Health Executive to Lead N.A.A.C.P.

clipped from www.nytimes.com Health Executive to Lead N.A.A.C.P. By IAN URBINA The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday announced the selection of its first new board leader in more than a decade. Enlarge This Image N.A.A.C.P. Roslyn M. Brock will succeed Julian Bond, right, as leader of the association's board. Center, Benjamin T. Jealous, president. Roslyn M. Brock, 44, the board’s current vice chairwoman, will become chairwoman of the board, taking the reins from Julian Bond, who last year, on the eve of the organization’s centennial celebration, announced his decision to step down. The 64-member board is the policymaking arm of the organization. In being named vice chairwoman of the N.A.A.C.P. board at 35, Ms. Brock was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position.