Roslyn McCallister Brock

Background

Brock, Roslyn McCallister was born on May 30, 1965 in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Virginia Union University, 1987. Master of Arts in Healthcare Administration, George Washington University, 1989. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University Kellogg School Management, 1999.

Master of Divinity, Virginia Union University Samuel DeWitt Proctor School Theology, 2009.

Career

She was selected to succeed Julian Bond as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on February 20, 2010, becoming the fourth woman and the youngest person to serve in the position. She received her bachelors degree from Virginia Union University, graduating magna cum laude in 1987. She earned three masters, in healthcare administration from George Washington University in 1989, in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999, and in divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in 2009.

Brock worked for ten years in healthcare management at the West. K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

She currently resides in Elkridge, Maryland. Brock joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1984 as a freshman at Virginia Union University, and she was named a Youth Board Member the following year.

Her 1989 master"s thesis, under the supervision of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People executive director Benjamin Hooks, was entitled "Developing a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Health Outreach Program for Minorities." Beginning in 1991, she initiated Health Symposiums at the annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Conventions. She also served as Vice Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Health Committee.

She was appointed Chair of the Convention Planning Committee in 1999.

In February 2001, Brock was unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Board of Directors at the age of 35. She was the youngest to be named to the position and the first woman to serve. Julian Bond, who had served as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Chairman from 1998, stayed on in the position through 2009 as the organization celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Brock was chosen as Bond"s successor on February 20, 2010, at the age of 44.

She is the youngest person ever to serve as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Chairman.

Achievements

• Roslyn McCallister Brock has been listed as a noteworthy healthcare executive, civil rights advocate by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Honorary chair National Black Family Summit. Board trustees Catholic Health Association United States of America, since 2007, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Special Contributions Fund. Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (youth board member 1985-1990, diamond life member since 1997, chair convention planning committee 1999—2009, vice chair national board directors 2001-2010, founder Leadership 500 Summit 2005, chair centennial committee 2005-2009, chair national board directors since 2010), American Public Health Association, Association Healthcare Philanthropy, American College Health Service Executives, The Links, Inc., Black Women’s Roundtable, Alpha Kappa Alpha.