – Frank S. James, MD
2000-2002 – Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH
2002-2004 – Malcolm P. Taylor, MD
2004-2006 – Paul L. Underwood, MD
2006-2008 – Gerald L. DeVaughn, MD
2008-2010 – Carlos S. Ince, Jr., MD, ScM
2010-2012 – Marcus L. Williams, MD
2012-2014 – Ola Akinboboye, MD, MPH, MBA
2014-2016 – Icilma V. Fergus, MD
2016-2018 – Barbara Hutchinson, MD, PhD
2018-2020 – John M. Fontaine, MD, MBA
2020-2022 – Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH
2022- – Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD