National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Leaders

Presidents/CEOs
(executive secretaries 1910–1977,
executive directors 1977–1996)

Frances Blascoer (1910–1911)
Mary White Ovington (1911–1912)
Mary Childs Nerney (1912–1916)
Mary White Ovington (1916)
Royal Freeman Nash (1916–1917)
James Weldon Johnson (1917–1918)
John R. Shillady (1918–1920)
James Weldon Johnson (1920–1931)
Walter Francis White (1931–1955)
Roy Wilkins (1955–1977)
Benjamin Hooks (1977–1992)
Benjamin Chavis (1993–1994)
Earl Shinhoster (1994–1996)
Kweisi Mfume (1996–2004)
Dennis Courtland Hayes (2005)
Bruce S. Gordon (2005–2007)
Dennis Courtland Hayes (2007–2008)
Ben Jealous (2008–2013)
Lorraine Miller (interim, 2013–2014)
Cornell William Brooks (2014–2017)
Derrick Johnson (2017–present)

Elected presidents (1909–1996, abolished)	Moorfield Storey (1909–1929) Joel Elias Spingarn (1930–1939) Arthur B. Spingarn (1940–1965) Kivie Kaplan (1966–1975) William Montague Cobb (1976–1982) James Kemp (1983) Enolia McMillan (1984–1990) Hazel N. Dukes (1990–1992) Rupert Richardson (1992–1996)

Chairpersons

William English Walling (1910–1911)
Oswald Garrison Villard (1911–1914)
Joel Elias Spingarn (1914–1919)
Mary White Ovington (1919–1934)
Louis T. Wright (1934–1953)
Channing Heggie Tobias (1953–1960)
Robert C. Weaver (1960–1961)
Stephen Gill Spottswood (1961–1975)
Margaret Bush Wilson (1975–1983)
Kelly Alexander Sr (1983–1984)
William Gibson (1985–1995)
Myrlie Evers-Williams (1995–1998)
Julian Bond (1998–2010)
Roslyn Brock (2010–2017)
Leon W. Russell (2017–present)

See also

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