HBCU Commission
on Awards and Scholarships

Laurelle Davis, M.A., LAMFT

Commission Chair

Keeley Bernard

Founder & CEO, HBCU Opportunities

Marna Coleman, M.P.A.

Neighborhood Stabilization, STL 

Brandon O. Fennell

Sr. Planner, Miami-Dade County 

Dr. Meardith Pooler-Burgess

Dir., Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Rev. Darias Bowers

Awards Commissioner

Dr. Zakiya Brown

Director, Title IX at Prairie View A&M

Erika Crawley, M.S.Ed.

CEO/Founder, HESA Consultants LLC

Tierra N. Fulwood, Esq.

Commercial Litigation Assoc. Atty. 

Tremaine Sails-Dunbar

Ph.D. Candidate, Univ. South Carolina

Officer Alexus Curry

Scholarship Commissioner

Jeremiah Carter, FCCM

Mngr., Institute of Internal Auditors

Carell Dorcé, M.A.

Program Mngr., Breakthrough Miami

Christi Owiye, M.A.

Ph.D. Candidate, Morgan State Univ.

Chio Sheppard

Assoc. VP, University of DC

Angela Bellamy, CPA

Owner, Bellamy Group, LLC

Wilmide Charles

CEO, The Confidence Booster 

Cedric K. Dozier

Veteran, US Marine Corps

Malayjia Parrish

Grossing Tech, Quest Diagnostics

Dr. J. Nicole Simpson

Founder, Evolve Therapy and Wellness