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HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board

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Mission

The Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) Capital Financing Advisory Board provides advice and counsel to the Secretary and the designated bonding authority as to the most effective and efficient means of implementing construction financing on African American college campuses, and advises the Congress of the United States regarding the progress made in implementing this part of the legislation. The Advisory Board shall meet with the Secretary at least twice each year to advise as to the capital needs of historically Black colleges and universities, how those needs can be met through the program authorized by this part of the legislation, and what additional steps might be taken to improve the operation and implementation of the construction financing program.

Members

  • Dr. C. Reynold Verret, President
    Xavier University of Louisiana
    Appointed 04/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a private HBCU
     
  • Dr. David Hall, President
    University of the Virgin Islands
    Appointed 04/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a public HBCU
     
  • Dr. Dwight J. Fennell, Sr., President
    Texas College
    Appointed 04/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a private HBCU
     
  • Mr. David K. Sheppard, Chief Legal Officer & Chief of Staff
    Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    Appointed 3/7/2019
    Term expires upon tenure of position of the President of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
     
  • Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO
    National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
    Term expires upon tenure of position of President of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
     
  • Mr. Lodriguez Murray, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs
    United Negro College Fund
    Appointed 11/27/2017
    Term expires upon tenure of position of Dr. Michael Lomax as President of the United Negro College Fund
     
  • Colonel Alexander Conyers (Retired), President
    South Carolina State University
    Appointed 4/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a public HBCU
     
  • Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr., President
    Alabama State University
    Appointed 4/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a public HBCU
     
  • Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, President & CEO
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Appointed 4/20/2022
    Term expires 9/30/2024
    Representative of a private HBCU
     
  • Dr. Dietra Trent, Executive Director
    White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    Term expires upon tenure of position Executive Director of
    the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
    and Universities
     

Meetings

 Date & Time & Location
Date:Monday, November 13, 2023
Time:10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Eastern Time
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
400 Maryland Avenue SW, First Floor
Washington, DC 20202
  • Federal Register
  • Agenda PDF (122K)
  • Membership PDF (107K )
  • November 13, 2023 Minutes - Synopsis PDF (153K)
  • Director’s Report, November 2023 PDF (177K)
  • Transcript PDF (891K)
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Time:9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Eastern Time
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 1W128
Washington, DC 20202
  • Federal Register Notice PDF (195K)
  • Agenda PDF (14K)
  • Membership PDF (88K)
  • Director's Report, September 2018 PDF (30K)
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Time:10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time
Address:Room 313 (Bowden Alumni Center)
Sutton Learning Center Building
St. Philip’s College
1801 Martin Luther King Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78203
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Saturday, December 2, 2017
Time:4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Central Standard Time
Address:White Rock Rooms 1-2, Level 5
Omni Hotel
555 South Lamar Street
Dallas, TX 75202
  • Federal Register Notice
  • Agenda PDF (92K)
  • Membership PDF (101K)
  • May 18, 2015 Minutes - Synopsis PDF (33K)
  • Director's Report, December 2017 PDF (29K)
  • 2015 Response to September 24, 2012, CFAB Recommendations PDF (17K)
  • Transcript PDF (813K)
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Monday, May 18, 2015
Time:10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address:Xavier University of New Orleans
The Convocation Annex
7800 Washington Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70125
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Monday, September 24, 2012
Time:10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Board Room
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, January 20, 2012
Time:10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Board Room
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, July 30, 2010
Time:10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Board Room
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, December 12, 2008
Time:9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Address:U.S. Department of Education
Board Room
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, July 11, 2008
Time:9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Address:Wyndham Grand Resort
Pelican Room
6000 Rio Mar Boulevard
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 91203
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, November 30, 2007
Time:10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address:Clark Atlanta University
Thomas W. Cole Science Research University Center
First Floor Boardroom
223 James P. Brawley Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
 Date & Time & Location
Date:Friday, April 20, 2007
Time:10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address:Xavier University
University Center Building
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125

 For more information on the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Advisory Board, contact Don E. Watson, Executive Director, at (202) 453-6166. 

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October 23, 2024