Saginaw Branch NAACP Executive Committee

Officers

Terry Pruitt, President

  • Silver Life Member
  • Served as 1st Vice President and Political Action Chair of Saginaw Branch
  • Retired Manager of Public Affairs & State Government Relations for Dow Corning Corporation
  • Assistant Superintendent Business Services Pontiac School District
  • Executive Director Business Services Saginaw Public Schools
  • Treasurer & past President, Saginaw County Youth Protection Council
  • Member/Treasurer of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc
  • Past Board Member Saginaw Community Foundation
  • Member/Trustee The New Christ Community Church

Carl Williams

1st Vice President, Freedom Fund Chair
  • Life Member
  • Technical Advisor and Instrumentation Supervisor for Savant Labs
  • Served as Senior Production/Manufacturing Technologist for Dow Chemical Company
  • Co-Chair of NAACP Saginaw Branch ACT-SO Program for 22 Years
  • Served as Michigan State Conference ACT-SO Coordinator
  • Youth Mentor & Volunteer for Annual Phi Delta Kappa Xinos and Kudos Cotillion Ball
  • Serves as STEM mentor for area youth
  • Member of Daniel’s Den Ministries

Ruth Ann Knapp

2nd Vice President, Education Committee Chair
  • Diamond Life Member
  • Retired Educator
  • Member of Freedom Fund Planning Commission
  • 2019 Elected President of Saginaw School Board
  • Member of Arson Watch/Light Up the City Organizations
  • Member of PRIDE Board of Directors
  • Volunteer Chair of Saginaw Public School District Annual Art Show & Saginaw County Art Show
  • Recipient of 2018 All Area Arts Award

Ralph Martin

3rd Vice President, Housing Chair
  • Subscribing Silver Life Membership
  • Member of NAACP Freedom Fund Planning Committee
  • 2018 Candidate for Saginaw Board of Education
  • Fire Marshall City of Saginaw
  • Board Member Saginaw Public Libraries
  • Member of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • President Men of Bethel Organization

Lisa Coney

Secretary
  • Social Worker/Transition Coordinator Saginaw Intermediate School District
  • Past Safe Schools/Healthy Students Project Manager for Saginaw Public Schools
  • Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., — Graduate Advisor
  • Saginaw Valley State University Alumni Board
  • Recipient of YWCA Women of Achievement Award
  • Member Victorious Believers Ministries COGIC

Dawn Granberry 

Assistant Secretary, Membership Chair
  • Life Member

Marcia Thomas 

Treasurer

Ceylon William Bettis

Assistant Treasurer

2024-2025 Executive Committee

Willie Haynes

Brenda Beard

  • Member of NAACP Freedom Fund Planning Committee
  • Retired General Motors
  • Member A. Philip Randolph Institute Saginaw Chapter
  • Member Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church

Renee Morris

Darlene Carpenter

  • Member & past President of Saginaw High School Parent Teacher Student Association
  • Member of City of Saginaw Human Planning Commission
  • Vice President of Unity in the Community Neighborhood Association
  • Member of South 17th Street COGIC

Eddie Foxx 

  • Life Member
  • Retired Engineer Delphi Corporation
  • Member & Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
  • Past member of Saginaw County Board of Commissioners
  • Past member of the Saginaw County Planning Commission
  • Organizer of annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Saginaw March

John Pugh

ACTSO Chair
  • Life Membership
  • Retired Economics Professor Delta College
  • Board member Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority
  • Served as Saginaw County Chair of 1988 Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign
  • Past delegate to Democratic National Convention

Thelma Ruffin 

Health Chair
  • Silver Life Membership
  • Member of NAACP Freedom Fund Planning Committee
  • Retired Educator Saginaw Public School District
  • Youth Advisor for Gamma Kappa Xinos
  • Chair of NAACP Saginaw Branch Health Committee
  • Serves on Community Advisory Committee for Home-Base Health Clinics at Arthur Hill High School & Saginaw High School
  • Member of Andersen Enrichment Center Board of Directors
  • Member Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Joyce Seals 

  • Life Membership
  • Retired State of Michigan Department of Education
  • Former Mayor of City of Saginaw
  • Vice President of Saginaw Board of Education
  • President of Saginaw Promise Board of Directors
  • President of Good Neighbors Mission of Saginaw
  • Member of Top Ladies of Distinction
  • Member/Past President Ezekiel Project
  • Co-Pastor The New Christ Community Church

Leola Wilson 

  • Diamond Life Membership
  • President Emeritus of NAACP Saginaw Branch
  • Past 1st Vice President and Secretary of NAACP Saginaw Branch Executive Committee
  • Past Treasurer NAACP Michigan State Conference
  • Retired Social Worker
  • Member of Saginaw Intermediate School District Board of Trustees
  • Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • Past member of Saginaw Valley State University Board of Trustees
  • Member Zion Missionary Baptist Church

 

President Youth Council

Rhonda Butler

Youth Advisor
  • Life Membership
  • Member of NAACP Freedom Fund Planning Committee
  • Community Engagement Coordinator Jackson District Library System
  • Past Children & Teen Services Coordinator Public Libraries of Saginaw
  • Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • Past President Saginaw Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors
  • Member of Saginaw Valley State University Diversity Council
  • Member Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Joyce Harvin

Youth Advisor
  • Subscribing Silver Life Membership
  • Member of NAACP Freedom Fund Planning Committee
  • Member of NAACP Political Action Committee
  • Member of Annual African Cultural Festival Planning Committee
  • Host & Producer of NAACP Sponsored “Community Connections” weekly radio show on WTLZ-Kiss 107.1 FM
  • Media Relations Coordinator for NAACP Saginaw Branch r
  • Member/Trustee Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church

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