Michael D. Pegues 

President
John Hope Franklin Center
Polsinelli Law Firm 

Dewayne Dickens, Ph.D.

Scholarship Chair
John Hope Franklin Center

Tulsa Community College

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Alicia Latimer

Retired Librarian – African American Resource Center/ Tulsa City/County Public Library

Yannick S. Alphonso-Gibbs

U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance Asset Manager

Reuben Gant

Executive Director

John Hope Franklin Center

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Jeff Van Hanken

Communications Chair
John Hope Franklin Center

The University of Tulsa 

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Mickey Peercy, CPA

FMS Manager, Hogan Taylor

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Pauline Harris, Ed.D

Tulsa Public Schools

Sam Combs, III

Vice President
John Hope Franklin Center

COMSTAR Advisors, LLC

Raganald Ivey

Governance Chair 

John Hope Franklin Center

Tulsa City-County Health Department

Rev. Lee H. Butler, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Iliff School of Theology

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Bret Little, CPA

Secretary/Treasurer
John Hope Franklin Center

Hogan Taylor

Kristen Oertel, Ph.D.

Lecture/Symposium Chair 

John Hope Franklin Center

Mary F. Barnard Associate Professor at University of Tulsa

Russ Newman

Flight Concept, President

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