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President Biden on Thursday named the members he would appoint to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

They are:

  • Makola M. Abdullah, president of Virginia State University
  • Javaune Adams-Gaston, president of Norfolk State University
  • Paige Blake, a junior at Bowie State University
  • Patrick Cokley, chief of organizing advocacy and learning at Civic Influencers
  • Willie A. Deese, a retired pharmaceutical executive
  • Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of TIAA
  • Monica Goldson, CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools
  • Brett J. Hart, president of United Airlines
  • Taraji P. Henson, the actress
  • Beverly W. Hogan, president emerita at Tougaloo College
  • Lisa P. Jackson, vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple
  • Shevrin D. Jones, a state senator from Florida
  • Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University
  • William F. L. Moses, managing director for the Kresge Foundation’s education program
  • Christopher E. Paul, a professional basketball player with the Phoenix Suns
  • Quinton T. Ross Jr., president of Alabama State University
  • Ruth J. Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University
  • Janeen Uzzell, CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers