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

Rachel Bond, MD, FACC

Director

Chandler, AZ

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Garth Graham, MD

Director

Boston, MA

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Kathryn Harris, MD

Fellows Representative

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lee Kirksey, MD

Director

Cleveland, OH

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Eldrin Lewis, MD, MPH, FACC

Director

Palo Alto, CA

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Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH

Director

Baltimore, MD

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

Director

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Sue Peschin, MHS

Director

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Joseph Poku, MD, FACC, FHRS

Chair, Nominating Committee

Macon, GA

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Gloria Wilson Shelton, Esq.

Chair, Bylaws Committee

Pasadena, MD

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J. Gwendolyn Taylor, MBA

Director

Jackson, MS

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Marlene Williams, MD, FACC

Director

Baltimore, MD

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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
2022-2024 – Barbara A. Hutchinson, MD, PhD
2024- – Paul Underwood, MD

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
2022-2024 – Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD
2024- – Anthony M. Fletcher, MD