We Are The Louisville Branch NAACP

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Welcome, Raymond Burse

Dr. Raymond Burse most recently served as President of Kentucky State University from August 2014 until May 2016. He served as Vice President and General Counsel for GE Appliances and Lighting from May 2002 until August 2012, and as President of Kentucky State University from July 1982 to April 1989. Dr. Burse has a long and impressive record of achievement in academics, athletics, and community service.
The youngest of twelve children, he was born on June 8, 1951, in Hopkinsville, KY. After graduating tenth in a class of 325 students from Christian County High School, Dr. Burse declined several football scholarships and elected to attend Kentucky's Centre College in Danville, KY, where he majored in chemistry and mathematics. At Centre College, he was a member of the American Chemical Society and the Black-White Coalition. He also served as vice president of Omicron Delta Kappa and founder and three-year president of the Black Student Union. Active in student government, Dr. Burse served as an advisor to the President of Centre College and as treasurer of the "C" Club.

Executive Committee & Leaders

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Elizabeth Caples

1st Vice President

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Vador Warfield

2nd Vice President

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Wanda Mitchell-Smith

3rd Vice President

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Clinton Bennett

Treasurer

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Kellye Cunningham

Secretary

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Claudia Geurin

Membership & Life Member

Stephon Camp

Youth Work

Sharon Marbry

Labor & Industry

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Charlene Holloway

Executive Committee

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Rawleigh Richardson, Sr

Community Coordination

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Haven Harrington Jr.

Armed Service Chair

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Bennie Ivory

Communications

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Verna Goatley

Executive Committee

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Michelle Pennix

Education

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Jeana Dunlap

Housing

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James W. Elliot

Executive Committee

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Sharon Marbry

Executive Committee

Kimberly N. Marshall

Chair of Scholarship Committee

Lucretia Davis

Health

Tonyia Edmondson

Executive Committee

Tashika Carlton

Executive Committee

Sharon Marbry

Labor & Industry

Darrien Morris

Executive Committee

Purgie Trowel

Executive Committee

Jennifer Campbell

Executive Committee

Rev. Roosevelt Lightsy

Religious Affairs

Stephon Camp

Youth Work

Kevin Fields

Economics Chair

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