Our Coalition:
African American Leaders
Partial list of hundreds of Missouri African American leaders who support the Stem Cell Initiative and are members of the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures:
Melanie Adams
Senior Director
Missouri Historical Society
William C. Banton II, MD, MPH, FCCP
Retired, Internal Medicine
Former Health Commissioner, City of St. Louis
Former Director of Health and Hospitals, St. Louis County
Mary Groves Bland
Member, National Board of Trustees
Arthritis Foundation
Member, National Governmental Committee
Lupus Foundation
Rev. J.C. Bonner IV
Pastor
Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Charles E. Boyd
Lt. Colonel
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
Military Co-Executive Director
Semper Fi for Life Foundation
Member, Montford Point Marine Association, St. Louis Chapter
Member, Marine Corps League, Gateway Chapter
Dennis Brooks, MD
Internist/Gastroenterologist
Rev. Bernard Brown
Pastor
UCM The Church of Jesus Christ
Angela Brown, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Washington University School of Medicine
James H. Buford
President & CEO
Urban League of Metro St. Louis
Rev. Rayfield Burns
Minister
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church
Anthony Chestang
Sargeant
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
President, Montford Point Marines Association, Chapter #13
Emanuel Cleaver II
U.S. Congressman for Missouri
Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III
Pastor
Centennial United Methodist Church
Joanne M. Collins
Former City Council Member
Kansas City
Michael R. DeBaun, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
Director, Sickle Cell Medical Treatment and Education Center
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Honorary Co-Chair
Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
Rev. Dr. John N. Doggett
Retired Superintendent
United Methodist Church
Caroline Douglas
President & CEO
Sickle Cell Disease Community Advocates
Bishop Willie J. Ellis
Pastor
New Northside Baptist Church
Louise J. Ferguson
Women’s Auxiliary
Jamison Memorial CME Church
Harvey R. Fields, Jr., PhD
Pastor
Union Baptist Church of Chesterfield
Assistant Director of Academic Programs
Washington University in St. Louis
Frankie Muse Freeman
Civil Rights Attorney
Montgomery Hollie & Associates
Former Commissioner
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Rev. William G. Gillespie
Pastor
Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church
Nathaniel Griffin, Sr.
Pastor
Greater Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church
Denise Hairston
President & CEO
Black Women’s Health Network
Lannis Hall-Daniels, MD
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology
Siteman Cancer Center
Assistant Professor Clinical Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
Rev. Mickey R. Hassler
Chaplain
Dee Hodge, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs for Emergency Services
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Gayle Holliday
President
G&H Consulting LLC
Denise Hooks-Anderson, MD
Associate Medical Director
Family Care Health Centers
Rev. Marcellus P. Howard
Pastor
Linwood Boulevard 7th Day Adventist Temple
Rev. Samuel Hylton, Jr.
Retired Minister
Centennial Christian Church
Michael Trent Johnson
Chaplain
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Sickle Cell Team
Neighborhood Programs Coordinator
Saint Louis University
Michael Johnson, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology
People’s Health Centers
Rev. Dr. Aubry Jones
Pastor
United Methodist Church
Rev. Larry O. Jones
Pastor
Greater Grace Church
Rev. Sammie E. Jones
Pastor
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Past Chair
St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition
Rev. James E. Lacy
Pastor
First Baptist Church Creve Coeur
Chair, St. Louis Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Gwenndolyn Lee
Minister
Antioch Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. John Modest Miles
Pastor
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church
Delbert R. Mitchell, Jr.
Petty Officer, 3rd
U.S. Navy, Retired
Rev. Dr. James T. Morris
Pastor
Lane Tabernacle CME Church
Aubrey Morrison, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
Washington University School of Medicine
John Moten
Chair
Black Leadership Roundtable
Retired Executive
Laclede Gas Company
Nathaniel Murdock, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Center
Past President, St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Past President, National Medical Association
Alison Nash, MD
Pediatrician
Homer Nash, MD
Pediatrician
Rev. Samuel Nero
Pastor
Second Baptist Church
Valerie E. Patton
Executive Director
St. Louis Business Diversity Initiative
Aaron E. Phillips
Board Chair
Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center
Rev. Tommie L. Pierson, Sr.
Pastor
Greater St. Mark Family Church
President, General Baptist State Convention Missouri
Carolyn Pryor-Luster, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Rev. Kenneth Ray
Retired Pastor
Highland Baptist Church
Rev. B.T. Rice
Pastor
New Horizon 7th Day Christian Church
Rev. B.G. Roberson
Pastor
Compton I. Ross, Jr.
Pastor
Beacon Light Seventh Day Adventist Church
William Ross, MD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Renal Division
Associate Dean for Diversity
Director Office of Diversity Programs
Washington University School of Medicine
Melvin Sanders
Lt. Colonel
U.S. Air Force, Retired
Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
Bishop Alphonso Scott
Pastor
Lively Stone COGIC
Reuben Shelton
Attorney
Monsanto Company
Incoming Polemarch
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
Joseph R. Simpson, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
Elder Ronald E. Stephens
Associate Minister
Bethesda Temple
C. Jessel Strong
Pastor
Bethel AME Church
Bishop Mark C. Tolbert
Pastor
Christ Temple Church
Kevin Triggs
Vice Polemarch
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
James White, Jr.
Inner City Director
Seventh Day Adventists
Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins, MD
President
Mound City Medical Forum
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Pastor Solomon L. Williams
Pastor
New Jerusalem Cathedral COGIC
VanStella Williams
Licensed Practical Nurse
R. Jerome Williams, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
R. Jerome Williams, Sr., MD
Retired Internist
President, St. Louis Community College Foundation
Leslie Wilson
Owner
The Diversity Gallery
Ida Goodwin Woolfolk
Community Volunteer
Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten
Pastor
Williams Temple COGIC
Thomas Yancy
Associate Pastor
Hopewell Baptist Church
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