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Member Profiles
There are over 400 alumni throughout the United States. Onyx alumni are distinguished university trustees, physicians, attorneys, judges, engineers, corporate executives, small business persons, and entrepreneurs in many fields. Distinguished alumni membership includes a professor of dermatology, a congressman, a real estate developer, a former mayor, and a world renowned correspondent for NBC News.
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Class of 2011
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President
Name: Juna Dawson-Murray
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Health and Societies:
Bioethics Concentration
Clubs/Organizations:
ASE Saturday Academy: Mentor,
New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir: Webmaster,
Women in Leadership Series: Board Member,
V-Day Movement: Cast and Crew Member
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Vice President
Name: Nichole Nelson
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: American History
Clubs/Organizations:
Little Black Book,
United Minorities Council,
Ronald E. McNair Scholar,
Penn Chamber,
Penn Democrats
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Recording Secretary
Name: Angela Ddamba
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology, African Studies
Clubs/Organizations:
Minority Association of Prehealth Students: Founder and President 2009-2010,
Residential Advisor,
Big Brothers Big Sisters
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Treasurer
Name: Kent Amoo-Achampong
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Health & Societies
Clubs/Organizations:
Minority Association of Prehealth Students,
HSOC Student Advisory Board,
Wharton LDI,
SUMR Scholar 2009
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Membership Co-Chair
Name: Beverley Kudakwashe Sithole
School: School of Engineering & Applied Science,
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Bioengineering, Biology
Clubs/Organizations:
College Peer Advising Program: Peer Manager,
Penn African Students Association: President 2009-2010,
Penn Speech and Debate: President 2009-2010,
Biology Student Advisory Board: Student Advisor,
Rodin College House Fox Leadership Program
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Membership Co-Chair
Name: Brittney Pressley
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Psychology
Clubs/Organizations:
Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha: Vice-President,
New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir,
McNair Scholars Program
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Social Chair
Name: Brittany L. Harris
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Health & Societies:
Health Policy and Law Concentration
Clubs/Organizations:
Black Student League: President,
Communications Within the Cirriculum: Speaking Advisor
New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir,
Big Brothers Big Sisters: Mentor
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Community Service Chair
Name: Ryan Jobson
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Africana Studies, Anthropology
Clubs/Organizations:
UMOJA Executive Board,
Ase Saturday Academy,
Center for Africana Studies UAB,
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship,
Sphinx Senior Society
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Academic Excellence Chair
Name: Mfon Umoh
School: School of Engineering & Applied Science
Major: Bioengineering
Clubs/Organizations:
National Society of Black Engineers,
ASE Saturday Academy,
Alliance and Understanding (Greenfield Intercultural Center).
CURF: Reasearch Peer Advisor,
Center for Nuerodegenerative Disease Research at HOP
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Historian
Name: Alex Roman
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Communications, Cinema Studies
Clubs/Organizations:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc,
Kite and Key Ambassador,
Big Brothers Big Sisters,
NAACP,
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
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Webmistress
Name: Petal Samuel
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Africana Studies, English
Clubs/Organizations:
The Ispiration,
The Vision,
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship,
Sphinx Senior Society,
Ase Saturday Academy
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Alumni Relations Chair
Name: Everett Aaron Benjamin
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Political Science, Africana Studies;
Minor: Urban Education
Clubs/Organizations:
New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir: Chaplain,
Penn for Jesus Board,
High School of the Future (SOTF): Researcher/Teachers Assistant,
College House Alumni Ambassador (CHAA): Liaison
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Member At-Large
Name: Malcolm Evans
School: Wharton
Major: Management, Finance
Clubs/Organizations:
Sphinx Senior Society,
Black Wharton Undergraduate Association,
Wharton Business Law Association,
The Vision,
African American Arts Alliance,
Big Brothers Big Sisters
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Member At-Large
Name: Kaneesha C. Parsard
School: College of Arts & Sciences
Major: English, Africana Studies
Clubs/Organizations:
Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women: Chair,
Penn Humanities Forum: Undergraduate Coordinating Research Fellow,
Ase aturday Academy: Learning Center Mentor and Seminar Instructor,
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program,
Women in Leadership Series: Executive Board Member,
Sphinx Senior Society
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Member At-Large
Name: Hannah Cope
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Member At-Large
Name: Gloria Aghaulor
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