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Black College Fund Council of Presidents

The fund supports the 11 historically black colleges and universities related to the church — the largest number of black colleges and universities backed by any church body in the United States. The presidents of these institutions make up the Black College Fund Council of Presidents. Scroll below to find their names and contact information for their offices. 

Bennett College

Suzanne Walsh

President

900 East Washington Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 517-2225
email: suzanne.walsh@bennett.edu
Assistant: Gwendolyn O’Neal
gwendolyn.oneal@bennett.edu

Bethune-Cookman University

William Berry

Acting President

640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386) 481-2001
email:
Assistant: Fanita Kirkland Lewis
kirklandf@cookman.edu

Claflin University

Dwaun J. Warmack

President

400 Magnolia Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
(803) 535-5412
email: dwarmack@claflin.edu
Assistant: Melvenia Williams
mwilliams@claflin.edu

Clark Atlanta University

George T. French Jr.

President

223 James P. Brawley Drive SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
(404) 880-8500
email: caupresident@cau.edu
Assistant: Rita Hardy
rhardy@cau.edu

Dillard University

Rochelle L. Ford

President

2601 Gentilly Boulevard
Rosenwald Hall 
New Orleans, LA 70122
(504) 816-4640
email: rford@dillard.edu
Assistant: Chelsea Dureseaux
cdureseaux@dillard.edu

Huston-Tillotson University

Melva K. Wallace

President/CEO

900 Chicon Street
Austin, TX 78702-2795
(512) 505-3002
email: cpburnette@htu.edu
Executive Assistant: Mona Bakshi
mbakshi@htu.edu

Meharry Medical College

James E. K. Hildreth

President/CEO

1005 Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 327-6904
email: jhildreth@mmc.edu
Assistant: Kimberly Stevenson
kstevenson@mmc.edu

Paine College

Cheryl Evans Jones

President

1235 Fifteenth Street
Augusta, GA 30901-3182
(706) 821-8339
email: cevansjones@paine.edu
Assistant: Frances Wimberly
fwimberly@paine.edu

Philander Smith University

Cynthia Bond Hopson
President (Interim) 

900 Daisy Bates Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 370-5314
email: chopson@philander.edu
Assistant: Anita Hatley
ahatley@philander.edu

Rust College

Robert M. Dixon

President (Interim)

150 Rust Avenue
Holly Springs, MS 38635
(662) 252-4016
email: 
Assistant: Tiffany Perry
tperry@rustcollege.edu

Wiley College

Herman J. Felton, Jr.

President 

711 Wiley Avenue
Marshall, TX 75670
(903) 927-3201
email: hfelton@wileyc.edu
Assistant: Cassandra Johnson
cmjohnson@wileyc.edu

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