Mission

The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) primary mission is to develop, conduct and promote educational, research and training programs designed to enhance the effectiveness of its members, as they consider legislation and issues of public policy which impact, either directly or indirectly upon "the general welfare" of African American constituents within their respective jurisdictions.

Objective

In support of its mission, NBCSL has adopted the following fundamental objectives:

1. To serve as a national network and clearinghouse for the discussion, dissemination, and exchange of ideas and information among African American state legislators and their staffs;
2. To provide research, training, and educational services to African American state legislators and their staff.
3. To improve the effectiveness and quality of African American state legislators; and
4. To serve as a strong, united, and effective advocate for African American state legislators and their constituencies at the federal level.



Statehouse Leaders

Assembly Speaker Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver, New Jersey President Senator Ronald Russell, U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Leader Senator Robert Brown, Georgia Representative Lois DeBerry, Tennessee Democratic Leader Pro-Tempore Representative Joseph A. “Joe” Gibbons, Florida President Pro Tempore Senator Sharon Weston Broome, Louisiana Senate Nathaniel J. Mcfadden, Maryland Senator Nia H. Gill, New Jersey Speaker Pro Tem Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, Maryland Assemblyman Jerry Green, New Jersey Deputy President Pro Tempore Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp, Connecticut Senator Eric Coleman, Connecticut Deputy Speaker Representative Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, Connecticut Delegate Carolyn J.B. Howard, Maryland Assemblywoman Earlene Hooper, New York Chairman Councilmember Kwame Brown, Washington D.C. Deputy Speaker Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula, New Jersey Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer, New Jersey Deputy Conference Leader Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson, New Jersey Majority Majority Leader Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr., Illinois Majority Floor Leader Senator Steven Horsford, Nevada Assistant Majority Policy Leader Representative Wilmer Amina Carter, California Majority Whip Senator Earline Rogers, Indiana Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Maryland Delegate Talmadge Branch, Maryland Assemblyman William Horne, Nevada Representative Sheryl Stapleton, New Mexico Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, New Jersey Representative Mike Shelton, Oklahoma Assistant Majority Leader Senator Kimberly Lightfoot, Illinois Representative Charles Jefferson, Illinois Representative Karen Yarbrough, Illinois Representative Byron Rushing, Massachusetts Deputy Majority Leader Senator Edwin Gomes, Connecticut Representative Ernest Hewett, Connecticut Senator Catherine E. Pugh, Maryland Assemblyman N. Nick Perry, New York Senator Harold M. Metts, Rhode Island Caucus Chair Representative Barbara W. Ballard, Kansas Representative Eric Pettigrew, Washington Majority Caucus Chair Senator Donne Trotter, Illinois Representative Charles “Don” Clemmons, Jr., Connecticut Democratic Caucus Chair Senator Charlie Smith Dannelly, North Carolina Senior Chief Deputy Whip Representative Kelvin Atkinson, Nevada Assistant Majority Whip Representative Douglas McCrory Representative Bruce Morris Senator Virgil Smith, West Virginia Deputy Majority Whips Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, Maryland Delegate Keith E. Haynes, Maryland Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Maryland Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, Maryland Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, Maryland Assemblywoman Barbara M. Clark, New York Majority Conference Chairperson Representative Marlow Colvin, Illinois Vice-Chair, Majority Conference Assemblyman Karim Camara, New York Policy Chair Valdenia Winn Secretary of the Senate Senator Kent M. Hicks, New Jersey Minority Minority Leader Representative Stacey Y. Abrams, Georgia Senator John Llewllyn Sampson, New York Minority Whip Representative Carolyn F. Hugley, Georgia Senator Vincent Gregory, Michigan Senator Jose Peralta, New York Representative Larry D. Hall, North Carolina Minority Floor Leader Senator Anthony H. Williams, Pennsylvania Senator Tupac Hunter, Michigan Assistant Minority Leader Senator Leah Taylor, Arizona Representative Joe Neal, South Carolina Minority Caucus Vice-Chair Senator Morris Hood III, Michigan Minority Caucus Vice-Chair Representative Rashad Taylor, Georgia Representative Chris Carter, Missouri Assistant Minority Caucus Chair Senator Coleman Young, II, Michigan Assistant Minority Whip Senator Virgil Smith, Michigan Senator Velmanette Montgomery, New York Deputy Minority Whip Senator Bill Perkins, New York Deputy Minority Leader Rep. William L. Wainwright, North Carolina Assistant Minority Floor Leader Representative Tishaura Jones, Missouri Senator Rita Heard Days, Missouri Minority Caucus Secretary Senator Yvonne Wilson, Missouri Minority Caucus Treasurer Delegate Jeion Ward, Virginia Democratic Caucus Deputy Leader Representative Chandra Dillard, South Carolina Democratic Whip Senator Vincent D. Fort, Georgia Senator Judy McIntyre, Oklahoma Democratic Caucus Secretary Senator Horacena Tate, Georgia Representative Barbara Cooper, Tennessee Senator Valencia Seay, Georgia Representative Mia Butler Garrick, South Carolina Democratic Leader-elect Representative Perry Thurston, Jr., Florida Assistant Democratic Floor Leader Representative Earl Harris, Indiana Representative Joe Towns Jr., Tennessee Assistant Democratic Caucus Chair Representative Vanessa Summers, Indiana Deputy Democratic Leader Senator Floyd B. McKissick, Jr., North Carolina Party Caucus Chair Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., Maryland Appropriations Committee Leadership Representative Toni Walker, Connecticut (Co-Chair) Representative Dennis P. Williams, Delaware (Chair) Representative Patricia Billie Miller, Connecticut (Vice Chair) Senator Donne Trotter, Illinois (Vice-Chair) Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp, Connecticut (Chair) Representative William Davis, Illinois (Chair) Representative Al Riley, Illinois (Vice-Chair) Representative Kenneth Dunkin, Illinois (Chair) Representative Bill Crawford, Indiana (Ranking Member) Representative Arnold Simpson, Kentucky (Vice Chair) Senator Lydia Jackson, Louisiana (Chair) Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr., New York (Chair) Senator Vincent J. Hughes, Pennsylvania (Chair) Representative Sylvester Turner, Texas (Vice Chair) Senator Royce West, Texas (Chair)

 

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