Founded by civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Jr. in 1976, the USC Black Alumni Association is a unique alumni support organization with a primary mission to provide scholarship assistance to USC African American students.

Mission
The USC Black Alumni Association Advisory Council (BAC) was established in 2010 to provide leadership for the USC Black Alumni Association (BAA), which since its inception was governed by the BAA Board of Directors. The BAC gives strategic guidance concerning the BAA's mission, alumni engagement, student matriculation support, scholarship growth and donor cultivation.

The BAC seeks to sustain the BAA as a standard bearer for academic excellence and achievement for its alumni and students, through partnerships with the academic community, alumni networks, corporate and civic relationships.

Core Values and Principals

Compassion
We are compassionate and fair, serving an underserved and underrepresented population. We identify and support the capabilities of black USC alumni and students, and reflect their concerns, perspectives and experiences.

Partnership
We work in collaboration with the academic, alumni, corporate and civic communities to identify, engage and provide development opportunities that foster the mission of the BAA.

Accountability
We are accountable to our partners, encouraging the growth and sustainability of the organization.

Stewardship
We are judicial stewards of all resources entrusted to advance the mission of the BAA.

Service
We are committed to provide leadership in order to fulfill the goals and objectives of the BAA.

USC BAC Representatives

The BAC shall consist of the Executive Director, Office of Black Alumni Programs and not less than 12 representatives from various academic, corporate and civic partnerships, along with each BAA Committee Chairperson. The 2011-2012 representatives of the BAC are:

• Michèle G. Turner, Executive Director,
  USC Office of Black Alumni Programs/USC Black Alumni Association
   
• William Holland, Vice President, Hilton Hotels (retired)
  Chairman, USC Black Alumni Association Council
   
• Stephanie Farmer, Assistant Director, Kaiser Permanente
  USC Alumni Association Board of Governors Representative
   
• Danny Bakewell, Jr., President/COO, Los Angeles Sentinel
• Bruce Carter, Executive Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
• Julia Cooksey, Director, Government & External Affairs, Verizon
• Michael Corrin, Assistant Director, Los Angeles World Airports
• Leonard Fuller, President/CEO, Fuller Consulting Group
• Donna Gholar, Student Program Advisor, USC Health Center, BAA Chair-Scholarship Committee
• Donovan Green, Director, External Affairs, AT&T
• Raphael Henderson, Vice President, General Banking Group, Wells Fargo
• Dana Heyward, Business Development Marketing Manager, Lexus USA
• Eric Holoman, President, Magic Johnson Enterprises
• John Kennedy, Sr. Vice President, Los Angeles Urban League
• Reginald Lathan, President, ChemTrans
• Lloyd McKinney, Program Manager, Northrop Grumman
• Rev. Cecil (Chip) Murray, USC Professor, USC School of Religion
• Debbie Pattillo, Manager, Community Relations, American Airlines
• Jeffery Rush, Vice President, Business Development, Merrill Lynch
• Chandler Root, Regional Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
• Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Director, City of Los Angeles
• Kathryn M. Shirley, CPA, BAA Chair- Recruitment & Retention Committee
• Simeon Stewart II, President, Stewart Manhattan, BAA Chair-Production & Events Committee
• Nicole Watkins, Associate Director, Office of Black Alumni Programs, BAA Chair-Legacy Through
  Leadership Committee
• Dana Weaver, Human Resources Manager, Nestle USA
• Anthony Williams, Southern California Edison
• Carolyn Williams, Community Relations Manager, Sempra Energy