AAAA's board of directors acts as its strategic compass.  Each member is committed to positively impacting children, families and the African American community.  AAAA's board of directors includes the following leaders.

• Lester Collins
  AAAA Board Chair
  Executive Director, Council on Black Minnesotans

• Marquita Stephens
  AAAA President & CEO

• Brad Madson
  AAAA Special Events Chair
  Director of Community Relations, Minnesota Vikings

• Mae Brooks
  Talent Acquisition Manager, A.H. Wilder Foundation

• Rev. Richard H. Coleman
  AAAA Finance Committee Chair
  Chief Operating Officer, Kingdom Oil

• Desiree Wren
  Social Worker, Dakota County

• Alva Yvette Waller
  Civil Rights Attorney, Office of the Monitor

• Nancy Rodenborg
  Associate Professor of Social Work, Augsburg College

• Wenda Weeks Moore
  AAAA Advisory Committee Chair
  W.K. Kellogg Foundation