BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• William Banfield, Composer, Endowed Chair at The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
• Lee Melvin, Director of Admissions, University of Connecticut
• Darryl Taylor, Professional singer, The University of California, Irvine; African American Art Song Alliance
• Louise Toppin, Professional Singer, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Panelist for North Carolina Arts Council Grants Division, Board member for ARTS North Carolina, Inc., Board member for NANM.
• Cherie Bridges, Twenty-plus years service in administrative roles in the areas of domestic violence, cash management, urban real estate development, manufacturing, and financial aid. Employed by Ernst & Young LLP, Columbus, OH. Volunteer at Action Ohio Coalition for Battered Women, served on the committees to elect Michael B. Coleman for Mayor 1999 and Treasurer, Columbus Chapter Million Man March.
• Willis Patterson, Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. Past President of the National Association of Negro Musicians, founder of Our Own Thing Chorale, leader of the African American
• Avis Bent, MBA; CPA, Board Consultant.
  

Videmus Recording Directors

• Julius Williams Professor of composition at Berklee Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, NEA review panelist
• Louise Toppin Artistic Director of Videmus
• William Banfield Composer, The University of St. Thomas
• Susan Bush President of Albany Records

Past Board Members

• Carol Benel Julian, Former Executive Director of the Pitt County Arts Council, Greenville, NC; Commission for Basic Education Act, Public Access Television, Uptown Greenville Commission
• Malcolm Tait, Vice-President, Southwestern Georgia State University, Americus, GA
• Edgar Toppin, Historian, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA and Endowed Chair Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board, US National Parks Board, Richmond Historical Preservation Board; Numerous board appointments by the Governor(s) of Virginia
• T. J. Anderson, Composer, Chapel Hill, NC; numerous board affiliations
• Natalie Humphrey, Account Executive, J. Walter Thompson Company, New York, NY
• Andrea Weathers, MD, Pediatrician, Cary,
• William Brown, Professional Singer, Endowed Chair at The University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL; numerous board affiliations
• Christopher Brooks, Associate Professor African American Studies/School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Board of Directors Salvation Army Boy's and Girls Club. African American Studies Executive
  Committee.
• Dwayne Holloway, Director of Community Development, Former director of The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
• Yvonne Jordan, MBA Business Analyst for ATT Corporation, Charlotte, NC
• Addie Wright, Attorney, Raleigh, NC
• Antionette Toppin, retired Educator, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA. Board Member of the National Reading Association.