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Member Profiles
There are over 400 alumni throughout the United States. Onyx alumni are distinguished university trustees, physicians, attorneys, judges, engineers, corporate executives, small business persons, and entrepreneurs in many fields. Distinguished alumni membership includes a professor of dermatology, a congressman, a real estate developer, a former mayor, and a world renowned correspondent for NBC News.
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Class of 2009
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President
Name:Darryl Powell
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
School:College of Arts and Sciences
Major:Biological Basis of Behavior
(Healthcare Management)
Clubs/Organizations:New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir,
Impact Movement, Resident Advisor, Black Student League
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Vice President
Name: Erica Evans
Hometown:Memphis, TN
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major:Political Science and Classical
Studies
Clubs/Organizations:Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated; Sphinx Senior Society; CWiC Speaking
Advisor; Big Brothers Big Sisters; New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir
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Recording Secretary
Name: Heather Wilson
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Major:
Clubs/Organizations:
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Treasurer
Name:Kiersten
Craig
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Academic Excellence
Director
Name: L. Britney Crooks
Hometown: South Orange, NJ
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Mathematics & Economics
Clubs/Organizations: Ase Saturday Academy, National Society of Black
Engineers, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
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Alumni Relations
Chair
Name: Derek Mazique
Hometown: College Park, MD
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biological Basis of Behavior
Clubs/Organizations: United Minorities Council, BBB
Society, Sphinx Senior Society
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Community Service
Director
Name: Allison Lane
Hometown: Montebello, NY
School:College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Architecture
Clubs/Organizations: NAACP President (‘07-08), Pennsylvania NAACP
Youth and College Division Assist. Treasurer (’08-‘09), New Spirit of Penn
Gospel Choir, Student Labor Action Project, United Minorities Council
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Membership Co-Director
Name: Ashley Beard
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: English, Africana Studies Minor
Clubs/Organizations: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated, Ase Saturday Academy, Scholars
Preview Weekend, NAACP, New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir, UMOJA
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Membership Co-Director
Name: Maridieh Dennis
Hometown: Reston,VA
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Health and Societies
Clubs/Organizations: New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir,
Black Student League, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Peers Helping Incoming
New Students, Pre-Health Mentors Program
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Publicity Director/Webmaster
Name: Demetria Smith
Hometown: Stone Mountain, GA
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology
Clubs/Organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Ya'lla Middle Eastern Dance and Drum Troupe, Penn Music
Mentoring Program, Multicultural Greek Council, Pre-health Mentoring Program
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Social Events Director
Name:Jocelyn Dillon
Hometown: Chicago, IL
School: Wharton
Major: Marketing, Sociology Minor
Clubs/Organizations: Lea Elementary School Tutoring, Black Wharton
Undergraduate Association, Let's Get Ready H.S. SAT Prep Program
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Member At-Large
Name: Aichlee Bushnell
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: English
Clubs/Organizations: Brave Star Collective, Kelly
Writers House Planning Committee
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Member At-Large
Name: Feyisola Ogunfemi
Hometown: Scotch
Plains, NJ
School: Engineering and Applied Science
Major: Computer Science Engineering
Clubs/Organizations: President: Engineering Student
Activities Council, President: National Society of Black Engineers,
Destination Hip Hop, Academic Excellence Chair: Du
Bois House Council, ASE Saturday Academy
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Member At-Large
Name: Hayling Price
Hometown: New
Rochelle, NY
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Urban Studies
Clubs/Organizations: Student Labor Action Project,
Sphinx Senior Society, Ase Saturday Academy, Undergraduate
Assembly ('05-'07)
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Member At-Large
Name: Temitope Maiyegun
Hometown: El Paso, TX
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology
Clubs/Organizations: NSBE, UMOJA, BBBS, and CityStep
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Class of 2008 (Spring 2008 New Members)
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Member At-Large
Name: Pheobe Askie
Hometown: Swedesboro, NJ
School: Nursing
Major: Nursing
Clubs/Organizations: Journal of Student Nursing
Research, Minorities in Nursing Organization, Penn in the Gulf Initiative,
PASA, PHINS, Pre-health Mentor
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Member At-Large
Name: Alexis McFarlane
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Communications, Minor Africana
Studies
Clubs/Organizations: The Little Black Book, ASE
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