Bowdoin College Black Alumni Association

2022 - 2024 Coordinating Council

Dr. Michael Owens '73, P'15
Council Position: President
San Diego, CA
Profession: Director of Medical Affairs and Administrative Support, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
mowens@bowdoin.edu

Sherrone Torres '12
Council Position: Vice President
Atlanta, GA
Profession: Associate, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
storres@bowdoin.edu

Praise Hall '20
Council Position: Secretary
Arlington, VA
Profession: Business Analyst, Kitamba
phall@bowdoin.edu
Heldana Daniel '23
Student Representative
Renton, WA
Major: Economics
Kevin Fleshman '23
Student Representative
Richmond Heights, OH
Major: Africana Studies/Chemistry

Richard Adams '73
Pittsburgh, PA
Profession: Assistant Vice President Center for Learning, Community College of Allegheny County

Eric Bell '93
Newburgh, NY
Profession: AmeriCorps Director, Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene County (Hudson NY)

Dr. David A. Dickson II '76, P'13
Olney, MD
Profession: Retired, Government and International Professor

Mamadou Diaw '20
Boston, MA
Profession: Associate, Emerging Leader Program, Fidelity Investments

Dr. Carroy Ferguson '68
Medford, MA
Profession: Professor of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts Boston

Dr. Adriennie Hatten '90
Cleveland, OH
Profession: Principal Consultant, A.Y. Hatten & Associates

Symone Howard '15
Washington, DC
Profession: Community Planner, US Marine Corps

Stacey Jones Lee '00
Atlanta, GA
Profession: Chief of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action, Mount Vernon School

Lyne Lucien '13
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Artist/Art Director

DeRay Mckesson ’07, H’21
Baltimore, MD
Profession: Co-Founder, Campaign Zero

Charles Patton '81
Columbus, OH
Profession: Executive Vice President – External Affairs, American Electric Power

Tawana Cook Purnell '75
Pittsburgh, PA
Profession: Retired, Secondary Head of School

Diamond Walker '17
Philadelphia, PA
Profession: Child/Adolescent Therapist, Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia

Nina Ward '08
Boston, MA
Profession: Publicist, The Press Room

Crystal Welch '04
Jackson, MS
Profession: Supervising Attorney & Law Instructor, Mississippi College School of Law

Eric Hollister Williams '99
Washington, DC
Profession: Director, Global PR & Communications, Patagonia

Dr. Terri Young '81
Madison, WI
Profession: Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison's McPherson Eye Research Institute