Our Chapter
Greater Seattle Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated is a volunteer service organization of concerned, committed, and talented women who, linked in friendship, enhance the quality of life in the larger community. The organization is primarily concerned with enriching, sustaining and ensuring the identities, culture and economic survival of African-Americans and persons of African descent.
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To contribute to the formulation of a positive, productive, and culturally diverse society. The Links, Incorporated also focuses on education, cultural enrichment, health and wellness and civic involvement. Within the Greater Seattle area, our community service focuses on youth – with an emphasis on STEAM-related experiential learning, educational access and scholarship, and improving and uplifting the quality of life of African Americans and our broader communities.
ARTS
We collaborate with museums, symphonies, art councils, educational institutes, and corporations to support art programs that focus on artists of color.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Through education, health advocacy, and optimal utilization of health resources, we promote and facilitate programs that support the maintenance of good health and the elimination of chronic health disparities in communities of color.
NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES
We create community programs that increase awareness of issues that affect the quality of life of African-Americans.
INTERNATIONAL TRENDS & SERVICES
We expand the global platform for programs designed and developed to serve the educational, health and cultural needs of people of African descent throughout the world.
SERVICES TO YOUTH
Through the recognition of academic excellence and the awarding of scholarships to middle school girls, we are focused on creating a culture of achievement among our youth.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE​
Jovonia Taylor-Hayes
President
Ninevah Lowery
Vice President
Maya Dillard
Recording Secretary
Michelle Terry
Corresponding Secretary
Sheila Edwards-Lange
Treasurer
ElFreda Agboka
Financial Secretary
Adrienne Heile
Immediate Past President
MEMBERS
​El'Freda (Freda) Agboka, MBA
Cherry A. McGee Banks, Ed.D
Chelsia Berry, Ed.D.
Nicole Black
Carol Brown
Andrea Michelle Chatard
Faye Rosalind Chess, J.D.
Roxanne Christian
Bianca A. Connell-Flint
Tracy Davis
LaNesha DeBardelaben
Maya E. Dillard
Alia Black Dockins, MBA
Leona Dotson
Sheila Edwards Lange, Ph.D.
Francisca Engmann
Kia Charon Franklin, J.D.
Kina Gilmore
Bonnie J. Glenn, J.D.
Joanne Harrell
Adrienne Y. Heile
Tracy Marie Hilliard, Ph.D.
Rachel Issaka, M.D.,M.A.S
Vivian Jackson
Jeanette M. James, Ph.D.
Jonelle (JC) Johnson
Janine Michelle Jones, Ph.D.
Leslie Deane Jones
Dana M. Kearney
Jan R. Kendle
Ninevah Rudolph Lowery
Daniele Lyman-Torres
Susan Mask, J.D.
Carmen Mayo
Anena Metoyer
Lauren M. Metoyer
Rosalyn Patrice Miles
Mary E. Pugh
Marcella Fleming Reed, J.D.
Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D. ,MBA
Lillian Lockett Robertson, M.D.
Beth C. Salaguinto
Paula Fillmore Sardinas
Angela Poe Solomon
Brooke A. Spearmon
Nancy Viola Stephens, J.D.
Jovonia Taylor-Hayes
Michelle Terry, M.D.
Linda Ann Thompson-Black
Sharon Denise Turner
Lynne Varner
Aimee E. Vaughan
Leslie Walker, MD
Linda Diane Walton, J.D.
Blair B. Washington, M.D.
ALUMNA​
Deryl J. Brown-Archie, J.D.
Frances Carr Platinum Member
Lucile F. Carter
Patricia Chatard, Ph.D. Platinum Member
Anita Johnson Connell, M.
Patricia Dunston Platinum Member
Juli E. Farris, J.D.
Robin S. Green
Wanda J. Herndon
Sonja Greene Hampton, Ed.D. Platinum Member
Mary Turner Henry Platinum Member
Winona Hollins-Hauge, MSW
Gwendolyn Howard, J.D.
Lazelle Johnson Platinum Member
Mona Lake Jones, Ed.D. Platinum Member
Margaret Martinez
Constance Leigh Proctor, J.D.
Deborah Purce, J.D.
Constance Williams Rice, Ph.D. Platinum Member
Sandra Kirk Roston M.S.W. Platinum Member
Juana R. Royster, Ph.D.
Ernestine Rutledge-Hester Platinum Member
Wilhelmina Sims
Josephine Stokes Charter/Platinum Member
Liz A. Reynolds Thomas, Ph.D.
Carol Ramsay Washington Platinum Member