Members

The Links, Incorporated’s members are corporate and civic leaders; lawmakers and judiciary; medical and healthcare providers; role models; mentors; activists; and volunteers who work toward the organization’s common vision by engaging like- minded organizations and individuals for partnership.

(*) 2023-2024 Executive Board Members

(In alphabetical order)
  • Debra J. Bagley* – Program Chair
  • Dana Rayna Berry
  • Letitia (Tish) Bradley, Ed.D.
  • Mariam Burnett
  • Olga Rene Camper-Stewart* – Vice President – Membership
  • Melodie Crier* – Treasurer
  • Michele Rose Dean, Ed.D.
  • Ingrid Emmons
  • Suzanne Fussell, M.D.
  • Charlotte Gullap-Moore, DNP
  • Karen Moore Jackson*- Recording Secretary
  • Wendy Eley Jackson
  • Stephanie Kelley
  • Daphne Cherie King* – Program Chair
  • Betty T. Patterson* – President
  • Pamela Perkins-Dwyer* – Parliamentarian
  • Juanita Sanford
  • Sophia Sharp-Donaldson
  • Trina Moore-Southall*, Ed.D. – Corresponding Secretary
  • Deborah (Debbie) Stills
  • Marcia Thomas* – Financial Secretary
  • Doris Wells

Our History

Charter Members – June 1982
        (Left to right)
Juliette Lee
        Louise Finch, Organizer
        Doris Tarleton
        Irma Jones
        Dorothy Smith
Charter Photo
(Seated left to right)
Marguerite Walker
Ruth Battle
Donna Dodds
JoAnn Gibson
Louise Finch, Organizer 
Doris Tarleton
Pauline Glover
Mamie Island
Mada Jones
(Standing left to right)
Linda Radney
Cora Parker
Dorothy Smith
Violetta Winge
Alice Johnson
Beverly Clark
Irma Jones
Marilyn Ucok
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Sue L. Banks 
Lillie Watkins
Juliette Lee
(Standing left to right):
Juanita Sanford, Dorothy Smith, Pauline Glover, Colleen House, Mada Jones, Jean Green, Freddie Grady, Carol Pinder
(Seated left to right):
Betty Scott, Louise Finch (Organizer), Donna Dodds