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Roslyn McCallister Brock
Vice Chairman

Ms. Roslyn McCallister Brock serves on the National Board of Directors and the National Board of Trustees for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the past eighteen years, Brock has served the NAACP in several leadership roles. In February 2001, at the age of 35 she
made history when she was unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors. She is the youngest person and the first woman to hold this post in the organization’s history.

Brock is Director of System Fund Development for the Sisters of Bon Secours Health System, Inc., headquartered in Marriottsville, Maryland. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Virginia Union University. (B.S. ‘87) She also earned a master's degree in health services administration from George Washington University,
(M.H.S.A. ‘89) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (‘99).

A committed community advocate who works on behalf of vulnerable populations, Brock has served on the boards of community mental health; family and children's services; senior services and faith based community ministries. She's been a volunteer elementary school instructor for Junior Achievement and host of "Community Voices," a local cable access program.
Brock is a member of several professional and civic organizations. They include the American Public Health Association, National Association of Health Service Executives, National Black MBA Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc., and The Links, Inc.

Brock's leadership skills have been recognized by several national publications. She was cited by "Ebony" magazine as a "Future Leader" ('89); and by "Good Housekeeping" as one of "100 Young Women of Promise" ('87). Honors include: Outstanding Alumna, Virginia Union University; Honorary Chairperson, National Black Family Summit; Martin Luther King, Jr., Medal for Human Rights, George Washington University; and 2003 Young Leaders Fellow for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Brock's goal in life is embodied in an African proverb "Care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical and Expect more than others think is possible."

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