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2025 Board of Directors

Aaron Pearl-Cropp, President
Dawn DeFraties, Treasurer
Brady Odom, Recording Secretary

Robert Davis
Tom Hutchinson
Dr. Ann Joseph    Brian Mitchell

 

Gail Simpson
James Lewis, Board Member Emeritus Kathryn Harris, Board Member Emeritus
Nell Clay
, Board Member Emeritus

AAHM Staff

Executive Director, Kamau Kemayo 

The Board of Directors of the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (AAHM) is pleased to announce that Dr. Kemau Keymayo has accepted the position of Executive Director.

Museum Liaison, Tara Ryan - Walker