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Leaders

Executive Secretaries (1910–1977)
Executive Directors (1977–1996)
Presidents and CEOs (1996–present)

Frances Blascoer (1910–1911)
Mary White Ovington (1911–1912)
May Childs Nerney (1912–1916)
Mary White Ovington (1916)
Royal Freeman Nash (1916–1917)
James Weldon Johnson (1917–1918)
John Shillady (1918–1920)
James Weldon Johnson (1920–1929)
Walter White (1929–1955)
Roy Wilkins (1955–1977)
Benjamin Hooks (1977–1992)
Benjamin Chavis (1993–1994)
Earl Shinhoster (1994–1996)
Kweisi Mfume (1996–2004)
Dennis Courtland Hayes (2004–2005, interim)
Bruce S. Gordon (2005–2007)
Dennis Courtland Hayes (2007–2008, interim)
Ben Jealous (2008–2013)
Lorraine Miller (2013–2014, interim)
Cornell William Brooks (2014–2017)
Derrick Johnson (2017–present)

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

Board Chairs

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)