EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARDS
The C-PAC executive board has broad responsibility to govern the organization. Together and with input from all members, they make policy to govern C-PAC, determine C-PAC’s official position on matters of public policy, set priorities and develop strategic plans to guide organizational development.
Press Release: January 2022 -- The Caribbean-Political Action Committee (C-PAC) is pleased to announce the results of its recent Board elections for the term beginning January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023. This Board heralds the newly updated bylaws which replaces the three-year term with a two year one instead. It also now includes a president-elect position to support seamless organizational transition and the immediate past-president who will chair the Board of Advisors.
Read more About Our Board below and "In their Own Words" here.
C-PAC is also bolstered by a strong Advisory Board.
C-PAC Executive Board
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Goulda Downer, PhD
2022-2023
Chair, Executive Board
RESIDENCE: Washington, DC
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2005, Founding Patron OCCUPATION: Public Health Professional
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 2015-2017, Chair, C-PAC Executive Board; 2008-2013, Chair Luncheon Committee; 2009-2013: Chair, Advisory Board; 2013-2014 Vice Chair Communications; 2013-2014 Editor Newsletter
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS (Professional/Social): Fellow, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics; Greater Leadership Washington; DC Statewide Health Coordinating Council; District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DC D-CFAR); University of the District of Columbia, Nutrition and Food Science Advisory Board; Community Hospice; Plan Management Committee DC Health Bene t (Obamacare) Exchange Authority; DC Medical Reserve Corps.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: Jamaica |
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Donna Christensen, MD
2022-2023
President-Elect
RESIDENCE: Washington, DC/St. Croix
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2018
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 2019-2021 Advisory Board
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS (Professional/Social):
President Christensen Institute for Community Health & Empowerment; Member of HBCU Emergency Management Consortium; American Kidney Fund
Black AIDS Institute; AIDS Advocacy Assn; Frederiksted Health Care,Inc ( a VI FQHC); Virgin Islands Architectural Center; National Health Information Technology Consortium for the Underserved
Chair, scientific, Academic & Medical Advisory council of Institute for Gene Therapies
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Marvena Simmonds
2022-2023
Executive Secretary
RESIDENCE: Prince Georges County, MD
C-PAC CURRENT MEMBER SERVICE: 2010
OCCUPATION: Retired - Volunteer
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITION: Executive Board Secretary
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Maryland Association of Prevention Professionals and Advocates (MAPPA) and Holistic Pastoral Counseling.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: Trinidad/Barbados |
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Yasmin Bingham
2022-2023
Treasurer
RESIDENCE: Prince Georges County, MD
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2019
OCCUPATION: Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 2019-2021 Founding Patrons’ Luncheon Committee
ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: Jamaica |
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Max Levasseur
2020-2022
Vice-Chair Membership
RESIDENCE: California, St. Mary's County, MD
C-PAC CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2020
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Vice President, Membership
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: N/A
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: Haitian |
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Mark Beckford
2020-2022
Vice-Chair Communication
RESIDENCE: Washington, DC
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 2019
C-PAC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: 2018-1219 Newsletter Committee; 2019 – 2021 Vice Chair Communications
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: National Association of Black Journalists, Online News Association, Give.Gain.Grow Collaborative (3GC)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ANCESTRY: Jamaica |
