Advisory Council
Advisory Council Members
![Jarrett Carter](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/1615818898998.jpg?h=fbf7a813&itok=WhKVfi7Y)
Director of Operations, Strategy, & Communications
Howard University
![Elston Advisory Board Member](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Elston%20Headshot%20Fall2022%20Glasses%20Resize%20-%20Dhanfu%20Elston%20%281%29.png?h=464224e4&itok=0e0v6QCk)
Chief of Staff & Senior Vice President for Strategy
Complete College America
![Cynthia Evers](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Cynthia%20Evers.jpg?h=f28d2fac&itok=dz094cnh)
Vice President of Student Affairs
Howard University
![Jelani Favors](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Jelani%20Favors.jpg?h=c4131d7c&itok=EqW3SsV3)
Henry E. Frye Distinguished Professor
Department of History and Political Science
North Carolina A&T University
![Anthony Johnson](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Anthony%20Johnson.jpg?h=ffed8f21&itok=TYc1ncQD)
President and CEO
Educational Development & Support Services. LLC
![Verna Orr](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Verna%20Orr.jpg?h=1c975993&itok=n56czpAb)
Chief of Staff
Benedict College
![Robert Palmer](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Robert%20Palmer.jpg?h=d113fe15&itok=h12KAbLZ)
Chair, Department of Educational leadership & Policy Studies
School of Education
Howard University
![Tafaya Ransom](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Tafaya%20Ransom.jpg?h=ffed8f21&itok=bEH1uHny)
Senior Program Officer
Postsecondary Success
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Fellow
The Century Foundation
![Omari Swinton](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/OmariSwinton.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=Me83rcOY)
Professor & Chair, Department of Economics
Howard University
![Kara Turner](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Kara%20Turner.jpg?h=5d8c6e14&itok=piaL1rnB)
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success
Morgan State University
![Ivory Toldson](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/download%20%287%29.jpg?h=ffed8f21&itok=SJIYDYiU)
Director, Education Innovation and Research, NAACP
Professor of Counseling Psychology & Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Negro University
Howard University
![Dean Dawn Williams](https://hbcucenter.howard.edu/sites/hbcucenter.howard.edu/files/styles/hc_large_480_480_cropped/public/2023-03/Dean%20Williams%20Headshot_1.jpg?h=ad2c78f5&itok=agtYbRPE)
Dean, School of Education
Howard University