Governance

Marcia Thomas
Board Member

Ms. Thomas has been an Executive Director, Manager, Consultant and organizer for efforts located on both the East and West Cost of the United States. She has worked for organizations such as USA for Africa and Oxfam America, which is where most of her international and Africa related experience was developed.

She has also been associated with several big project events such as Hands Across America and 1984 Olympic Games. Ms. Thomas served as a consultant on the Jubilee 2000 Debt Relief Campaign. She provided networking and outreach services for the campaign’s UK office.

Ms Thomas has a Masters Degree in Education and worked for a number of years for the Boston Schools, in various capacities during the 1970s when the system was under a federally mandated desegregation order.

She has served on a number of Boards and Advisory Committees for Africa focused, women and youth organizations. Ms Thomas was a Founding Board member of the National Summit on Africa (Africa Society) and is presently on UCLA’s James S. Coleman African Studies Center Advisory Board and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles.

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