About Us

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.

Our core values are friendship, integrity, honesty, service, commitment, family relationships, courage, respect for self and others, legacy, confidentiality, responsibility, and accountability. The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. The Links, Incorporated has attracted many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in their communities and the world. They are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists and volunteers who work toward a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership. Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually – strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. The organization is the recipient of awards from the UN Association of New York and the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation for its premier programs. In 2019, The Links, Incorporated was nominated for a Luxembourg Peace Prize by the Schengen Peace Foundation and recognized by the late Congressman John Lewis as a distinguished organization of outstanding community service and influence.

The outstanding programming of The Links, Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education, economic development, and public policy campaigns.

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Executive Committee 2025-2027

President: Kimberly Bridges-White

Vice President: Heather Ruddock

Recording Secretary Mavis Ball

Corresponding Secretary: Renee Chenault Fattah

Treasurer: Caroline DeMarco

Financial Secretary: Charlotte McKines Lawrence

Parliamentarian: Linda Gilliam

Chaplain Lynda Thomas-Mabine

Immediate Past President Thais McNeal

Member -at-Large: Miriam Harden

Program Coordinator: Denise Hooks-Anderson

Strategic Planning: Robyn Jones

Historian: Joye McDonald Hamer

Facet List 2025-2027

Health and Human Services: Chair Lisa Suarez

Rhoda McKinney-Jones
Eydie Miller-Ellis
Leslie Wyche
Rosalyn Robinson
Linda Thomas Mabine
Wilfreta Baugh
Denise Hooks Anderson
Paula Taylor
Thais McNeal
Gabrielle Baugh
Michelle Graves

International Trends: Chair Crystal Ashby

Shariah Dixon-Turner
Catherine Dabney Clemons
Carol Penn
Bert Asbury
Tina Williams
Priscilla Brown
Heather Ruddock
Linda Gilliam
Nicole Black
Renee Chenault Fattah
Sakina Parks
Angela Gillespie
Tameka Boetang
Charlotte McKines

National Trends: Chair Lea Knight

Miriam Harden
Melissa Parker
Kellyn Hodges
Lydia Mallet
Melanie Allen
Deirdre Guice
Tanya Deyo
Caroline DeMarco
Henri Moore
Scheryl Glanton
Stephanie Washington

Services to Youth: Co-Chairs Darnell Belford, Kymberly Truman Graves (HBCU)
Nicole Pullen Ross
Louetta Hadley
Tamara Greenfield King
Deidre Farmbry
Sharon Parks
Charisse Lillie
Erica Dunbar
Emily Pollard
Rebecca Chastang
Annette Miller
Alexcia Mikell-Wells
Geraldine “Jay” Hall
Robin Jones

Arts: Chair Kelley Hodge

Joye McDonald-Hamer
Annette McDaniel-Turner
Mavis Ball
Lydia Allen-Berry
Alycia Horn
Lavida Allen
Marcellette Wise
Pamela Lanham
Monique Moore Pryor
Sharon White
Anika “Niki” Hawkins
Loree Jones

Members

Lavida Allen

Melanie Allen

Lydia Allen-Berry

Bert Asbury

Crystal Ashby

Mavis Ball

Gabrielle Baugh

Darnell Belford

Nicole Black

Kimberly Bridges-White

Priscilla Sims Brown

Rebecca Chastang

Catherine Clemons

Lisa Crutchfield

Caroline DeMarco

Tanya Deyo

Shariah Dixon-Turner

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Renee Chenault Fattah

Linda Gilliam

Scheryl W. Glanton

Kymberly Graves

Deidre Guice

Miriam Harden

Kelley Hodge

Kellyn Hodges

Denise Hooks-Anderson

Adrienne Y. Horn-Lewis

Alycia Horn

Robyn R. Jones

Pamela Lanham

Tamara Greenfield King

Lea Daniels Knight

Lydia Mallett

Annette McDaniel-Turner

Joye McDonald-Hamer

Charlotte McKines-Lawrence

Syliva Watts McKinney

Rhoda E. McKinney-Jones

Thais McNeal

Eydie Miller-Ellis

Henri Moore

Melissa Parker

Sharon Parks

Carol Horne Penn

Theresa A. Powell

Monique Moore Pryor

Nicole Pullen-Ross

Rosalyn Robinson

Heather Ann Ruddock

Lisa Channing Suarez

Paula Taylor

Susan C Taylor

Lynda Thomas-Mabine

Alexcia Mikel Wells

Tina B. Williams

Marcellette Wise

Sheila Woods-Skipper

Penn Towne Past Presidents

Dr. Gwendolyn G. Hewlett
1975-1977
(First President )

Naomi Hamilton
1977-1979

Dr. Constance E. Clayton
1979-1981

Ora Bundy
1981-1983

Nettie Taylor
1983-1985

Reba Bowie
1985 (passed away while in office)

Ruth Moses
1985-1987

Carolyn Hall
1987-1989

Beverly Coleman
1989-1991

Ruth Bridges
1991-1995

Nina Kenney
1995-1997

Naomi Strange
1997-1999

Scheryl Glanton
1999-2003

Rosalyn Robinson
2003-2007

Joanna Lewis
2007-2011

Thelma Henderson
2011-2015

Caroline DeMarco
2015-2019

Thais McNeal
2019-2023

Charter

Ruth Bridges

Carolyn Hall

Annette Miller

Alumni

Bert Asbury
Wilfreta Baugh
Yvette Bradford
B. Ruth Bridges
Beverly Coleman
Deidre Farmbry
Louetta Ray Hadley
Phoebe Haddon
Carolyn Hall
Thelma Henderson
C. Irene Hill
Adrienne Horn
Carolyn Oakley Lowe
Annette Miller
Bonnie Murdah
Emily Pollard
Louise Watkins
Leslie Wyche
Lynda Thomas-Mabine

Platinum

Wilfreta Baugh

Beverly Coleman

Louetta Hadley

Thelma Henderson

Annette Miller

Louis Watkins