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.

Click Here – National Website

Click Here – Regional – Eastern Area Website

Executive Committee

President: Kimberly Bridges-White

Vice President: Heather Ruddock

Recording Secretary Mavis Ball

Corresponding Secretary: Gabrielle Baugh

Treasurer: Lydia Allen Berry

Financial Secretary: Tina Williams

Parliamentarian: Linda Gilliam

Chaplain Lynda Thomas-Mabine

Immediate Past President Thais McNeal

Member -at-Large: Miriam Harden

Program Coordinator: Marcellette Wise

Strategic Planning: Robyn Jones

Historian: Alexcia Mikell Wells

Facet List

Health and Human Services: Lisa Suarez and Gabrielle Baugh, Co-Chairs

Rhoda McKinney-Jones
Renee Chenault-Fattah
Eydie Miller-Ellis
Caroline DeMarco
Leslie Wyche
Rosalyn Robinson
Linda Thomas Marine
Wilfreta Baugh
Denise Hooks Anderson
Susan Taylor
Nicole Black

International Trends: Charlotte McKines-Lawrence, Chair

Alexcia Mikell Wells
Deidre Guice Minor
Pamela Jordan
Shariah Dixon-Turner
Catherine Dabney Clemons

National Trends: Lea Knight, Chair

Miriam Harden
Melissa Parker
Kellyn Hodges
Lydia Mallet
Robyn Jones

Services to Youth: Darnell Belford, Kymberly Truman Graves (HBCU) Co-Chairs

Nicole Pullen Ross
Sheila Woods-Skipper
Louetta Hadley
Tamara Greenfield King
Deidre Farmbry
Sharon Parks
Charisse Lillie

Arts: Kelley Hodge, Chair

Kelley Hodge
Joye McDonald-Hamer
Annette McDaniel-Turner
Carol Horne Penn
Mavis Ball
Lydia Allen-Berry
Alycia Horn
Lavida Allen
Tanya Deyo

Members

Link Lavida Allen

Link Melanie Allen

Link Lydia Allen-Berry

Link Bert Asbury

Link Crystal Ashby

Link Mavis Ball

Link Gabrielle Baugh

Link Darnell Belford

Link Nicole Black

Link Kimberly Bridges-White

Link Priscilla Sims Brown

Link Rebecca Chastang

Link Renee Chenault-Fattah

Link Catherine Clemons

Link Lisa Crutchfield

Link Caroline DeMarco

Link Tanya Deyo

Link Shariah Dixon-Turner

Link Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Link Linda Gilliam

Link Scheryl W. Glanton

Link Kymberly Graves

Link Phoebe Haddon

Link Miriam Harden

Link Kelley Hodge

Link Kellyn Hodges

Link Adrienne Horn

Link Alycia Horn

Link Robyn R. Jones

Link Pamela Lanham

Link Tamara Greenfield King

Link Lea Daniels Knight

Link Charisse R. Lillie

Link Carolyn Oakley Lowe

Link Lydia Mallett

Link Annette McDaniel-Turner

Joye McDonald-Hamer

Link Charlotte McKines-Lawrence

Sylvia Watts McKinney

Link Rhoda E. McKinney-Jones

Link Thais McNeal

Link Eydie Miller-Ellis

Link Henri Moore

Link Bonnie Murdah

Link Melissa Parker

Link Sharon Parks

Link Carol Horne Penn

Link Theresa A. Powell

Link Nicole Pullen-Ross

Link Rosalyn Robinson

Link Heather Ann Ruddock

Link Lisa Channing Suarez

Link Susan C. Taylor

Link Lynda Thomas-Mabine

Link Marilou Watson

Link Alexcia Mikell Wells

Link Tina B. Williams

Link Marcellette Wise

Link Sheila Woods-Skipper

Penn Towne Past Presidents

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

Link Naomi Hamilton
1977-1979

Link Dr. Constance E. Clayton
1979-1981

Link Ora Bundy
1981-1983

Link Nettie Taylor
1983-1985

Link Reba Bowie
1985 (passed away while in office)

Link Ruth Moses
1985-1987

Link Carolyn Hall
1987-1989

Link Beverly Coleman
1989-1991

Link Ruth Bridges
1991-1995

Link Nina Kenney
1995-1997

Link Naomi Strange
1997-1999

Link Scheryl Glanton
1999-2003

Link Rosalyn Robinson
2003-2007

Link Joanna Lewis
2007-2011

Thelma Henderson
2011-2015

Caroline DeMarco
2015-2019

Link Thais McNeal
2019-2023

Charter

Link Constance Clayton

Link Ruth Bridges

Link Carolyn Hall

Link Annette Miller

Link Vivian Vaughters

Alumni

Link Wilfreta Baugh

Link Yvette Bradford

Link B. Ruth Bridges

Link Constance Clayton

Link Beverly Coleman

Link Deidre Farmbry

Link Louetta Ray Hadley

Link Carolyn Hall

Link Thelma Taylor Henderson

Link C. Irene Hill

Link Joanna Lewis

Link Annette Miller

Link Emily Pollard

Link Vivien Vaughters

Link Louise Watkins

Link Leslie Wyche

Platinum

Link Annette Miller

Link Louis Watkins