Interim President and CEO
Dennis Courtland Hayes was appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Office for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by Chairman of the Board Julian Bond following the resignation of Bruce S. Gordon. Prior to his appointment, he served as General Counsel in charge of the NAACP's historic legal program to eliminate racial discrimination from all facets of American life, with the nation's courts as a principal means and the United States Constitution as the weapon.
As Interim President and CEO, Mr. Hayes oversees the organization's national programs as well as its 2200 units across the U.S. and abroad. These units represent approximately 400,000 members in adult branches, college chapters, and youth councils in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Korea.
Dennis Hayes hails from Indianapolis, Indiana where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in History from Indiana University-Bloomington and his Jurist Doctorate in 1977 from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis.
From his private practice of law in Indianapolis, where he specialized in civil rights litigation, the NAACP recruited him in 1985 as an associate in its New York headquarters' legal department. In 1990, they selected him to serve as the National Office's chief legal officer.
Mr. Hayes has devoted a lifelong commitment to public interest causes. In addition to his duties at the NAACP, he contributes his talents to board and committee responsibilities for the American Judicature Society, the Public Justice Center of Baltimore, and the Columbia Sportsmen's Association in Maryland. He is a contributing author of publications, ranging from magazine articles to civil rights training materials.
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