"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."

~Oprah Winfrey

Past National Presidents

As I review this extraordinary list of women who have each served as National President over the past 63 years, and I think back to 1955, I am reminded of this great legacy that Dorris Bell Daniels and Vivienne Malone Mayes have left for us. I stand on all of their shoulders and am grateful to be a part of this wonderful "Circle of Friends!"

Circle-Let Gia M. Ramos
National President
Los Angeles Valley Chapter

1960 - 1963
Gloria Pope
Boston

1963 - 1965
Mercedier Goodwin
Chicago

1965 - 1967
Vesta Wheaton*
Nashville

1967 - 1969
Paulette Johnson
Philadelphia

1969 - 1971
Pearl Kidd
Dallas

1971 - 1973
Cecile Springer
Pittsburgh

1973 - 1975
Dodye Evans *
Los Angeles Valley

1975 - 1977
Dorothy Coleman *
Atlanta

1977 - 1979
Crystal Brown *
New York / Washington, D.C.

1979 - 1981
Nina Bolden
Roanoke

1981 - 1983
Enid Johnson
Washington, D.C.

1983 - 1985
Carolyn Teixeira
Boston

1985 - 1986
Isabel Webster *
Atlanta

1987 - 1989
Patricia Turner *
Chicago

1989 - 1991
Kathy Saddler
San Francisco

1991 - 1992
Janet Eve
New York

1992 - 1993
Sandra Davis
St. Louis

1993 - 1995
Sandra Davis
St. Louis

1994 - 1997
Barbara Merriweather
Seattle

1997 - 1999
Quinta Schneck
New Jersey

1999 - 2001
Mildred Chavous *
Columbus

2001 - 2003
Yvonne Metoyer Robinson
Dallas

2003 - 2005
Janice Lumas White
San Francisco Bay Area

2005 - 2007
Harriett Rose
Los Angeles Valley

2007 - 2009
Janice Kasey Burks *
Roanoke

2009 - 2011
Gradie Knight
Nashville / New Orleans

2011 - 2013
Jean Player
St. Louis

2013 - 2015
Greta Russell
Columbus

2015 - 2017
Kimberly Watts
Nashville

2017 - 2019
Stephanie Browne
Boston

2019 – 2021
Linda Mack
Roanoke

2021 - 2023
Lori Duke
Washington, D.C.

*deceased

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