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Executive Leadership

The national executive leadership team provides direction for NANM's operation, performance, and strategic growth.  Our team is comprised of a committed group of professionals from across the country, representing a variety of musical professions: educators, administrators, executives, composers, and performers.

National Officers

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Dr. Anne Marie Hudley Simmons

National President

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Robert Price

Executive Secretary

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Henrietta Fortson

Treasurer

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Paul-Martin Bender

First Vice President

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Natorshau Davis

Recording Secretary

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James Louis Gooden

Assistant Treasurer

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Alfrelynn Roberts

Second Vice President

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Livingston Holloway

Assistant Secretary

Regional Directors

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Julian Goods

Central Region Director

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Dr. Barron Coleman

Southwestern Region Director

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Vinroy D. Brown, Jr.

Eastern Region Director

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Yolanda Mitchell West

Western Region Director

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Bernice Hogan Hall

Southeastern Region Director

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National Board of Directors

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Pamela Dillard

Board Member

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Osceola Davis-Smith

Board Member

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Julius McCullough

Board Member

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Joyce Wooden Norfleet

Board Member

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Patrice Eaton

Board Member

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Dr. Sylvia T. Hollifield

Board Member

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Kearstin Piper Brown

Board Member

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Dr. Jessie Davis Owens

Board Member

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Arvis Jones

Board Member

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Daniel Washington

Board Member

Collegiate/Young Artist Board

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Kaswanna Kanyinda

President / Secretary

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Vinroy D. Brown, Jr.

First Vice President

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Julian Goods

Second Vice President

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National Program Directors

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Paul-Martin Bender

Life Membership Guild Chair

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Dr. Sylvia T. Hollifield

Convention Coordinator

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Kearstin Piper Brown

Collegiate Young Artist Division Chair

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Dr. M. Nicole Davis

National Scholarship Chair

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Julian Goods

Convention Co-Chair

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Nina Scott

Youth/Junior Division Chair

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Bernice Hogan Hall

Chaplain

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Livingston Holloway

Nominations and Grants

Past Presidents

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Henry Grant

Served 1919 to 1922

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Carl Diton

Served 1926 to 1928

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Maude Roberts George

Served 1933 to 1935

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Mary Cardwell Dawson

Served 1940 to 1942

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Dr. Kenneth Billups

Served 1960 to 1965

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Dr. Brazeal Dennard

Served 1975 to 1980

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Dr. Willis Patterson

Served 1990 to 1996

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Dr. David Morrow

Served 2008 to 2014

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Dr. Clarence Cameron White

Served 1922 to 1924

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John Wesley Jones

Served 1928 to 1930

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Camille Nickerson

Served 1935 to 1938

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Clarence H. Wilson

Served 1942 to 1952

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Clarence H. Wilson

Served 1965 to 1968

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Betty Jackson King

Served 1980 to 1985

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Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr.

Served 1996 to 2002

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Byron J. Smith

Served 2014 to 2019

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Robert Nathaniel Dett

Served 1924 to 1926

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Lillian LeMon

Served 1930 to 1933

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Kemper Harreld

Served 1938 to 1940

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Dr. Roscoe Polin

Served 1952 to 1960

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Theodore Charles Stone

Served 1968 to 1975

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William Warfield

Served 1985 to 1990

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Dr. Roland Carter

Served 2002 to 2008

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