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NAACP 99th Annual Convention • July 12 - 17, 2008 • Cincinnati, ohio

Convention Speakers

Julian Bond

Julian Bond
Chairman
NAACP, National Board of Directors

Roslyn M. Brock

Roslyn M. Brock
Vice Chair
NAACP, National Board of Directors

Dennis Courtland Hayes

Dennis Courtland Hayes
Interim President and CEO
NAACP

Bishop George W. C. Walker, Sr.

Bishop George W. C. Walker, Sr.
Senior Bishop
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church

Religious Leaders Luncheon Keynote speaker
Monday, July 14, 2008
Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones

Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones
Blank Rome LLP

Clarence Mitchell Memorial Luncheon Speaker
Monday, July 14, 2008
Arlene Holt Baker’s experience as a union and grassroots organizer spans more than 30 years. On Sept. 21, 2007, she was approved unanimously as executive vice president by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, becoming the first African American to be elected to one of the federation's three highest offices and the highest-ranking African American woman in the union movement. In this position, Holt Baker builds on her legacy of inspiring activism and reaching out to diverse communities to support the needs and aspirations of working people.

Arlene Holt Baker
Executive Vice President
AFL-CIO

Labor Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Honorable Mark Mallory

Honorable Mark Mallory
Mayor
City of Cincinnati

Greetings
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Christopher Smitherman

Christopher Smitherman
President
Cincinnati NAACP Branch

Greetings
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg

Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor, City of New York

Greetings
Sunday, July 13, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Bundles

A'Lelia Bundles
Author, journalist and network television executive

WIN Empowerment Forum/Brunch
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Johnson

Marilyn D. Johnson
Vice President, Market Development
IBM

WIN Empowerment Forum/Brunch
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Adams

Dr. Nelson L. Adams
President
National Medical Association

Health Symposium
Keynote speaker
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston is a physician and former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and recently retired Associate Administrator for the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) within the Health Resources and Services Administration. She was the first African-American woman to direct a Public Health Service Bureau. BPHC has total resources of close to five billion dollars and is responsible for improving access to quality, preventive, primary health care to millions of underserved, minority, underprivileged, disadvantaged people in the United States and its territories and improving the health status of ten million people.

Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston
Physician and former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States

Health Symposium
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Benjamin L. Hooks

Benjamin L. Hooks
NAACP Executive Director Emeritus
Memphis, Tennessee

Membership Luncheon Keynote speaker
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Senator George V. Voinovich

Senator George V. Voinovich
Cleveland, Ohio

Greetings
Monday, July 14, 2008
Lil X.

Lil X
Director

Youth Freedom Fund Dinner Keynote Speaker
Thursday, July 17, 2008
T.J. Holmes

T.J. Holmes
Anchor, CNN
Atlanta, Georgia

"The Great Debate" Public Mass Meeting
What's at Stake in '08?
Monday, July 14, 2008
U.S. Senator John McCain

U.S. Senator John McCain

Republican Presidential Candidate
Plenary Session
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
U.S. Senator Barack Obama

U.S. Senator Barack Obama

Democratic Presidential Candidate
Plenary Session
Monday, July 14, 2008

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
Ohio

Greetings
Monday, July 14, 2008

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