Honorary Dolls & Brothas

Our Honorary Dolls & Brothas are celebrities and everyday heroes in our communities who make appearances at Black Doll Affairs or partner with us on their self-esteem projects. Our honorary members include actors, actresses, artists & models; media personalities; civil rights activists and public servants; outstanding Black Dolls & Black Doll Brothas; entrepreneurs & executives; and doll designers & creatives! Together, they to ensure our POSITIVE stories are told and The Black Doll Affair has a seat at the table & is a part of the conversation!

Actors, Actresses, Artists & Models

• B. Angie B. - recording artist

• Beverly Johnson, First Black Model on the Cover of Vogue

• Celai West - tween model

• Danny Strong - Emmy Award winning actor, screenwriter & producer

• Gabrielle Union - actress, author & entrepreneur

• Harmonia Rosales - artist

• Khodia Diop - international supermodel aka Melanin Goddess

• The Late Lola Gulley - Blues Artist

• Lovely Hoffman - recording artist (“My Black is Beautiful”) & school teacher

• Mala Bryan - model and creator of Malaville Dolls

• Misty Copeland - Principle Dancer with the American Ballet Theater

• Patty Howard - singer & songwriter

• Shane Evans - illustrator & artist

• Shuler King - comedian

• Taye Diggs - actor & writer

• Theresa Tha Songbrid - spoken word artist & poet

Media Personalities

• Damali Keith - tv news journalist, FOX 26 Houston

• Monica Kaufman Pearson - news anchor & journalist

• Rashan Ali - broadcast journalist & radio personality

• Sharon Reed - tv news journalist & host, Black New Channel

• Trina Robinson - news anchor & journalist, NBC 5 South Florida

• Wanda Smith - media personality

• Yvette Caslin - former editor-in-chief at Rolling Out

Civil Rights Activists & Public Servants

• April Reign - activist & creator of the #oscarssowhite hashtag

• Cheryl Brown-Henderson - Brown vs. Board of Education

• Cynthia Tucker - President, Colored Women’s Association of Tacoma

• Dee Sonntag - Tacoma, WA Municipal Judge

• Dr. Naomi Ruth Barber - one of the Matriarchs of the Civil Rights era; beautiful widow of the late Rev. Dr. Alfred Daniel “A.D.” King; sister-in-law to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & founder of the AD King Foundation

• Kwanza Hall - former Atlanta City Councilman

• Margaret Kaiser - former Georgia State Representative

• Nan Orrock - Georgia State Senator, District 36

• Santa Al, Tacoma’s Santa Claus

Black Dolls & Black Doll Brothas

• Edna Sturgis - the Founder’s mother

• Eleanor Christine Union - Gabrielle Union’s stepmother and bestie to Mama Doll’s mother

• Karen Grey - publicist and 1st Chapter Director of The Black Doll Affair

• Kendra Dixon, Dana Doll

• Nicole Camille - community organizer that brought The Black Dolls to President Obama’s attention

• Queen - community activist

• Raymond Leslie - 1st Black Doll Brotha

• ShalomIsrael Diggs - artist, dancer & mentor; sister to Taye Diggs

• Wilbert Dixon - Honorary Black Doll Brotha

Entrepreneurs & Executives

• Amanda Smith - spiritual counselor & first Doll to usher The Black Doll Affair into its new Dollhouse on Clubhouse

• Brooke Hart Jones, Founder of HBCYoU Dolls

• Kim Roxie - Founder of Lamik Cosmetics

• Garrain Jones - motivational speaker & author

• Glen & Maxine McCallum - Owners, McCallum & Sons Whisky Co.

• Indianna Gregg - CEO of Wedo

• Renee Knorr - Founder of Global Women Wealth Warriors

• Tracey Webb - Founder of Black Benefactors & Black Gives Back

• William L. Hawthorne, III, Esq. - former Senior Vice President of Diversity and Legal Affairs for Macy’s & former Chief Equity Officer for Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

Doll Designers & Creatives

• Barbie

• Carlyle Nuera - Lead Designer for Barbie Signature at Mattel

• Elle Oliver-Edmonds - Barbie box copywriter

• Robin P. Hickman - doll designer & niece of late photographer Gordon Parks

• Stacy McBride-Irby - former Mattel designer & doll maker