100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut

The Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches 44th Convention
“NAACP 100 Years of Bold Dreams and Big Victories.”
100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut 2009
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Ray Allen – Professional Athlete, National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics	Archbishop Dr. LeRoy Bailey, Jr. – Senior Pastor & CEO, The First Cathedral	Honorable Jason W. Bartlett – State Representative, Bethel, CT	Michael Bivins – Entertainer, Founder and Member of R&B Group New Edition
Honorable Larry B. Butler – State Representative, Waterbury, Connecticut	Jerry W. Burris – President, Precision Components (Barnes Group, Inc.)	Mark Carr – Chief, New Britain Fire Department	David G. Carter, Ph.D. – Chancellor, Connecticut State University System
Honorable Eric D. Coleman – State Senator, Hartford, Bloomfield, and Windsor, Connecticut	George A. Coleman – Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Education	Dr. James P. Comer – Founder, Comer School Development Program – Yale University	Reverend Dr. W. Vance Cotten –President of New England Missionary Baptist Convention
Honorable Kenneth P. Green – State Representative, Hartford and Bloomfield, Connecticut	Samuel C. Hamilton – Former International Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi, Business Executive	Honorable Toni N. Harp – State Senator, New Haven & West Haven	Honorable Lubbie Harper, Jr.– Connecticut Appellate Court Judge
Chandler J. Howard – President & CEO, Liberty Mutual Bank	Peter F. Hurst, Jr. – President, Community's Bank	Honorable Wade A. Hyslop, Jr. (Mayor, New London )	Curtis Jackson “50 Cent” – Artist & Entertainer
Reverend Dr. Boise Kimber – Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention	Gayle King - Editor-At-Large, “O” Oprah Magazine	Keith Kountz – Co-Anchor, WTNH News Channel 8	Doris J. Kurtz, Ph.D. – Superintendent, Consolidated School District New Britain Schools
Fred W. McKinney, Ph.D. - President, Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC)	Honorable Patricia Billie Miller – State Representative, Stamford, CT	Honorable Thirman L. Milner (1st Black Mayor, Hartford)	Maxine M. Mix – Grand Worthy Matron of the State of CT
Rodney O. Powell – President, Chief Operating Officer, Yankee Gas	Robin Roberts – Co-Anchor, Good Morning America	Daryl K. Roberts – Chief of Hartford Police Department	Curtis Robinson – President, C & R Development Company
Charles Smith – Executive Director, Legends of Basketball, retired National Basketball Association (NY Nicks)	Jennifer Smith-Turner, CEO Girls Scouts of CT	David L. Snead, Ph.D. - Waterbury Public Schools Superintendent	Honorable Joseph M. Suggs, Jr. – Former CT State Treasurer & Former Mayor Bloomfield, CT
Roger C. Vann – National NAACP, Senior Vice President of Field Operations & Membership	Honorable Toni Edmonds Walker – State Representative, New Haven	Honorable Eunice Waller – Former Mayor of New London	Kevin Washington – President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Hartford

Honorable Francisco L. Borges – Former Connecticut State Treasurer	Gilbert Bridgeforth –President, ELKS New England States & Eastern Canada	Attorney John C. Brittain – Civil Rights Attorney & Professor, David A. Clarke School of Law	Bishop Theodore Brooks, Sr. – Board of Bishops, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (P.A.W.)
Stephen L. Carter - Yale University , Professor of Law, Yale University	Glenn A. Cassis – Executive Director of the African American Affairs Commission	Juan Castillo – Program Director, WYBC Radio Station	Honorable Charles “Don” Clemons, Jr. – State Representative, Bridgeport
Honorable John Daniels, Former Mayor of New Haven , Connecticut	Chad Dawson – Professional Boxer, Light Heavyweight Champion	Dwight Freeney – Professional Athlete, National Football League, Indianapolis Colts	James H. Gatling, Ph.D. – President & CEO, New Opportunities, Inc. )
Honorable Ernest Hewett – State Representative New London	Carlton L. Highsmith – Founder, Specialized Packaging Group	Honorable Gary A. Holder-Winfield – State Representative, New Haven	Toni Hoover, Ph.D. – Senior, VP and Director, Groton/New London Pfizer
Judith Jamison – Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater	Attorney Michael A. Jefferson – Civil Rights Attorney	Grace S. Jones, Ph.D. – President, Three Rivers Community College	James Jones – Yale Basketball Head Coach
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. – UCONN Health Center	Honorable Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey – State Representative, Hartford	Joseph E. Mann – Executive Director, Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Inc. (NEON)	Patricia H. Mayfield –Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Labor
Honorable Bruce Morris - State Representative, Norwalk, CT	Attorney Ndidi N. Moses – President, George Crawford Black Bar Association	Honorable Denise Nappier –Connecticut State Treasurer	Honorable Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. – State Supreme Court
Mrs. Rachel Robinson – Founder, Jackie Robinson Foundation	Honorable Richard A. Robinson – Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court	Diana Ross – Actress & Entertainer	Nykesha Sales – Professional Athlete, Women’s National Basketball Association
Ronald A. Thomas – Most Worshipful Grand Master Prince Hall Grand Lodge (Masons)	Charles Tisdale – Executive Director, ABCD, Inc., Bridgeport	Reggie Tolliver – Director, Community Affairs – Turner Construction	Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D. – President, St. Joseph College
Tory Z. Westbrook, M.D.– Regional Board Member & Representative, National Medical Association	Ronald A. Williams – Chairman & CEO, Aetna Inc.	Isabella Windley – Daughter State President of N.E. States & Eastern Canada I.B.P.E. Of The World	Attorney Shawn Wooden- Partner, Day Pitney LLP

Honorable Vanessa Bryant – United States District Judge – District of Connecticut	Reginald Mayo, Ph.D. –Superintendant, New Haven Public Schools	DJ Buck – Program Director, Radio Station Hot 93.7	Honorable Douglas McCrory – State Representative, Hartford
Keith Clinkscales – Senior Vice President - Content Development, ESPN	Honorable Henry E. Parker – Former State Treasurer	Honorable Sanford Cloud, Jr. – Former State Senator, Hartford, Connecticut	Dr. Steve Perry, MSW – Principal/Founder – Capital Prep. Magnet School
Honorable Edwin Gomes – State Senator, Bridgeport, Connecticut	Stuart Scott – ESPN Anchor, ESPN’s SportsCenter	Ryan Gomes – Professional Athlete, National Basketball Association, Minnesota Timber-wolves	Dr. Ian Smith –Creator & Founder, 50 Million Pound Challenge
Theresa Hopkins-Staten – Connecticut State Board Of Education	Lloyd Trotter – President, Gen NX 360 Capital Partners	Allan Houston – NY Nicks Basketball Operations	Diane Young Turner – Chair, 2009 United Way of Greater New Haven
Dorsey L. Kendrick, Ph.D. –President, Gateway Community College	Calvin E. Woodland, Ph.D. – President Capital Community College	William E. Kilpatrick – Executive Director, New Haven Parking	Teresa Younger – Executive Director, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW)