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Kendall Minter, Esq.
Board Chairman
Kendall A. Minter, a native of New York, attended Cornell University where he participated in the six year combined arts/law program, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1974 and a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1976. Kendall is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association and was the inaugural Executive Director of BESLA, serving in that capacity from 1979 to approximately 1986. A sampling of Mr. Minter's varied clients, past and present, includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shabba Ranks, Lena Horne, Roy Ayers, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Third World, Bunny Wailer, The Government of Jamaica, The Backstreet Boys, Teddy Riley, Freddie Jackson, WBO Heavyweight Champion Ray Mercer, Cameo, The Fat Boys, Peter Tosh, Onyx Heavy D & The Boyz, Mad Cobra, Mtume, Kirk Franklin and the Family and numerous others.
Kendall Minter, Esq.
Board Chairman
Jim Fifield
Board Vice Chairman
David Nathan
Board Secretary
Glen Barros
Del Bryant
Richard Foos
Harvey Fuqua
Kenneth Gamble
Shawn Gee
Iris Gordy
Jeff Harleston
Zach Horowitz
Richard Hunt
Chuck Jackson
Miller London
John Oates
Teddy Pendergrass
Bonnie Raitt
Octavius “Ted” Reid III
Bruce Resnikoff
Claudette Robinson
William Smith
Terry Stewart
Mike Stoller
Judy Tint, Esq.
Louise West, Esq.
Jerry Butler
Chairman Emeritus
Howell E. Begle, Esq.
Founding Director Emeritus
Frances Preston
Director Emeritus
Robert Wade, Esq.
General Counsel
ADVISORY BOARD
Ray Benson
Marc Byers
Chuck D
Charles Feldman
Daryl Hall
Hal Jackson
Jason King, Ph.D.
Mathew Knowles
Jerry Leiber
Angela K. Mwanza
Phil Quartataro
Gregory J. Reed, Esq.
Hon. Blondell Reynolds Brown
Paul Shaffer
Jeanie Weems
IN MEMORIAM
Ed Bradley
Ruth Brown
Ahmet Ertegun
Gerald Levert
