The Gilliam Foundation Inc. announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Judge Bernice Donald, Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean, and Dr. Todd Motley.
With these appointments, the Gilliam Foundation’s board now comprises nine members. The other directors are Dorrit Gilliam, chief operating officer of the Gilliam Foundation; Rev. Melvin Charles Smith, vice chairman of the Gilliam Foundation; Aurelia Kyles; Levi Frazier Jr.; Rev. Melvin Jones; and Art Gilliam.
- Judge Donald is a former U.S. District Judge and a former Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, currently engaged in mediation.
- Dr. Johnson-Dean previously served as Superintendent of Memphis City Schools and as interim President of LeMoyne-Owen College.
- Dr. Motley, an internal medicine physician, regularly discusses health-related issues on WLOK’s daily program “Let’s Talk About It.”
“The additions of Judge Donald, Dr. Johnson-Dean, and Dr. Motley will strengthen the Gilliam Foundation as it continues its charitable work supporting disadvantaged families in the Memphis area,” said Art Gilliam, president of Gilliam Communications Inc., the parent company of WLOK Radio, WLOK Stone Soul Picnic, and WLOK Black Film Festival.
Gilliam Communications, which acquired WLOK in 1977, operates the first and only independently owned African American radio station in Memphis. WLOK broadcasts a gospel format on AM 1340 and FM 105.
