NAM board of directors

The NAM Board of Directors/Corporation consists of elected and appointed officials. These officials serve three years and sit in on a combination of standing committees. Each of the Board members is the chairperson of at least one Standing Committee. The Board of Directors meets regularly to give NAM direction.

• President: Dr. Asamoah Nkwanta (Morgan State University)
• Vice-President: Dr. Shanise Walker (Clark Atlanta University) 
• Executive Director: Dr. Aris Winger (Georgia Gwinnett College)
• Secretary: Dr. Shannon Solis (Prairie View A & M University)
• Treasurer: Dr. Cory Colbert (Washington & Lee University)
• Editor: Dr. Zerotti Woods (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs)
• HBCU Liaison: Dr. Chinenye Ofodile (Albany State University)
• Region C Member: Dr. Brittany Mosby (Tennessee Higher Education Commission)
• Research and Undergraduate Institution Liaison: Dr. Robin Wilson (Loyola Marymount University)
• Business, Industry, and Government Liaison: Dr. Valerie Nelson (Training Keys, LLC)
• Community College Liaison: Dr. Alvina Atkinson (Georgia Gwinnett College)
• Advisory Member: Vacant

NAM Executive Committee

The Executive Committee has the authority to officially act on behalf of the Board of Directors/Corporation in case of emergency and in cases where it is not feasible to convene or poll the entire Board. A three-fourths (3/4) majority of the Board has the authority to overturn non-emergency decisions of the Executive Committees. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors is required to provide a written report, at each meeting of the Board, of all major or policy decisions made by this Committee on behalf of the entire Board/Corporation since the Board's last meeting.

• Committee Chairperson: President Asamoah Nkwanta
• Committee Vice-Chairperson: Executive Director Aris Winger 
• Committee Members: Vice-President Shanise Walker, Secretary Shannon Solis, and Treasurer Cory Colbert

NAM Membership Committee

This Committee has the responsibility for keeping the membership of NAM viable. This Committee is to develop proper forms for membership applications, for acknowledging the receipt of membership dues (membership cards), for informing and reminding persons that their dues are in the rear. Rules and procedures should be developed as to what kinds of products and services that NAM can and/or shall provide it members. The major ongoing activities of this Committee will be that of developing and implementing Recruitment Strategies and that of keeping accurate membership records which also reflect current addresses and current financial status of all members as well as set membership goals and strategies to reach these goals.

The Corporation shall develop and maintain a current directory (database) of under-represented mathematical scientists and educators in the United States especially of those who have earned a doctorate degree; of all under-represented American graduate students studying for a doctorate degree in one of the mathematical sciences; of all faculty in the mathematical sciences at HBCU/MI's; of all mathematical sciences programs offered at HBCU/MI's; and of the under-represented American minority undergraduate enrollments in the degree programs in the mathematical sciences at the junior and senior levels at HBCU/MI's.

• Committee Chairperson: Secretary Shannon Solis

NAM Finance Committee

This committee has the responsibility of officially developing and publishing an annual financial report that accurately reflects the financial status of NAM as a business/non-profit corporation. These reports should be audited annually (internally or externally). Additionally, it is the responsibility of this committee to develop a two-year budget for NAM and to develop strategies for ensuring that monies will be available to support the budget. This may include reviewing and recommending new dues structuring, writing proposals to get financial support, investing NAM's trust funds for higher yield, planned giving, etc. This committee is to make recommendations on all activities of NAM for which NAM funds are being requested for support.

• Committee Chairperson: Treasurer Cory Colbert

NAM Publications and communications Committee

This committee is responsible for the creation and maintenance of all publications, journals, and proceedings of NAM. The chairperson of the PCC shall be the Editor. The Board may delegate the creation, maintenance, and publication of the NAM Quarterly Newsletter to the Editor. Any NAM-related work that is produced by the PCC or any of its members shall be considered property of NAM, and NAM shall hold all copyright and distribution privileges. 

• Committee Chairperson: Editor Zerotti Woods

NAM Election and Appointments Committee

This Committee shall run the elections and appointments process for all positions on the Board of Directors except for the position of Executive Director, and it shall oversee the transition of Officers and General Board Members. 

• Committee Chairperson: Executive Director Aris Winger

Nam Programming and Awards Committee

This Committee has the responsibility of planning, organizing, and implementing NAM programs and events, and recommending recipients for NAM awards and grants to the Board. The Vice President is the chairperson of the PAC and all liaisons are members of the PAC. 

• Committee Chairperson: Vice President Shanise Walker

NAM Historical and archival Committee