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HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill

by CHARLES DERVARICS , August 20, 2009

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Willa Hall Smith A former White House aide, she is associate vice president at Tuskegee University and based in Washington, D.C.

Annie Whatley and Carl Person Advocates lauded these civil servants as key government offi cials supportive of Black colleges. Whatley is acting director of economic impact and diversity initiatives at the U.S. Department of Energy. Person oversees HBCU and minority college partnerships at NASA.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr. President Barack Obama last month appointed Wilson executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Other key staff include Ron Blakely, deputy director; Karen Epps, senior program manager; and ReShone Moore, supervisory management and program analyst.



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