Julian Bond, who had served as NAACP Chairman from 1998, stayed on in the position through 2009 as the organization celebrated its 100th anniversary. She was the youngest person named to the position and the first woman to serve. In February 2001, aged 35, she was unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors. She was appointed Chair of the Convention Planning Committee in 1999. She also served as Vice Chairman of the NAACP Health Committee.
Beginning in 1991, she initiated health symposia at the annual NAACP National Conventions. Her 1989 master's thesis, under the supervision of NAACP executive director Benjamin Hooks, was entitled "Developing a NAACP Health Outreach Program for Minorities". NAACP involvement īrock joined the NAACP in 1984 as a freshman at Virginia Union University, and she was named a Youth Board Member the following year. She has served as the Vice-President of Advocacy and Government Relations for Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Maryland. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Career īrock worked for ten years in healthcare management at the W. She also earned three master's degrees: the first in healthcare administration from George Washington University in 1989, the second in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999, and the third in divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in 2009. She received her bachelor's degree from Virginia Union University, graduating magna cum laude in 1987. Early life and education īrock was born in 1965 in Fort Pierce, Florida. She was selected to succeed Julian Bond as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on February 20, 2010, becoming the fourth woman and the youngest person to serve in the position.
Roslyn McCallister Brock (born May 30, 1965) is an African-American civil rights leader, healthcare executive, and health activist.
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