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ADILAH BARNES BARBARA ROBERTS Festival Committee/Finance and Fundraising Committee Barbara
is an actor, writer and union activist. She serves on various committees
with both the Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) and Screen Actors Guild
(SAG). She also lends to
LAWTF her grant writing talent. Jeanette
is a retired management executive in retail.
An award-winning General Manager for Robinson May Department
Stores, she held a number of positions with that department chain during
her 15 years of service. She also holds the office of National Treasurer of the 100
Black Women Coalition. She
received her BS in Business Administration/Marketing at the University
of Southern California. Gayle
has worked extensively with community-based organizations including the
United Nations association in Pasadena, California Commission on
Addictions and the West African AIDS Foundation.
She has served on numerous Boards, taken leadership in numerous
community development initiatives, and has a strong background in
research and evaluation, strategic planning and policy advocacy.
She received her MA in Organizational Management at Antioch
University and BA in Business Administration from Cleveland State
University. KAYRETHA HALE WILLIS Kayretha Hale Willis is practicing attorney in the downtown Los Angeles Area. She has practiced over the last 17 years and deals primarily with civil litigation and issues affecting the elderly. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Political Science and her Juris Doctorate from Western State University's School of Law. Her memberships include the Beverly Hills Bar Association, US Supreme Court Historical Society, Black Women Lawyers, Coalition of 100 Black Women of Los Angeles and she is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She is also an active member of UCLA's Ralph Bunche Advisory Board. Her many awards include the recent "Ambassador of Peace Award" from the Women's Federation Group
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