Board of Directors and Committee Chairs

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Chamber Board Officers and Committee Chairs

San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors

INTRODUCTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD

The San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce and its successor, the San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1973 and has been a founding member of numerous other organizations, including the California Black Chamber and the National Black Chamber of Commerce. In 1996, the San Francisco Chamber was named the number one chamber in the United States by the National Black Chamber. The Chamber and Chamber Board are made up of a highly diversified businesses, corporate executives and government officials. The San Francisco Chamber Board of Directors consists of the following Directors who stand ready to assist:

Mr. Frederick E. Jordan, PE, President and Board Chairman, President, F. E. Jordan Associates, engineering and construction management firm president, who has completed over 1,000 projects throughout the Western US, Africa and Central America. Recently completed the 42-story St. Regis Hotel and Condominiums, San Francisco, CA; principal of the African Opportunity Fund hedge fund.

Dr. Caesar Churchwell, DDS, Vice President, Principal, Churchwell & Co., San Francisco Commissioner and former California State Commissioner residential developer and a parking management operator.

Ms. Brigette Renee LeBlanc, MTA Secretary, LeBlanc and Associates (LAA) a boutique event consulting firm in San Francisco, with experience in event management, outreach and tourism; delivers professionalism that cannot be duplicated by combining old fashion values and 21st century technology that delivers results. www.leblancassociates.com.

Mr. James McGhee, President, Treasurer, J. L. M. Management Group, management consultant, California State Commissioner, Outreach Consultant for the $4 billion SF Public Utilities Expansion Program

Mr. Robert Simms, Esq., General Counsel, President, Park SFO, owns and operates one of the largest airport parking garages at the San Francisco International Airport and owns the only African American Air Cargo Handling Company in the USA; legal counsel for the Chamber.

Mr. Hyacinth Ahuruonye, Auditor, CPA, President, HCA & Co. based in San Francisco and does business nationally and internationally.

Board of Directors
Mr. Matthew Ajiake, President of Sonika Corporation, has written several books on organizational management and serves as a small business consultant.

Mr. Jaye Akin-Taylor, Principal/Construction Manager, Dedeous Group, Inc.

Mr. Michael Baines, GC, President, Baines Group, prominent licensed general contractor and developer since 1980 within the industrial, commercial and residential sector.

Dr. Housmann Banet, RA, President, Lion Capital Management Group, former economic university professor, principal of a $350 million successful hedge fund, manages a private equity firm.

Mr. Kofi Bonner, Division President, Lennar Urban, former Oakland, CA City Manager, Mr. Bonner is in charge of the development of the $1 billion Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Redevelopment Project and the $1 billion, 6,000-home development of Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA.

Mr. Gregory Johnson, Gen. Manager of SF Marcus Bookstore, the oldest African-American owned independent bookstore in America and a cultural landmark in both Oakland and San Francisco, CA; Co-founder/CEO the Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Institute.

Dr. Toye‘ Moses, Executive Director, San Francisco South East Community Facility Commission, President Emeritus of the African American Democratic Club, heads an educational consulting company.

Ms. Shonda Scott, CEO, 360 Total Concept, LLC, a public-relations consulting firm in Oakland, CA, executive producer and talk show host for KDOL, community spotlight.

Ms. Cheryl Smith, Director of Community Affairs for the Bay Area Division of Lennar Urban, she manages the community benefit programs, develops and monitors workforce and contracting policies and coordinates public relations activities.

Mr. Richard Soyombe, Director, Center for International Trade Development, Skyline College, develops and leads trade missions to Asia, Central and South America. Directs certified solar installation training programs in San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco counties of California.

Mr. Myles Stevens, AIA, RLA, President, Stevens + Associates, Architects, an international architect, planner, and landscape architect who has performed award winning planning and design of major structures throughout California and Internationally.

Mr. Matthew Thomas, President, World Connect, Inc., Mr. Thomas is a noted expert on tourism, a former member of the San Francisco Convention and Tourism Board, providing consulting on tourism throughout the world, from Russia to Australia

Mr. Fred Williamson, Jr. Vice President, Commercial Lending, Torrey Pines
Bank, former Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank has substantial expertise of providing loans to minority and underserved communities as well as major commercial banking.

Ms. Ruth M. Bolden-Mays, Executive Director, expertise in non-profit executive management and strategic planning.