2007 LJRGC Scholarship Golf
Tournament Honorary Co-Chairs
   



     

 

  James (“JB”) Brown
www.jbjamesbrown.com
Co-host of FOX NFL Sunday, the most watched NFL pre-game show in America

 
   

 

Arch Campbell
www.nbc4.com
Emmy-winning entertainment reporter and movie critic for NEWS4; regular human-interest features on local and national celebrities
 
   

 

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
www.house.gov/conyers
19-term Congressman from Michigan’s 14th Congressional District (Detroit area); second most senior member in the House; founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus

 
   

 

Suzanne De Passe
Chairman and CEO, De Passe Entertainment (production company); former President, Motown Productions; Academy Award nominee; Emmy Award winner; NAACP Image Award Winner; Black Filmmaker Hall of Fame Inductee; 2003 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Honoree

 
 

 

Johnny Holliday
www.jholliday.com
Author and nationally-recognized sportscaster; cutting-edge disc jockey; “Voice of the Terps” since 1980

 
 

 

Rodney P. Hunt
www.rsis.com
Majority owner and co-founder (in 1992) of RS Information Systems (RSIS), an information technology, systems engineering, telecommunications, and scientific services and solutions business; recipient of numerous business awards; named 2005 “Minority Small Business Champion of the Year” by the US SBA Washington Metropolitan Area District.
 

 

The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
www.rainbowpush.org
Founder & President, The Rainbow / PUSH Coalition; one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures; two-time presidential candidate

 
 

 

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.
www.house.gov/jackson / www.jessejacksonjr.org
Congressman from Illinois’ Second Congressional District (since 1995); former National Field Director, National Rainbow Coalition
 
 

 

William R. (“Billy”) Martin
www.blankrome.com
Partner, Blank Rome, LLP; criminal and civil trial attorney; long-term career in public service, including Ohio prosecutor, Department of Justice, and US Attorney for the District of Columbia

 

 

Donnie Simpson
www.wpgc955.com
Current host of WPGC’s award-winning “Morning Show” from 6-10 am weekdays; one of the nation’s first VJs; skilled interviewer; legend in the media world, having started his radio career in Detroit at the age of 15! Donnie and his spouse, Pam, have created the Donnie & Pam Simpson Scholarship Fund at the United Negro College Fund.

 

 

Omar Tyree
www.omartyree.com
New York Times best-selling author; publisher; lecturer; performance poet

 
* list as of January 1, 2007  

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