Spelman College Board of Trustees

Rosalind G. Brewer C’84
Division President-Southeast Operations,
Wal-Mart Stores U.S.
B.S, Spelman College
Advanced Management Program, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business

Vice Chair and Secretary
of the Board
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2006
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Janine Brown
Chair, Alston & Bird’s Global Strategies Group
B.A., University of Michigan
Jurist Doctorate, Duke University

Chair, Board Affairs Committee
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2008
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Stuart Burgdoerfer
Chief Financial Officer, Limited Brands
B.A., Indiana University
M.B.A., Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2006;
Chair of the Audit Committee
City of Residence:
Columbus, Ohio

Kimberly B. Davis, C'81
President, JPMorgan Chase Foundation
B.A., Spelman College

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2008
City of Residence:
New Rochelle, New York

Jerri DeVard, *C'79
B.A., Spelman College
M.B.A, Clark Atlanta University

Vice Chair and Chair-Elect of the Board
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2005
City of Residence:
New York, New York

Evelynn Hammonds, Ph.D., C'76
Dean, Harvard College
B.S., Spelman College
B.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Harvard University | Honorary Degree, Spelman

Chair, Faculty Affairs & Educational Policy Committee Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2008
City of Residence:
Cambridge, MA

Rose Harris Johnson *C'57
B.A., Spelman College
M.Ed., National College of Education

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2005
City of Residence:
Evanston, Illinois

Yvonne R. Jackson*C'70
President, BeecherJackson
B.A., Spelman College
Management Development Certificate, Harvard University Business School

Chair of the Board
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 1996
City of Residence:
Miami, Florida

Terry L. Jones
Managing General Partner, Syncom Venture Partners
B.S., Trinity College
Master’s Degree, George Washington University
M.B.A., Harvard University

Chair, Buildings and Grounds Committee
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2003
City of Residence:
Washington, DC

Susan A. McLaughlin
President/CEO of Vick Park Associates
B.S., University of Nebraska Chair, Human Resources Committee

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2002
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Cynthia Neal Spence, C'78
Associate Professor, Spelman College
B.A., Spelman College
Master’s Degree and Ph.D., Rutgers University
Certificate, Management and Leadership in Education, Harvard University

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2009
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Vicki R. Palmer
B.A., Rhodes College
M.B.A., University of Memphis
Honorary Doctorate, Cambridge College

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 1995
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Anne Eleanor Roosevelt
Enterprise Wide Leader, The Boeing Company
B.A., Stanford University
Master’s Degree, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chair, Student Affairs Committee
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2002
City of Residence:
Chicago, Illinois

Lovette Twyman Russell, C'83
Community Advocate and Volunteer
B.A., Spelman College

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2009
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.
B.S., Fisk University
Ph.D., Perdue University
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow
Lucille P. Markey Scholar at the Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chair, Audit, Budget and Finance Committee
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2004
City of Residence:
Washington, D.C.

Ronda Stryker
Director, Stryker Corporation
B.A., University of Northern Colorado
Master’s Degree, Western Michigan University

Vice Chair of the Board
Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 1997
City of Residence:
Portage, Michigan

Beverly Daniel Tatum
President, Spelman College
B.A., Wesleyan University
Master’s Degree, Hartford Seminary
Master’s Degree and Ph.D., University of Michigan

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Ex Officio
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Kathy N. Waller
Vice President and Chief of Internal Audit, The Coca-Cola Company
B.A., University of Rochester
M.B.A., William E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2009
City of Residence:
Atlanta, Georgia

Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Ph.D., C'96
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
B.A., Spelman College
Master’s and Ph.D., Harvard University

Spelman College Board of Trustees: Elected in 2009
City of Residence:
Evanston, Illinois

Christina A. Whatley, 2011
Junior, Spelman College

Spelman College Board of Trustees
Student Trustee:
Elected in 2008
City of Residence:
Washington, D.C.