President

Ben Vinson III, PhD

• President
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Updated on 06/26/2025

Administration

Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., R.Ph.

• Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Rashad Young

• Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief Administrative Officer
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Cynthia Evers, Ph.D.

• Senior Vice President for Student Affairs
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Hugh Mighty, M.D.

• Senior Vice President of Health Affairs

Florence W. Prioleau, Esq.

• Senior Vice President & General Counsel
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Allison Bryant, Ph.D.

• Vice President of Corporate Relations
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Princess Gamble

• Vice President and Interim Chief Development Officer
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Warren Petty, Ed.D.

• Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
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Lydia G. Sermons

• Vice President of Communications and Chief Communications Officer
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Christie L. Taylor

• Secretary, Board of Trustees
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Odalys Diaz Piñeiro, Ed.D.

• Chief of Staff

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Ph.D.

• Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives
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Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA

• Interim President, President Emeritus, and Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery
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Rebecca Vazquez-Skillings

• Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Updated on 09/01/2025

Board

Leslie D. Hale

• Chair of Howard University Board of Trustees - President and Chief Executive Officer, RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ)
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Ben Vinson III, Ph.D.

• Howard University President
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Mark A. L. Mason

• Vice Chair of Howard University Board of Trustees - Chief Financial Officer, Citigroup
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Minnie V. Baylor-Henry

• President, B-Henry and Associates LLC
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Richard Besser, MD

• President & CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
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Chris Carr

• Former COO, Sweetgreen Inc.
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Donald B. Christian

• PricewaterhouseCoopers US East Region Advisory Leader
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Arne Duncan

• Managing Partner at Emerson Collective
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Godfrey Gill

• Managing Director Capital & Partner Solutions Group, Vista Equity Partners
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Michele V. Hagans

• President and CEO, Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
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Lena Hill, Ph.D.

• Provost and Professor of English and Africana Studies at Washington and Lee University
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Danette G. Howard, Ph.D.

• Global Director of Education and Corporate Responsibility at Cummins, Inc. and Cummins Foundation
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Marc S. Lampkin, J.D.

• Shareholder Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck
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Kevin E. Lofton

• Lead Independent Director, Gilead
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Depelsha McGruder

• Chief Operating Officer & Treasurer of the Ford Foundation
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James J. Murren

• American Businessman, Crisis Response Specialist
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Hilary Rosen

• Public Affairs Executive and CNN Political Analyst

Shelley Stewart Jr.

• Managing Partner, BottomLine Advisory, LLC
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Bruce E. Thompson

• President, Hospitality Development Company Group
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Christopher J. Tyson

• President, National Community Stabilization Trust
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Chris Washington

• DJ & Grassroots Marketing Consultant, Asst. Athletic Director, and Varsity Coach
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Ziad Ojakli

• Executive Vice President of Government Operations at The Boeing Company, Served from 2021 - 2025
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Levoyd E. Robinson

• Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer of CFI Partners, LLC, Class of BBA ’87
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A. Eugene Washington

• Chancellor Emeritus at Duke University, Class of BS ’72

Updated on 09/01/2025