Founders Award

Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Two-term Mayor of San Francisco, legendary Speaker of the California State Assembly, and widely regarded as the most influential African-American politician of the late twentieth century.  Willie L. Brown, Jr., helped turn the Museum of the African Diaspora from a vision to project  

to reality. 

Belva Davis

Belva Davis is an award-winning journalist with over three decades of television experience and has provided leadership in the creation of the Museum of the African Diaspora.  Charged with raising $5 million in one year Ms. Davis was the first elected President of

the Board of Directors of the Museum of the African

                       Diaspora.

 

 Leadership Award

Dr. Ernest Bates

Dr. Ernest Bates is a Board certified neurosurgeon and founder of American Shared Hospital Services, a publicly traded healthcare company.  Dr. Bates was the MoAD Capital Campaign Chair and is a Board Member of the

Museum of the African Diaspora.

 

Wells Fargo & Company

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance for more than 23 million customers through 6,000 stores, the internet and other distribution channels. Wells Fargo was one of MoAD’s 

                    original corporate sponsors and continues to provide fiscal

                         support to the museum and the community.

 

 Vision Award

Ann & Gordon Getty
Active in numerous philanthropic endeavors the Gettys actively support the mission of the Leakey Foundation whose mission is to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior and survival.  Gordon Getty is the Chair of the Board of the Leakey Foundation which provides grants to many of the seminal studies that inform our understanding of human prehistory.  The mission and support of the Gettys and the Leakey Foundation aligns with the mission and goals of MoAD.