MEET OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD

We are so very proud to introduce our new Executive Board for 2026 - 2028!

Anastasia Williams, MD

President

• Medical School: 
  University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Location of Residency:
  John’s Hopkins Hospital 

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Pediatrics, Pediatrician

Dominique Williams, MD

President Elect

• Medical School:
  David Geffen School of Medicine/Charles Drew University 

• Location of Residency:
  University of Arizona General Surgery

• Board Certification & Specialty:
   Former General Surgery Resident Prospective General Preventive Medicine/Public Health Resident

Zoë Smith, MD

Vice President

• Medical School: 
  Wayne State School of Medicine

• Location of Residency: 
  Sinai Grace Hospital

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Dermatology

Sylvia Gates Carlisle, MD, MBA

Treasurer

• Medical School: 
  The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

• Location of Residency: 
  LAC-USC Medical Center

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Internal Medicine

Oladunni Adeyiga, MD, PHD

Recording Secretary

• Medical School:
  University of Maryland, Baltimore

• Location of Residency:
  University of Rochester Medical Center

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Infectious Diseases

Lydia Green, MD

Corresponding Secretary

• Medical School:
  University of Southern California

• Location of Residency:
  Louisiana State University (Shreveport)/Monroe

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Family Medicine Specialist

Malaika Graves, MD

Member at Large, Chair

• Medical School: 
  Michigan State College of Human Medicine

• Location of Residency: 
  University of California Irvine

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Pediatrician

Wendy Green, MD

Member at Large

• Medical School:
  Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

• Location of Residency:
  UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Pediatrician

Monique Collier-Nickels, MD

Member at Large, New York Liason

• Medical School:
  UMDNJ- Rutgers

• Location of Residency:
  Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine

Wanda Wilburn, MD

Historian

• Medical School: 
  University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

• Location of Residency: 
  Emory of School of Medicine

• Board Certification & Specialty:  OB/Gyn

Christine Russell-Douglas, MD, MBA

Parlamentarian

• Medical School:
  David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Prime and Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

• Location of Residency:
  Loma Linda University Health Transitional Year and Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Family Medicine Residency

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Family Medicine

Cozzette Lyons-Jones, MD, MPH, FACP

Past President Advisor

• Medical School:
  University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (known now as Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences)

• Location of Residency:
  UCLA St. Mary Residency Program

• Board Certification & Specialty: 
  Internal Medicine

Monika Watat, Future MD

Student Representative

• Medical School:
  Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

• Degree & Area of Interest: MD Candidate, specializing in OB/GYN

Destiny Farmer, Future MD

Student Representative

• Medical School: 
  F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences



• Degree & Area of Interest: MD Candidate, specializing in OB/GYN

CHARTER MEMBERS

* Deceased

Augua Andrews, MD
Phyllis Barracks, MD
Geraldine Branch, MD, MPH*
Lola Burnett-Brown, MD.
Lettie Burgette, MD
Michelle Clark, MD
Vanessa Castine, MD
Dorlesta Crawford, MD*
Elizabeth J. Covington, MD
Flora Denise Cox, MD
Eugenia Davis, MD
Joann Dawson, MD
Margo Deleaver, MD
Paula Demerius, MD*
Elea D. English, MD
Hughenna Gauntlett, MD*

Ellen Goudlock, MD
Lolita Gonzalez, MD
Wendy Green, MD, MBA
Terry Hope, MD
Josephine Isabel-Jones, MD
Adelene James, MD
Rose Jenkins, MD*
Carole Jordan-Harris, MD, MS*
Marguerite Lewie, MD
Arike Logan, MD
Mary McCoo, MD*
Evelyn Mendez, MD
Anitha Mitchell, MD
Carolyn Mohr, MD
Cassandra Ndiforchu, MD, MPH, MBA
Debra Nelson, MD

Pamela Perry-Hunter, MD
Shirley Richards-Njie, MD*
Denise Ridley-Davis, MD
Vonnie K. Ross, MD
Jessie L. Sherrod, MD, MPH
Anne Staveren, MD
V. Joy Simmons, MD
Jacqueline Stiff, MD
Sylvia Swilley, MD
Mary Taylor, MD
Ruth Temple, MD*
Gwendolyn Todd-Jones, MD
Judith Watson, MD
Lillie Mae Williams, MD, MS
Rebecca Wills, MD
Vivian Woodward, MD
Margaret Yarbrough, MD