Officers
2017 – 2018

Sire Archon
Vincent D. Jackson

President & CEO
Marketing Moves, Inc.

Sire Archon-Elect & Thesauristes
Jeffrey L. Johnson

Asst. Vice President & Actuary
John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Immediate Past Sire Archon H. Brooks Fitch

President
Paragon Legacies

Grammateus
Joe A. Smith III

Attorney
The Law Office of Attorney Joe A. Smith III

Grapter
Frederick A. George

Principal
GEOSIMMS Consulting

Rhetoricos
Legrand Hines, Jr.

Retired
Former Corporate Marketing Executive

Agogos
Calvin J. McFadden, Sr.

Senior Pastor
St. John’s Congregational Church

Members

Dominic L. Blue

Sr. VP & Deputy General Counsel
MassMutual Life Insurance Company

Jocelin Cesar

Financial Advisor
CUSO Financial Services

Gerald B. Cutting

Veterinarian/Owner
Memorial Drive Animal Clinic

John Gibbons

U.S. Marshal
State of Massachusetts

William M. Harris

Retired – Administrator
UMass Amherst

Calvin R. Hill

VP, Inclusion & Community Engagement
Springfield College

Willie L. Hill

Director, Fine Arts Center
UMass Amherst

Ronald D. Johnson

President
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services, Inc.

V. Van Johnson III

Attorney
Raipher D. Pelligrino Associates, P.C.

Jesse M. Lanier

Retired – President & CEO
Springfield Food System

Jeffrey E. Poindexter

Partner
Buckley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP

Frank P. Robinson

Vice President
Baystate Health

George A. Sheehy

Retired
District Court Judge

Timothy L. Sneed

Executive Director
Baystate Academy Charter Public School

Gregory S. Thomas

Manufacturing Strategy Manager
Corning, Inc.

Henry M. Thomas III

President & CEO
Springfield Urban League

Michael D. Weekes

President & CEO
Providers’ Council

Johnny C. Whitehead

Retired – Chief of Police
Rice University

David W. Williams

Retired – Campus Director
UConn Hartford

Victor Woolridge

Vice President
Barings