About Us

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

Link Thais McNeal
President

Link Lydia Mallett
Vice President

Link Miriam Harden
Recording Secretary

Link Gabrielle Baugh
Corresponding Secretary

Link Charlotte McKines-Lawrence
Financial Secretary

Link Lydia Allen-Berry
Treasurer

Link Heather Ruddock
Member-at-Large

Link Joye McDonald-Hamer
Historian

Link Linda Gilliam
Parliamentarian

Link Rhoda McKinney-Jones
Chaplain

Link Caroline DeMarco
Immediate Past-President

Link Kimberly Bridges-White
Program Coordinator

Link Marcellette Wise Ellison
Strategic Planning
Facet Committee Chairs

Link Lavida Allen
THE ARTS

Link Tanya Deyo
THE ARTS

Link Gabrielle Baugh
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Link Renee Chenault-Fattah
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Link Alexcia Mikell Wells
CO-CHAIR NATIONAL TRENDS & SERVICES (NTS)

Link Melissa Parker
CO-CHAIR NATIONAL TRENDS & SERVICES (NTS)

Link Melanie Allen
CO-CHAIR SERVICES TO YOUTH (STY)

Link Kymberly Graves
CO-CHAIR SERVICES TO YOUTH (STY)
Members
Link Lavida Allen
Link Melanie Allen
Link Lydia Allen-Berry
Link Bert Asbury
Link Mavis Ball
Link Gabrielle Baugh
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 Charisse R. Lillie
Link Carolyn Oakley Lowe
Link Lydia Mallett
Link Annette McDaniel-Turner
Link Charlotte McKines-Lawrence
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 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
1975-1977
(First President )
1977-1979
1979-1981
1981-1983
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-Present
Charter
Link Constance Clayton
Link Carolyn Hall
Alumni
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