Meet Our Board

Amistad's Board President and Chair, practices in the areas of labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort, and general litigation. Her employment practice includes representing employers in employment related claims, such as retaliation and discrimination claims, as well as workplace harassment. Ms. Boyle also handles EEOC charges and other administrative complaints through the administrative and judicial process. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boyle served as Judge Pro Tempore, Division I, for the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish. Kim Boyle is also a former assistant professor of law at Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.

Laura Rosanne Adderley is Associate Professor of African Diaspora History at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she has worked almost continuously since 1996. She works primarily as a comparative slavery historian, focusing particularly on the 19th century and the era of slave trade abolition and emancipation.

Ronald M. Carrere, Jr. serves as Associate Vice President of Government & Community Relations at Xavier University of Louisiana and Executive Director of the Norman C. Francis Leadership Institute. Previously, he spent fifteen years at Liberty Bank & Trust as Vice President of Development and served seven years in public service with the City of New Orleans. A New Orleans native, Ronald holds a Master’s in Sustainable Real Estate Development from Tulane University and degrees in Business Administration and Finance, specializing in real estate finance, from the University of New Orleans. His dedication to community service is reflected in his roles on over 15 impactful boards and commissions throughout Louisiana.

Linetta J. Gilbert serves as Managing Partner of Gilbert & Associates. A respected leader in the philanthropic community, Linetta provides consulting, coaching, and network-building support to foundations, large and small non-profits, and emerging thought leaders. Her areas of practice include strategy development/planning and technical assistance for advancing organizational and community wide racial equity outcomes; board development; strategic planning; leadership development; and group facilitation. Some of her current and recent clients include: Greater Milwaukee Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Casey Family Programs, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. She served as Senior Program Officer for Social Justice Philanthropy with The Ford Foundation, where, over nearly a decade, she invested, monitored, and leveraged $1 billion in resources dedicated to transforming and strengthening community-based philanthropic organizations worldwide.

Dr. Andrea Green Jefferson recently embarked upon new career opportunities after thirty years in various administrative and teaching positions in higher education and at the elementary and secondary levels. She works in the financial services industry, is licensed by FINRA, and holds the Series 6 and Series 63 Securities licenses, as well as life insurance licenses in several states. She also started her own custom hand-made jewelry design company using gemstones, crystals, and specialty beads from around the world. Dr. Jefferson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University and A&M College in 1969, the Master of Education degree from Rutgers University in 1970, and the Doctorate of Education degree from the University of New Orleans in 1979. She completed post graduate studies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 1989, and at the School of Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2006.

The Honorable Terri F. Love serves as a judge on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Prior to her fourteen-year tenure on the Fourth Circuit, Judge Love served as a Judge Ad Hoc for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and as a judge on the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans for five years. Before entering the judiciary, Judge Love was the Chief Deputy City Attorney for the city of New Orleans, where she authored New Orleans’ first domestic violence ordinance. Judge Love holds a B.A. from Jackson State University and a J.D. from Tulane University Law School. She attained her Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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Harold Sylvester was born in New Orleans and graduated from St. Augustine High School. He attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship, in which he was the first African American to receive an athletic scholarship to the university, and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology.  Successful actor of stage and screen, he is best known for his roles in An Officer and a Gentleman, Murder She Wrote, NYPD Blue, and Married…with Children. Amistad houses and preserves his papers that document his correspondence, film and television scripts, and materials reflecting his involvement with the Free Southern Theater and his Blue Bayou Productions Company.

In 1979 he graduated from Southern University of Baton Rouge with a Bachelor of Architecture. With an esteemed career spanning more than 38 years in the Architectural profession, Mr. Stewart has led various multi-disciplinary teams consisting of architects, engineers, CADD operators and other professionals in the successful completion of numerous public and private sector projects with construction budgets of up to $500 million. As one of New Orleans’ most innovative architects and businesspeople, Mr. Stewart’s body of work also credit joint venture partnerships with Perez, Ernst & Farnet on the Harrah’s New Orleans Casino project and a wide range of public sector projects (HANO, RTA, OPSB, the New Orleans Convention Center, the Shreveport Convention Center, New Orleans Armstrong International Airport, etc.) and private sector projects ranging from retail and commercial buildings to churches and residences.

Elizabeth Williams is a philanthropist who contributes her time and resources to many local charities. The American Cancer Society recently recognized Mrs. Williams contributions to the community and honored her as a Belle at their 2015 “Belles and Beaus” Gala. She is a past chairperson of the Susan G. Komen annual “Survivor's Luncheon” and a six-year member of the Susan G. Komen Summercure Chef’s Wine Dinner committee. She is also a past chairperson of the Young Audiences “Dancing for the Arts” Gala and currently serves on their Board of Directors. Elizabeth has served on the Sugarplum Ball committee (benefiting Children’s Hospital), Preservation Resource Center Holiday Home Tour committee, Kids Zoo to Do Committee, and the Family Services TOPS Gala committee. Elizabeth is a proud member of several civic organizations including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, The Links, Incorporated (Crescent City chapter) and Jack and Jill of America (New Orleans chapter). Elizabeth earned her bachelor’s degree from Tulane University.

He is a cooperating attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, handling primarily employment and voting rights cases, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, litigating Establishment Clause cases. He has litigated numerous cases in the areas of housing discrimination, employment discrimination, school desegregation, voting rights, police misconduct, prison conditions, separation of church and state, freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process of law and equal protection. He has prepared and/or assisted in the preparation of briefs submitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. He was one of the attorneys of record in Edwards v. Aguillard, 107 S.Ct. 2573, in which the Louisiana Creation Science law was declared unconstitutional, and Chisom v. Roemer, 111 S.Ct. 2334 (1991), in which the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1973, et seq., was held applicable to judicial elections.

Theon A. Wilson is a practicing family law attorney in New Orleans and owner of Law Offices of Theon A. Wilson. Wilson received her Juris Doctorate in 1976 from Tulane University School of Law and Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Sociology in 1973 from Newcomb College. With more than 40 years of family law experience, Wilson’s law practice focuses on divorce, child custody, child support, and community property partition. She is a community leader that has volunteered her time on multiple boards and councils to include: former Board Member & Vice President, Southeast Louisiana Girl Scouts Council; former founding member, Association for Women Attorneys; former Board Member, Housing Authority of New Orleans; and former Board Member, Irish Channel Action Foundation. She was recognized by New Orleans Magazine Best Lawyers and she is a YWCA Honoree.

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Posthumously acknowledged for her dedicated service to civil rights and the Amistad Board of Directors.

At the request of the family, make your donation today in memory of Sybil Haydel Morial and her commitment to the Amistad Research Center.

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Sybil Haydel Morial’s involvement in human and civil rights dates back to the early 1950s. Mrs. Morial participated in some of the first tests for integration of New Orleans’ universities, attempting to enroll at both Tulane and Loyola. In 1962, when the Louisiana Legislature enacted racist laws in response to the court decisions outlawing segregation, she was the lone plaintiff in a successful challenge to a statute prohibiting public school teachers from being involved in any organization advocating integration. Mrs. Sybil H. Morial is a Director of Liberty Bank and Trust Company. She serves as a member of the Metropolitan Area Committee Education Fund, Tulane University Presidents Council, and the advisory committee of the Tulane Medical Center. Mrs. Morial is Vice-President of the International Womens' Forum, and President of the Womens' Forum of Louisiana. She is on the Board of Directors of the Public Law Center; Vice-President of the Earhart-Tulane Corridor Association; President Emeritus of the Louisiana League of Good Government; and Honorary Chair of the Friends of Mercy Hospital.