Ma’isha L. Aziz has been a trailblazer her whole life, having graduated from high school at the age of 16, college at 20, law school at 23, and the owner of her own law firm by the age of 27. Fourteen years later, in 2014, she was elected as a Judge to the Municipal Court of Lawnside, which she served until 2021. Ms. Aziz is licensed to practice law in Maryland and New Jersey.
Ma’isha is very active in the community—she is the Region 2 Adult Representative for the National Youth Works Committee of the NAACP. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for over 25 years, she is the Social Action chair of the New Jersey Garden City Alumnae chapter. She is also the NAACP NJ State Conference and NAACP Camden County East Youth Works Chair, and the advisor for the award-winning NAACP Camden County East Youth Council.
Amina Bey has decades of experience leading community organizations and governmental entities dedicated to safety, well-being, and self-determination in communities of people of color. She is currently the Executive Director of Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc. (NESF), a 501c3 non-profit organization in Newark, New Jersey providing emergency services for individuals and families in crisis throughout Essex County. She is also responsible for the Weequahic Family Success Center.
Prior to NESF, Amina spent five years as the Executive Director of the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) under Mayor Ras J. Baraka. Before the City of Newark, Amina worked for the County of Essex for 15 years developing and managing multimillion-dollar workforce development, welfare-to-work, and social service support systems.
Amina was born, raised and educated in Newark, NJ, where she currently resides. She graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice from Stockton State College (now Stockton University) in Pomona, NJ. Amina received her Master’s in Public Administration from Rutgers University – Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration, where she currently serves on the Alumni Board, and is also a Part-Time Lecturer and Professor with the Rutgers-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA).
Clive Davis began his professional career as a corporate transactional lawyer with a Wall Street law firm headquartered in NY, with assignments in Menlo Park, CA and Hong Kong, China. He spent six years as in-house counsel, in a variety of roles, with the then biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, before transitioning into the compliance space where he ultimately served as the chief compliance officer for a Belgian biopharma’s Americas business. Clive has been investing in and self-managing his real estate investments since 1999 and is currently invested in over 2,000 multifamily doors and 317 hotel keys.
Clive is a National Apartment Association (NAA) certified apartment manager (CAM). He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Columbia University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and before the Court of International Trade. He holds a M.A. from SUNY at Albany and a B.A., with high honors, Rutgers University.
Sandra Dieudonne is known as a knowledgeable, resourceful Immigration attorney who has been practicing for some 15 years and is the Supervising attorney of the Haitian Refugee Project at Catholic Charities in NY. She is also the cofounder and Head of Content of TENOIR TV, a diversity and culture streaming platform. After graduating from Rutgers College, Rutgers University in New Brunswick (BA in English and Africana Studies), she attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas and then was a Federal clerk for the Honorable Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, in the Southern District of Texas. She went on to open her law firm, which focused on Family Law.
In 2010, Sandra returned to New Jersey and started her career in Public Relations in 2013 with YAC Radio. In March of 2016, she started SK Public Relations, where she has worked with celebrities such as Roxanne Shante and Kangol Kid. She represented clients such as executive producer of Real Housewives of New Jersey Dorothy Toran. Sandra was also the host of The Sitdown an all-woman show discussing various topics. As a publicist, Sandra has worked with many small businesses and brands to garner them attention in the global market. She mainly focused on Haitian companies that seek an international appeal.
Kendall Hall is past president of the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance, Inc. , She is one of five co-founders of RAAA, Inc. As one of the most tenured and dedicated RAAA volunteers, she has worked tirelessly to help build and nurture many facets of the RAAA community. Under her leadership, the RAAA brand expanded its footprint across the three campuses of Rutgers University and beyond. She was the initiator of an endowed scholarship which would later be used as the base for the RAAA Rites of Passage scholarships now delivered to all three campuses. Leading RAAA’s effort to support the Class of 1971 Milestone Committee, she was the co-chair of the RAAA’c committee supporting the campaign to build the Paul Robeson Plaza– one of the most successful Rutgers University crowdfunding campaigns ever!
In 2015, Kendall was bestowed the RAA Loyal Sons and Daughters award which honors individuals who have made a significant contribution of service to our alma mater. The RAAA organization recognized her contributions in 2017 when she was awarded the RAAA Keepers of the Legacy award.
Phoebe Haddon, University Professor of Law and past chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden (2014-2020). She was the first Black woman to serve as chancellor of any Rutgers campus. Under her leadership, Rutgers–Camden widened affordable access to students through the introduction of the landmark Bridging the Gap program, which continues to provide full or significant tuition coverage for New Jersey’s working families. Rutgers–Camden’s student profile became appreciably more diverse due to these efforts, laying the foundation for the institution to eventually earn national recognition as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).
She also led Rutgers University–Camden to secure classification as a Carnegie R2 Research University and as a Carnegie civically engaged university, both indicators of how the institution’s national stature expanded under her guidance. During her time as chancellor, Rutgers University–Camden achieved its highest enrollment in the history of the campus while opening new facilities and spaces to accommodate its commitment to student success.
Among other awards and recognitions, Haddon received the 2019 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of American Law Schools and the 2019 Smith College Medal. In 2011, Haddon received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of American Law Teachers, and in 2015, she received the Trailblazer’s Award from the New Jersey Women Lawyer’s Association.
Joshua W. Martin, III was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Case Institute of Technology, and received his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School. His career has been remarkable—he was a physicist for a Fortune 500 company, a Superior Court judge, CEO of a telecommunications giant, and the first black partner at the oldest law firm in Delaware and one of the ten oldest firms in the United States.
In November, 1999, The News Journal in Wilmington nominated him as Delawarean of the Century in Business. He received the Arthur E. Armitage Sr., Distinguished Alumni Award from Rutgers School of Law in 1998 for service to the community and contributions to the legal profession. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America publication for 2007-2022 and was selected in 2013 and 2017 as Lawyer of the Year for Arbitration in Wilmington, Delaware and as Lawyer of the Year for Mediation in 2019 and 2022, by The Best Lawyers in America. He was awarded the First State Distinguished Service Award in 2013 by the Delaware State Bar Association and the Josiah Marvel Cup, with his wife Cynthia, by the Delaware Chamber of Commerce in 2019.
Edward Ramsamy, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Africana Studies where he is the current Chair of the department. He is also a member of the graduate faculty of Geography, and the graduate faculty of Urban Planning and Policy Development at the Bloustein School. He is the author of the book The World Bank and Urban Development: From Projects to Policy (Routledge, 2006). In addition to his research in international development planning and geographies of globalization, Dr. Ramsamy’s fields of study include the political economy of transition and nation-building in post-colonial/developing societies, as well as the comparative politics of identity and race relations in South Africa and the United States.
Shalonda Tanner currently serves as the Rutgers University Coordinator of Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Applicant Evaluation and Assistant Director in Rutgers University Undergraduate Admissions (Division of Enrollment Management in Piscataway, NJ).
Recognized for her service, dedication, and commitment to the community, in March 2005, she was nominated for the “Divine Inspiration Award” for Outstanding Female Administrator at Rutgers. In March 2006, the NJ Commission on Higher Education and EOF Shalonda Tanner Douglass College Board of Directors presented her with the “EOF Champion Award”. In March 2007, she received the NAACP Roselle Branch “Role Model Award” with a special resolution from the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders. In October 2008, Shalonda, as the seated President of the Roselle Board of Education, received “Board Certification” from the NJ School Boards Association. In November 2008, Shalonda received a “Role Model Award” from the ACHS Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadets and was guest of honor and keynote speaker at the Marine Corps Military Birthday Ball. On May 4, 2009, she received the “Distinguished Board Member” award for service as a Roselle Board of Education member (2006-2009) and Board President (2008-2009) when she completed her first and only full term and retired as an elected Board member.
