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Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 2021

                  Books&People

IN THIS ISSUE     WELCOMING
                  NEW TRUSTEES
Looking at 2020
      PAGE 4 & 5  We are delighted to welcome three new members to the Board of Trustees.
                  Each brings not only abilities that will strengthen our Board but also experiences
                  that will help us to better serve our members.

                          News You Can Use      Dwayne Ashley is the chief
                                       PAGE 6   executive of his own consulting
                                                firm, Bridge Philanthropic
Black Literature Matters:                       Consulting. He is a graduate of
          A New Resource                        Wiley College in Texas and of the
                                                University of Pennsylvania’s Fels
                                        PAGE 7  School of Government. His
                                                fundraising experience is extensive.
                            Dwayne Ashley       Among his more notable clients,
                                                he includes Madonna’s foundation
                                                in Los Angeles early in his career,
                                                and more recently Jazz at Lincoln
                                                Center, where he worked before
                                                starting his own firm five years
                                                ago. Among other activities, he
                                                has served on the Board of the
                                                Newark Public Library and has
                                                created a significant place for his
                                                firm in fundraising for organiza-
                                                tions of color. Trustee Adrienne
                                                Ingrum was at one time Dwayne’s
                                                editor and has remained a friend
                                                over the years. Dwayne has pub-
                                                lished four books about fundraising
                                                and career building. Dwayne serves
                                                on the Development Committee.
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