Faculty
Susan Taylor Batten+ – President & CEO, Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)
Sandra C Brown, DNS, APRN – Dean and Professor, Southern University School of Nursing and Allied Health
Phillip L. Clay – Former Chancellor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Professor; Housing Policy and City Planning MIT
Nora Ellersten – Founder and CEO, The Funding Seed
Octave Francis – Managing Director, FFC Investment Advisors of Raymond James
Halima Francis-Leak – Program Director, Professor of Practice, Public Administration, Tulane University
Alfred E. Harrell, III+ – CEO, Southern University System Foundation
Shena Williams Harrison, MSN, RN – Asst Professor, Southern University School of Nursing
James W. Head – President and CEO East Bay Community Foundation and 2018 James A. Joseph; Lecturer, Association of Black Fundraising Executives
Adrian Owens Jones – Asst VP for Advancement Services, LSU Foundation
James A. Joseph+ – Former US Ambassador to South Africa and President Emeritus Council on Foundations
David P. King – Karen Lake Buttrey Director, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, Indiana University
Gwendolyn Livous, PhD, RN – Professor, Southern University School of Nursing
David Maurrasse – Founder & President, Marga Incorporated
Amir Pasic+ – Eugene R. Temple Dean of the Indian University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
William “Tony” Rogers+ – Senior Vice President and Chief Member Officer, Sam Club, Inc.
Elsie Scott+ – Former President and CEO Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Executive; Director, Ron Walters Center for Public Policy at Howard University
Beverly Brooks Thompson – President and Executive Counsel, Brooks Thompson Consulting
Sarah Cortell Vanderypen – Founder and Consultant, Philanthropic Partners
Doug White – Columbia University Fundraising Management Graduate Program
Sevitri M. Wilson+ – CEO, Resilia
Theresa C. Younger – President & CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women
Linda A. Valdry+ – Valdry Properties
Byron C. Stevenson+ – Senior Pastor and Founder of the Fort Bend Church
Valdry Center for Philanthropy Advisory Board Member+
Staff
Administration
Alfred E. Harrell, III – CEO
Jocelyn Lewis – Executive Assistant to the CEO
Development Services
Robert Harrison – Director of Development
Lester Pourciau – Director of Development – College of Business
Toni Jackson – Development Coordinator – College of Business
Robbin Thomas – Annual Fund Coordinator – Law Center
Tanya Freeman – Director of Development – Law Center
Laverne Toombs – Director of Development – Southern University New Orleans
Stephanie Rogers – irector of Development – Southern University Shreveport
Channing Evans – Intern for Development Services
Robert Easly – Director of Development – Agricultural and Research Center
Donor Services
Yvonne Roberson – Database Manager
Danielle Honoré – Office Manager
Kadarius Walker – Intern for Donor Services
Financial Services
Toni Booker – Comptroller
Shirley McLendon – Accountant
Marketing Services
Shonda Wessinger – Communications Director
Courtney Johnson – Intern for Communications
Program Services
Terrye Braden – Program Director
Morkeith Phillips – Director, Honore Center for Undergraduate Student Achievement – Southern University New Orleans
Theodore Scott – Director, Williams Center for Undergraduate Student Achievement – Southern University Shreveport
Bran’Nicia Williams – Intern for Program Services
Valdry Center for Philanthropy at Southern University
618 Harding Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70807
Phone: 225-771-3911
Website: vcp.sus.edu