Board of Directors 2022-2023
Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage is incorporated in Washington, DC. It is organized as a public charity under the 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. It was started in 2011 by four founding board members (see below). The current list of officers and registrars are:
- Dr. Evelyn A. McDowell, Ph.D., President and Founding Board Member
- Robert S. Burch, Jr., Vice President
- Kathryn Puckett, Founding Board Member
- Jonnie Brown, Treasurer
- Adrienne Abiodun, Board Member
- Abasi Aniton, Founding Board Member
- Honorable Anita Laster Mays, Secretary
- Sharon McKinnis
Registrars:
- LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, CG℠, Registrar General
- Margo Lee Williams, Deputy Registrar
Desmond Hamilton, Founding Board Member (retired from the board)
The Board is advised by an advisory group consisting of current members, genealogists, and historians.
Membership. The organization has two types of membership, director and legatee. A director is responsible for the everyday administration of the organization and has fiduciary responsibility and control. A legatee is a member-at-large and is responsible for carrying out the mission of the organization at a local level. The roles and responsibilities of both types of members are outlined in the bylaws of the organization.