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Historical Leadership

Founders, Founding Members, and Past Presidents of the GABWA

FOUNDERS

Judge Barbara A. Harris
Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane
Former Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Charmaine Clowney
Vanessa Hickey-Gales
Linda Hunter
Susan Pease Langford
Maureen Malone
Amanda Seward
Gail S. Tusan
Julie M.T. Walker
Tomi Wilson
Wanda Young Wilson

PAST PRESIDENTS

Leah Ward Sears, 1982
Gail S. Tusan, 1983
Reka R. Eaton, 1984
Avarita L. Hanson, 1985
Vida Gude-Ricks, 1986
Harriett Abubakr, 1987
Kim E. Anderson, 1988
Josephine Holmes Cook, 1989
Imogene L. Walker, 1990
Patsy Y. Porter, 1991
Carla Ford, 1992
Suzanne Ockleberry, 1993
Julie M.T. Walker, 1994
Roxanne Douglas, 1995

Susan Pease Langford, 1996
Renata Turner, 1997
Paula Frederick, 1998
Yolanda Johnson, 1999
Anita Wallace Thomas, 2000
Karlise Y. Grier, 2001
Monique Walker Sewell, 2002
Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy, 2003
Allyson R. Pitts, 2004
Dawn M. Jones, 2005
Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, 2006
E. Jewelle Johnson, 2007
Joy Lampley Fortson, 2008
Sonja Natasha Brown, 2009

La’Keitha Carlos, 2010
Jamala McFadden, 2011
JaDawnya Butler, 2012
Jacqueline Bunn, 2013
Tracee R. Benzo, 2014
Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour, 2015
Janet C. Scott, 2016
Tori M. Silas, 2017
Rita M. Treadwell, 2018
Liz Broadway Brown, 2019
Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow, 2020
ShaMiracle Rankin, 2021
Shiriki C. Jones, 2022
Terrica Redfield Ganzy, 2023
Hon. Jana Edmondson-Cooper, 2024