[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 176 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING ROSLYN M. BROCK

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                         HON. GREGORY W. MEEKS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 12, 2013

  Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, Roslyn M. Brock is Chairman of the National 
Board of Directors for the National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People (NAACP). She made history in February 2010 when she was 
unanimously elected as its 14th Chairman. She is the youngest person 
and fourth woman to hold this position.
  Brock is currently employed as Vice President, Advocacy and 
Government Relations for Bon Secours Health System, Inc., in 
Marriottsville, Maryland. Prior to working at Bon Secours, Brock worked 
10 years in health programs at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle 
Creek, Michigan.
  She graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Union University; earned 
a master's degree in health services administration from George 
Washington University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at 
Northwestern University and a Master of Divinity degree from the Samuel 
DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. In May 
2010, she received an honorary doctorate degree from Virginia Union 
University.
  Brock has been a servant leader with the NAACP for more than 27 
years. She is a Diamond Life Member of NAACP and joined the Association 
as a freshman at Virginia Union University where she was elected 
President of the Youth and College Division from the Commonwealth of 
Virginia. One year later, she was elected as a Youth Board Member from 
Region 7 representing the District of Columbia, Maryland and the 
Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1988 as Vice Chairman of the NAACP Board 
Health Committee, her advocacy for quality, accessible and affordable 
health care for vulnerable communities resulted in the National Board's 
mandate of a health committee for all units in its Constitution. In 
2012, she initiated and led the Board's historic policy decision to 
support marriage equality and to implement The Black Church and HIV: 
The Social Justice Imperative.
  An expert grant writer, Brock has secured millions in philanthropic 
support for the NAACP. From 1999-2010, Brock chaired the NAACP's 
National Convention Planning Committee. In this role, she led the 
Committee to institute fiscal policies that resulted in the Annual 
Convention becoming a profit center for the Association with average 
yearly net revenues of one million dollars. For nine years (2001-2010) 
she served as Vice Chairman of the NAACP National Board. In 2005, Brock 
created the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit. The Summit's goal is to 
recruit, train and retain a new generation of civil rights leaders to 
the NAACP. Since its inception, Leadership 500 has contributed more 
than $1.5m to the NAACP to support its civil rights programs.
  Brock is a member of the Board of Trustees of The George Washington 
University, Kellogg Global Advisory Board, American Public Health 
Association, American College of Health Services Executives, 
Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, The 
LINKS and a former Trustee of the Catholic Health Association of the 
United States of America.
  Brock's leadership skills have been recognized by several national 
publications and organizations. In 2012, she was the convocation 
speaker at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University 
and featured as the February 6, 2012 NBC Universal iVillage Woman of 
the Week. Brock was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement 
Award by The George Washington University; the September 2010 issue of 
Essence magazine listed her among the ``40 Fierce and Fabulous Women 
Who Are Changing the World''; Black Entertainment Television's (BET) 
2010 ``Black Girls Rock,'' honored her in its inaugural broadcast and 
she received the 2010 National Urban League's Women of Power Award.
  Brock participated in the 2008 U.S. Department of Defense's 75th 
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) reserved for American 
leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and 
national defense. She was a guest lecturer on ``Alleviating Global 
Poverty'' in Rome, Italy at the 2007 Martin Luther King, Jr. Conflict 
Resolution Conference. From 2003-2005, Brock was a Young Leaders Fellow 
with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations to build cross-
cultural understanding and professional networks with young Chinese 
leaders.
  Brock's goal in life is embodied in an African proverb, ``Care more 
than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream 
more than others think is practical, and Expect more than others think 
is possible.''

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