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Leadership<\/h2><\/div>
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Over our 75-year history, 18 trailblazing women have served at the helm of The Links, Incorporated and The Links Foundation, Incorporated. Under the transformative leadership of our national presidents, as well as current and past national officers and members of our Executive Council and Governance Committee, The Links has grown into a leading voice in Black communities across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"EC\"<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

National Leadership<\/span><\/h2><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ethel Isaacs Williams, J.D.<\/span><\/h4>\n
National President<\/span>
\nWest Palm Beach (FL) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Shuana Tucker-Sims, Ph.D.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
National Vice President<\/span>
\nWaterbury (CT) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rhonda Starks Crowder<\/span><\/h4>\n
National Recording Secretary<\/span>
\n<\/span>Wilmington (DE) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Marcia L. Page<\/span><\/h4>\n
National Treasurer<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mid-Cities (TX) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tyna D. Davis, Ed.D.<\/span><\/h4>\n
National Parliamentarian<\/span>
\n<\/span>Montgomery (AL) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Cheryl L. Burke<\/b><\/h4>\n
National Nominating Committee Chair
Richmond (VA) Chapter<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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National Presidents<\/span><\/h2><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sarah Strickland Scott<\/span><\/h4>\n
Co-Founder
\n<\/span>1st National President<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>1949-1953<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Margaret Rosell Hawkins<\/h4>\n

Co-Founder
\n<\/span>2nd National President<\/span>
\n<\/span>1953-1957<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Pauline Weeden Maloney<\/h4>\n

3rd National President
\n1957-1961<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Vivian J. Beamon<\/h4>\n

4th National President
\n<\/span>1962-1970<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Helen Gray Edmonds<\/h4>\n

5th National President
\n<\/span>1970-1974<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Pauline Ellison<\/h4>\n

6th National President
\n<\/span>1974-1978<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Julia Brogdon Purnell<\/h4>\n

7th National President
\n<\/span>1978-1982<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dolly Desselle Adams<\/h4>\n

8th National President
\n<\/span>1982-1986<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Regina Jollivette Frazier<\/h4>\n

9th National President
\n<\/span>1986-1990<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Marion Elizabeth Schultz Sutherland<\/h4>\n

10th National President
\n<\/span>1990-1994<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Patricia Russell-McCloud<\/h4>\n

11th National President
\n<\/span>1994-1998<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Barbara Dixon Simpkins<\/h4>\n

12th National President
\n<\/span>1998-2002<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Gladys Gary Vaughn<\/h4>\n

13th National President
\n<\/span>2002-2006<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Gwendolyn B. Lee<\/h4>\n

14th National President
\n<\/span>2006-2010<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Margot James Copeland<\/h4>\n

15th National President
\n2010-2014<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Glenda Newell-Harris<\/h4>\n

16th National President
\n<\/span>2014-2018<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kimberly Jeffries Leonard<\/h4>\n

17th National President
\n<\/span>2018-2022<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>

Ethel Isaacs Williams<\/h4>\n

National President
\n<\/span>Present<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeadership - LinksInc.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/linksinc.org\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leadership - LinksInc.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/linksinc.org\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LinksInc.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-02T17:21:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/linksinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LinksInc-Preview.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"17 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linksinc.org\/leadership\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/linksinc.org\/leadership\/\",\"name\":\"Leadership - 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