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