BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael D. Pegues
President
John Hope Franklin Center
Polsinelli Law Firm
Dewayne Dickens, Ph.D.
Scholarship Chair
John Hope Franklin Center
Tulsa Community College
Reuben Gant
Executive Director
John Hope Franklin Center
Jeff Van Hanken
Communications Chair
John Hope Franklin Center
The University of Tulsa
Sam Combs, III
Vice President
John Hope Franklin Center
COMSTAR Advisors, LLC
Alicia Latimer
Retired Librarian – African American Resource Center/ Tulsa City/County Public Library
Kristen Oertel, Ph.D.
Lecture/Symposium Chair
John Hope Franklin Center
The University of Tulsa
Mickey Peercy, CPA
FMS Manager, Hogan Taylor
Rev. Lee H. Butler, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Iliff School of Theology
Russ Newman
Flight Concept, President
Pauline Harris, Ed.D
Tulsa Public Schools
STAFF
Vanessa Adams-Harris
Outreach and Alliance, Director
Donna Gaston
Administrative Assistant
Stephanie Vanterpool
Membership Services, Administrative Assistant II