Simone Aleiz Randolph

President

Class: 2008
Home Town: Cleveland, OH
Major(s): Political Science, Spanish
Interests: Freestyling
Favorite Quote: "Stumbling is not falling" -Malcolm X
Email alias: sar@duke.edu

Vanecie Delva

Executive Vice President

Class: 2009
Home Town: Miami, Fl
Major(s): Socialogy. Minor: Economincs, Japanese
Interests: Having Fun, Reading, DANCING, Watching movies, writing, yoga, kick-boxing, stretching, mentoring, pilates, studying
Favorite Quote: "Carpe Diem"
Email alias: vbd@duke.edu

 

Charrise Phillips

Secretary

Class: 2009
Hometown: Durham, NC
Majors: Public Policy Studies, Cultural Anthropology
Interests: Real Estate, Laughing, Kickboxing
Favorite Quote: "If excellence is possible, then good is not enough" ~Kenneth Cutler
Email alias: cmp15@duke.edu

 

Andrew George

Treasurer

Class: 2008
Home Town: Bangor, Maine
Major(s): Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Minor(s): Spanish
Interests: Reading, Meeting New People, Traveling
Favorite Quote: "What's the matter with your life? Why you gotta mess with mine? Don't keep sweatin' what I do Cuz I'm gonna be just fine..."
Email alias: aeg3@duke.edu

 

Eden Shiferaw

Parliamentarian

Class: 2010
Home Town: Bedford, TX
Major(s): Psychology, Neuroscience Concentration
Interests: Working out, Music, trying something or meeting someone new
Favorite Quote: "Nothing is a big deal unless you make it"
Email alias: eden.shiferaw@duke.edu

 

Awa Nur

Academic Affairs Chair

Class: 2010
Home Town: Herndon, VA
Major(s): Economics, Political Science
Interests: Activism, Culture, Service, Martial Arts, Camping, Hiking, Anything new
Favorite Quote: "Ronnie, look at all these beautiful white people. That's what this country's all about." (before realizing the microphone was on) -- Nancy Reagan
Email alias: aon@duke.edu

 

Ashley Banks

Public Affairs Chair

Class: 2009
Home Town: Winston-Salem, NC
Major(s): Political Science, African and African-American Studies
Interests: Reading, Music, Politics, Law and Order
Favorite Quote: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."
Email alias: alb33@duke.edu

 

Stephanie A. McCalmon

Social Chair

Class: 2008
Hometown: Queens, NY
Majors: Sociology
Interests: Fashion and Hair, Shopping, Working with children
Favorite Quote: "To whom much is given, much is expected"
E-mail alias: sam38@duke.edu

 

Cadene Russell

Outreach Chair

Class: 2009
Home Town: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Major(s): Psychology, African and African-American Studies
Interests: Traveling, Strawberry-Kiwi Snapple, All things Duke
Favorite Quote: "A man who thinks he can and a man who thinks he can't are both correct; which one are you?"
Email alias: car23@duke.edu

 

Charles Colbert

Director of Alumni & Graduate Affairs

Class: 2010
Home Town: Washington, DC
Major(s): Undecided
Interests: Reading, Having Fun, Community Service
Favorite Quote: "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory"
Email alias: charles.colbert@duke.edu

 

Ade Sawyer

Historian

Class: 2009
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Majors: Public Policy Studies, Cultural Anthropology
Interests: Real Estate, Laughing, Kickboxing
Favorite Quote: "If excellence is possible, then good is not enough" ~Kenneth Cutler
Email alias: aas27@duke.edu

 

Michael Reed

Webmaster

Class: 2008
Home Town: NW Washington, DC
Major(s): Computer Science, African and African-American Studies
Interests: Music, Community Service, Black History
Favorite Quote: "Negroes too often buy what they want and beg for what they need" -MLK"
Email alias: myr2@duke.edu

 

Blayne Alexander

Talking Drum Editor

Class: 2008
Home Town: Edmond, Oklahoma
Major(s): English
Minor(s): African & African American Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies Certificate
Interests: running, writing, karaoke and success
Favorite Quote: Taller mountains are harder to climb, but the view from the top is always worth it.
Email alias: bba@duke.edu

 

Chandra Guinn

Advisor