CHAIRMEN – NAACP BOARD
1909 William English Walling
Chairman National Negro Committee
1910 – 1911 William English Walling
Chairman NAACP Executive Committee
1911 – 6/1912 Oswald Garrison Villard
Chairman, NAACP Executive Committee
1912 – 1/1914 Oswald Garrison Villard
Chairman NAACP Board
1914 – 1919 Joel E. Spingarn
Chairman NAACP Board
1919 – 1934 Mary White Ovington
Chairman NAACP Board
1934 – 1953 Dr. Louis T. Wright
Chairman NAACP Board
1953 – 1960 Dr. Channing H. Tobias
Chairman NAACP Board
1960 – 1961 Dr. Robert C. Weaver
Chairman NAACP Board
1961 – 1975 Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood
Chairman NAACP Board
1975 – 1983 Margaret Bush Wilson
Chairman NAACP Board
1983 – 1985 Kelly M. Alexander Sr.
Chairman NAACP Board
1985 – 1995 Dr. William F. Gibson
Chairman NAACP Board
1995 – 1998 Mrs. Myrlie Evers Williams
Chairman NAACP Board
1998 – Present Julian Bond
Chairman NAACP Board
NAACP NATIONAL PRESIDENTS
In 1996, the NAACP Board of Directors established the title President/CEO to replace the existing staff title Executive Director / CEO. At the same time, the elected office of President was eliminated.
The elected National Presidents are as follows:
1910 – 1929 Moorfield Storey
1930 – 1939 Joel E. Spingarn
1939 – 1966 Arthur B. Spingarn
1966 – 1975 Kivie Kaplan
1976 -1983 Dr. W. Montague Cobb
1983 – 1984 James Kemp
1984 – 1989 Enolia McMillian
1990 – 1992 Hazel N. Dukes
1992 – 1996 Mrs. Rupert Richardson*
*The last elected President
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES
February, 1910 - March, 1911 Francis Blascoer
April, 1911 - June, 1912 Mary White Ovington
June, 1912 - January, 1916 Mary Childs Nerney
January, 1916 - February, 1916 Mary White Ovington(Acting)
February, 1916 - September, 1917 Royall Freeman Nash
May, 1917 - January, 1918 James Weldon Johnson(Acting)
January, 1918 - May 1920 John R. Shillady
September, 1920 - January, 1931 James Weldon Johnson
January, 1931 - April, 1955 Walter White
April, 1955 – August, 1977 Roy Wilkins*
Executive Director
*Title changed from Executive Secretary to Executive Director
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO
August, 1977 - May, 1993 Benjamin L. Hooks
May, 1993 - August,1994 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
September, 1994 - January, 1996 Earl Shinhoster (Acting)
PRESIDENT/CEO
February, 1996 – December 31, 2004 Kweisi Mfume
January, 2005 – August 1, 2005 Dennis Hayes*
August 1, 2005 – February, 2007 Bruce Gordon
February, 2007 – September 14, 2008 Dennis Hayes*
September 15, 2008 – Present Benjamin Todd Jealous
*Interim President/CEO
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