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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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William C. Beverly, Jr.,
President
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Mansfield Collins,
Esq.
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Mona Beverly, CPA
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James Edward Alexander,
Esq
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Joseph H. Duff, Esq.
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Judge William C.
Beverly, Jr. (Ret.)
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William C. Beverly, Jr. is a native of Los
Angeles. His great grandfather, William H. Shores, arrived
in Los Angeles with his wife and four children in 1897, to
become the first African American employee of what was then
Security Trust and Savings (later Security Pacific Bank) at
5th and Spring Streets in Los Angeles. His maternal grandfather
arrived in 1920 to practice law.
Judge Beverly received his undergraduate
degree at Pepperdine University, and his juris doctor degree
from Southwestern University School of Law. He has served
as the vice president of the Los Angeles County Commission
on Human Relations, Presiding Judge of the Long Beach Municipal
Court, Supervising Judge of the Southwest District of the
Los Angeles Superior Court, and Presiding Judge of the Appellate
Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court. He has been honored
by the Betty Hill Senior Citizens Club for his involvement
in pursuing the history of the African American community,
and by Southwestern University School of Law as the outstanding
judicial officer of 1996.
After ten and a half years practicing law
and twenty three years on the bench, Judge Beverly retired
in 2003 to devote his time to Eighth & Wall and the Los
Angeles community. He is a member of the History Council of
the California African American Museum and the African American
Heritage Society of Long Beach.
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James Edward
Alexander
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After
retiring from the United States Air Force and from a second
career of broadcasting, James Edward Alexander attended Whittier
Law School, and began the practice of law in 1990. While in
law school, he operated the Beverly Rubens Bar Review Course.
His commitment to history extends from Georgia to California,
and has led him to undertake the capturing and preservation
of Los Angeles history at his own expense while maintaining
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Mansfield Collins,
Jr.
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Recipient of an undergraduate degree from
the University of California at Irvine, and a law degree from
the University of California at Los Angeles, Mansfield Collins,
Jr. has served as Corporate Counsel to the California Commissioner
of Corporations, and has represented the former president
of Motown Records and the Chairman of the Board of Founders
Bank.
He has served as legal counsel to the NAACP
and the Congress On Racial Equality. His family history in
Los Angeles extends back to the pastors of First African Methodist
Episcopal Church (“Eighth and Towne”) and other
prominent churches.
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Joseph H. Duff
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After receiving his undergraduate degree
from Occidental College, and his juris doctor from the University
of California Los Angeles, Joseph H. Duff began a career in
the civil rights field that extends to this day. This includes
service at the Western Center On Law and Poverty, the Los
Angeles Neighborhood Legal Services Society, and representation
of the plaintiffs in the implementation phase of Crawford
v. The City of Los Angeles, a case brought to desegregate
the Los Angeles Unified School District. He currently serves
as staff counsel for the California Department of Fair Employment
and Housing.
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Mona Beverly
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A native of Denmark, Mona Beverly received
her undergraduate degree in accounting from California State
University Long Beach. After serving as a certified public
accountant with the State Board of Equalization in the field
of auditing, she has retired, serving Eighth & Wall as
a director as well as its secretary and treasurer.
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