Board of Regents for 2009-2010
DALLAS R. EVANS
Chairman, Landmark Ventures, LLC. Over twenty years of entrepreneurial and administrative experience in executive/financial management, residential and commercial real estate development and marketing, human services delivery, accounting and auditing, and small minority business development. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master's degree in Business Administration: Finance, Real Estate and Urban Development from the American University, Washington, DC. He has served as Chairman of the Board since 1991 and served on the Board of Directors of Annapolis Bank, 1991 - 1995.
MARTIN R. RESNICK
Chairman of the Board, Martin's, Inc. and Chairman of the Board, Martin's Caterers, Inc. His previous business experiences include Buyer with Hecht Company, Third Assistant Manager, H.L. Green Company, Baltimore, and Management Trainee Program with Sears, Roebuck and Company. He received his formal education from Baltimore City College High School, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and the University of Maryland General Arts & Sciences. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board, a member of the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, the National Alliance of Business, the Morgan State University Foundation and the University of Maryland Foundation.
REV. DR. FRANCES MURPHY DRAPER
Senior pastor of John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church in Baltimore City for the past 8 years. The great granddaughter of the founder of the Afro-American Newspaper, Draper is a graduate of Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, Loyola College and received her doctorate in ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. She is on the Board of Loyola College and has also served on the board of the United Way.
SHIRLEY MARCUS ALLEN
Senior Partner with Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), a high engagement grant making firm that invests in community based organizations serving at risk children in the Washington, DC region. Graduate of Morgan State University, the University of Baltimore and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Management and Leadership Program. Member of the Board of Directors, Associated Black Charities of Maryland and past Chair, Child and Family Services Agency Advisory Board, Washington, DC.
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS
Congressman, United States House of Representatives, Maryland's Seventh Congressional District. Graduate of Howard University and the University of Maryland School of Law. Member the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors, the Maryland Zoo Board of Directors, the Baltimore Aquarium Board of Trustees, the Institute of Human Virology Board of Directors, the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors and former Chair and current member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
FRANKLIN L. EDMONDS
Senior Vice President, Xerox Supplies Business Group. Former Senior Vice President, Xerox Sales Operations, United States Solutions Group, Vice President & General Manager, Xerox of Maryland/Virginia, Senior Vice President, Western and Eastern Sales Operations. Graduate of Morgan State University. Member of the Executive Leadership Council and the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington.
DONALD E. FRIESON
Central Division President, Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Former Vice President, & Regional General Manager, and Vice President of Private Fleet Operations. Past Operations Manager, Schneider National Carriers. Graduate of the University of Tennessee. Member of the Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Advisory Board at the University of Tennessee.
DR. LINDA J. GILLIAM
A practicing dentist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also licensed to practice in the State of Delaware. Graduate of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Gilliam Foundation. Member and Trustee of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Delaware, member of the Northern President's Advisory Council of the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay, the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School and the Board of Directors of the Delaware Community Foundation.
DR. CHARLES W. GRIFFIN
Education and Urban Consultant and Retired Educator. Former High School Assistant Principal, Academic Department Chair and Teacher. Graduate of Morgan State University, Loyola College and Nova University. Member Board of Directors, American Red Cross Association, Urban Development Commission, Baltimore City, Community Housing Resource Board, and Chair, Mayor's Task Force, West Arlington Community, Baltimore City.
LAURENCE L. LEVITAN
Former State Senator and Delegate. Currently Partner in the law firm of Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC. Graduate of Washington & Lee University and George Washington University School of Law. Former member University of Maryland Medical System Board, Montgomery County Heart Association, Baltimore Zoo, CEO Roundtable and Housing Unlimited, Inc. Currently, member Jewish Council for the Aging, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trustees of the Greater Washington Jewish Community Foundation and the Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped.
SHIRLEY M. MALCOM
Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Graduate of the University of Washington, Seattle, University of California, Los Angeles, and Pennsylvania State University. Member of the Board of Directors of Howard Heinz Endowment and the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Board of Trustees at Caltech. Former trustee of the Carnegie Corporation and member of the National Science Board. Served on the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.
KWEISI MFUME
Former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advance of Colored People (NAACP). Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress and to the four succeeding congresses until his resignation. Graduate of Morgan State University and the John Hopkins University. Former Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Served seven years on the Baltimore City Council.
WILLIAM R. ROBERTS
President, Verizon Maryland, Inc. Graduate of Morgan State University and the Executive and Leadership Program at the University of Richmond. Past Chairman of the Board for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. Member of Baltimore Development Corporation, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, MedState Health, the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Board of Trustees for Villa Julie College.
GENERAL (Ret.) JOHNNIE E. WILSON
President and Chief Operating Officer of Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. Graduate of the University of Nebraska, Omaha and the Florida Institute of Technology. Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Material Command and Deputy Commanding General, 21st TAACOM, the Army's largest and most diverse logistics unit. Member Army War College Board of Visitors and Board of Directors, Government Electronics Info Association.
NAHILA BERTRAND (STUDENT REGENT)
Senior Finance Major at Morgan State University. She was elected Miss Caribbean Student Association, earned recognition as a Regent Scholar, and holds membership in several honor societies.
