[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 113 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E705-E706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE SERVICE OF GLENDA GLOVER AS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AND 
                CEO OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.

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                          HON. NIKEMA WILLIAMS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 11, 2022

  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
service of Dr. Glenda Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA, as International 
President and CEO of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. As a 
proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, I could not 
have asked for a better person to lead our more than 320,000 Sorors 
spread over at least 1,046 chapters from all over the world through the 
last four years.
  Dr. Glover was born in Memphis, Tennessee the daughter of a civil 
rights activist and raised in the Civil Rights Movement. She graduated 
from Tennessee State University, an illustrious Historically Black 
College and University, before getting her MBA at another incomparable 
HBCU, Clark Atlanta University, proving that, truly, Atlanta Influences 
Everything. Not yet satisfied, she moved to Washington, D.C. and 
obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from George Washington University and a 
law degree from Georgetown University.
  Professionally, Dr. Glover is a star. She spearheaded the creation of 
the country's first HBCU-based Ph.D. program in business at Jackson 
State University, and chaired the Department of Accounting at Howard 
University's School of Business. She has been a leader in the private 
sector, and currently serves as the President of her beloved alma 
mater, Tennessee State University, since 2013. Dr. Glover is not just 
the President either: she was the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's HBCU 
President of the Year in 2018, and HBCU Digest's 2019 Female President 
of the Year.
  Dr. Glover did all of that while maintaining a leadership role in 
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Initiated into the Alpha Psi 
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated at Tennessee State 
University, where she served as President and Vice-President as an 
undergraduate. Dr. Glover has also served as President, Vice-President, 
and Treasurer of Beta Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha 
Sorority, Incorporated in Jackson, Mississippi before moving up to 
International Vice-President, International Treasurer, and Treasurer to 
the Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF) of the entire Sorority.

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  Since assuming the International Presidency and CEO role in 2018, Dr. 
Glover has led our Sorors powerfully to sustain us through the 
pandemic, and raised our voices on critical issues like Voting Rights 
and Black Maternal Health--ensuring that Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha 
Sorority, Incorporated are the VOICE of the movement, not the ECHO. Dr. 
Glover's Alpha Kappa Alpha Congressional Women's Roundtable continues 
to lead the charge toward solutions to create a better world for future 
generations by fighting for continued, meaningful investments in HBCUs, 
a comprehensive approach to ending the maternal health crisis in 
America, and protecting our democracy through safeguarding and 
expanding voting rights.
  Dr. Glover has convened meetings with our Soror, Vice-President 
Kamala Harris, to bring our community's needs to the highest level of 
our government, and is the Vice-Chair of President Joe Biden's HBCU 
Advisory Board.
  I and every Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Soror, am 
indebted to Dr. Glover for her service to our Sorority. She is a living 
pillar of Black Excellence, and her leadership has and continues to 
lift up successive generations of Black leaders. As we celebrate her 
enduring legacy, her enriching sisterhood, and her exemplary service, 
let's remember the purpose that has animated her to succeed and to 
bring her community up with her.

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