Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH
Cassandra A. McCullough, MBA
Joseph Poku, MD, FACC, FHRS
Kevin Sneed, PharmD, CRPh
Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH
John M. Fontaine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS
Board Members
Melissa Burroughs Peña, MD, MS, FACC
Dennis Cryer, MD, FAHA
Anthony Maurice Fletcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Millicent Gorham, PhD (Hon), MBA, FAAN
Norrisa Haynes, MD
Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH
Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH
Wilma McGee, RN
Chima Nwaukwa, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Mark Thompson, MD, FACC
Marlene S. Williams, MD, FACC
Gloria Wilson Shelton, Esq.
Richard Allen Williams, MD, FACC
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
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
( * deceased )