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11 Facts About Roslyn Brock

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Roslyn McCallister Brock was born on May 30,1965 and is an African-American civil rights leader, healthcare executive, and health activist.

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Roslyn Brock was selected to succeed Julian Bond as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on February 20,2010, becoming the fourth woman and the youngest person to serve in the position.

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Roslyn Brock earned three master's degrees: the first in healthcare administration from George Washington University in 1989, the second in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999, and the third in divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in 2009.

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Roslyn Brock has served as the vice-president of Advocacy and Government Relations for Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Maryland.

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Roslyn Brock served as Vice Chairman of the NAACP Health Committee.

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Roslyn Brock was appointed Chair of the Convention Planning Committee in 1999.

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Roslyn Brock was the youngest person named to the position and the first woman to serve.

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Roslyn Brock was chosen as Bond's successor on February 20,2010, at the age of 44.

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Roslyn Brock is the youngest person ever to serve as NAACP Chairman.

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Roslyn Brock is a member of the Board of Trustees of The George Washington University, and past chair of the Board of Advisors of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University, as well as being a member of the Kellogg School of Management Global Advisory Board at Northwestern University, and Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, the American Public Health Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

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Roslyn Brock was married to Randall Eugene Roslyn Brock, who died in 1995.