The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder
Chairman Mayor, Richmond Virginia Former Governor of Virginia Distinguished Professor Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. William Cosby
Educator, Author and Entertainer

Dr. Jacob Gelt Dekker
Founder Museum Kura Hulanda

Mr. John Elkington
CEO of Entertainment Real Estate, Inc.

Dr. John Hope Franklin
Professor Emeritus Duke University Historian and Author

Dr. William R. Harvey
President, Hampton University

The Late Mrs. Ruby G. Martin, Esq.

Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie
Grandson of former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie

Mr. Larry D. Silver
CEO of Silver Companies

Dr. H. Patrick Swygert
President, Howard University