79th Annual Convention

Speakers

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Actress, Producer, Writer

Charles Taylor

Executive Director, Mississippi State Conference NAACP

Crystal Moore

Vice President, Brilliant Black Minds

Derrick Lewis II

Interim National Director, NAACP Youth & College Division

Dr. Adrian Hammitte

Superintendent, Jefferson County School District

Dr. Corey Wiggins

Federal Co-Chairman, Delta Regional Authority

Dr. Erica Quinn Thompson

Founder, Executive Director

Dr. Sandra Carr-Melvin

Executive Director

Dr. Sandra Nash

Superintendent, Claiborne County School District

Dr. Toriano Holloway

Superintendent, Vicksburg-Warren School District

Ericka Cain

Vice President of Governance, Compliance and Training

Gloria Mwase

Senior Vice President, Research, Impact, Innovation, and Learning

Henrycia Simmons

Senior Psychology Major, Tougaloo College

Jared Turner

Principal, Founder

Jessica Beard

Founder, Daughters of the King

Judge Carlyn Hicks

Hinds County Court Judge for Subdistrict One

Lauren Jones

Founder, Mom.ME

Marcus Williams

Political Action Chair

Markyel Pittman

Programs Manager, Institute for Advancing Minority Health

Rev. Dr. C.J. Rhodes

Pastor, Mt. Helm MB Church

Rev. Robert Tipton

Pastor, St. Mary M.B. Church

Shemekia Lacey Rankin

Superintendent, Wilkinson County School District

Todd W. Gee

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi

Warren Jones

Epidemiologist

Zandra McDonald-Green

Superintendent, Natchez-Adams School District