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Regional Selection Committees

There are eight regional selection committees from around the country that assist JRF in interviewing, recommending, and mentoring Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars. These committees are comprised of academic, corporate, and civic leaders.

• • Central

    Rand Harlow*, Chair

    Ronda Adams

    Joyce V. Brown, Ed.D.

    Francis Davis

    Tina Carroll-Dugas

    LaKesha Gage

    Regina Manley

    Ebony McGee*

    Wayne Morgan

    Euclid Williamson

  • Mid-Atlantic

    Kendra Gaither*, Chair

    Angelia Neal, Vice Chair

    Kathryn Clay

    Jermaine Cruz

    John Davis, II

    David Jones*

    Arthur Neal, Jr.

  • Midwestern

    Sue Hancock, Co-Chair

    Patrick Troup, Co-Chair

    Keon Blasingame*

    LaChelle Drayton

    Clinton Hewitt

    David Maggitt

    Lakeesha Ransom

    Robyn Sims

• • New England and International

    Mikel Sidberry, Co-Chair

    Roslyn Marshall, Co-Chair

    Ronald Ancrum

    Lynne Bannister

    Vivian Barringer

    Tchintcia Barros*

    Edward Cook

    Brandy Cruthrid

    Gladys Gibbs

    Pamela Nunes

  • Northeastern

    Clyde Tinnen*, Chair

    Jere Eaton*, Vice Chair

    Betty Phillips Adams

    Marie Baskerville

    Roscoe Brown, Ph.D.+

    Brian Edelman

    Elizabeth Gil

    Hank Goldstein

    J’von Harris*

    Hope Harris

    Hope Harley

    Derek Lane

    Byron Lewis

    Edward Livingston

    Cynthia Mullins

    Reginald Norman

    James Obi

    Danielle Robinson

    Rodney Smith*

    Annette Strickland

    Din Tolbert*

    Danielle Smith*

    Josephine Smith

    Sobani Warner

    Debbie Williams

• • Southeastern

    Mark Lee*, Chair

    Marsha Sanabria, Vice Chair

    Joe Arnette

    Anne Borders-Patterson

    Douglas Cooper

    De’Mont Davis

    Sherry Fields*

    Luddy Liggon

    Dwayne Marshall

    Emma Roberson

    Mary Smalley

    Dolores Strawbridge

  • Southwest

    Tameka Selders*, Co-Chair

    Nakia Davis Refuge*, Co-Chair

    Yolanda Carroll

    Christopher Jones

    Previn Jones

    Spenser Lightsy

    Derrick Mitchell

    Tasha Philpot

    Michael Selders

    Jade Simmons

    Gabrielle Madison

  • Western

    Daron Campbell*, Chair

    Mary Horne, Coordinator

    Lena Brown

    Robert Cambridge

    Michael Coulter

    Jo Ann Dawson

    Matthew Edelman

    Charles Meigs

    Kathy Robinson Young

Western Region Advisory Committee

The Los Angeles office of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, JRF’s first regional office outside of New York, opened in October 2004 and formed an Advisory Committee of business, sports, entertainment and civic leaders. The Western Regional Advisory Committee assists in increasing local and regional support for the Foundation on the west coast by providing consultation to the staff, supporting JRF events, participating with local Scholars and alumni, and acting as ambassadors for the Los Angeles office with the public.

• • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    NBA All-Time Leading Scorer

  • Amy Alcott

    LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer

  • Erikk Aldridge

    Boys & Girls Club of Venice

  • Darius Anderson+

    Platinum Advisors

  • Leroy D. Baca

    Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

  • Ernie Banks

    Ernie Banks International

  • Ryan Boyle

    CMG Worldwide

  • Robert Cambridge

    African American Medical Network

  • Roy Campanella II

    Producer/Director

  • Daron Campbell*

    Daron Campbell Capital

  • George Caplan

    Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

  • Christopher Carey

    City National Bank

  • Al Downing

    Former MLB Player

  • Ann Meyers Drysdale

    WNBA Hall of Famer

  • Margaret Farnum

    Memorial Coliseum & Sports Arena

• • Earl Gales

    Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, Inc.

  • Charles D. Gold

    Champions for Growth

  • Robert V. Graziano

    Northern Trust

  • Paul Hudson

    Broadway Federal Bank

  • Lou Johnson

    Los Angeles Dodgers

  • David G. Martin

    Legend Films, Inc.

  • Daniel S. Mitrovich

    Solution Strategies Inc.

  • George Mitrovich

    City Club of San Diego

  • Deborah Morales

    Iconomy

  • Michael E. Meyer, Esq.+

    DLA Piper US LLP

  • Joe L. Morgan+

    J.L. Morgan Enterprises, Inc.

  • Don Newcombe

    Los Angeles Dodgers

  • Peter O’Malley+

    Los Angeles, CA

• • Keith Parker

    UCLA

  • April Powers

    Amgen, Inc.

  • Pat Prescott

    94.7 The WAVE

  • Oz Scott

    Director/Producer

  • Vin Scully

    Los Angeles Dodgers

  • Tom Swanson

    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

  • Charles Todd

    Levychin LLP

  • Nicholas Weinstock

    Chernin Entertainment

* denotes Alumni

+ denotes member, JRF Board of Directors