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National Urban League CEO New Member of Xavier Trustee Board

NEW ORLEANS–Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial is one of three new members of Xavier University’s Board of Trustees.

The Times-Picayune reports that Mark Goodman, chairman/chief executive officer of Boyer’s Coffee Co., and Marie McDemmond, former president of Norfolk State University, also have joined the board.

Morial, mayor from 1994 to 2002, is CEO of the National Urban League.

Before joining Boyer’s, Goodman was CEO of the MG Capital Group.

McDemmond, a 1968 Xavier graduate, was Norfolk State’s president from 1997 to 2006. She also has held administrative jobs at Florida Atlantic University, Atlanta University the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Emory University.

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