“Linked In Friendship, Connected In Service”
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome and thank you for visiting our website. The Raleigh (NC) chapter of the Links, Incorporated is the 30th chapter of the Southern Area and was chartered on April 18, 1949. Our membership consists of 58 professional, dedicated and talented women, and 24 alumna members, who make a difference in the lives of the underserved population in the Raleigh community. As chapter president, I am honored to lead this chapter in the spirit of our founders Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Sarah Strickland Scott highlighting our friendship and service.
Our collective goal to serve our community is demonstrated by increasing our community outreach by more than 75% via our focus on Breast Cancer Awareness and Opportunity Outreach, Links International Foreign Affairs and Business Empowerment for Youth in partnership with International Focus (NGO), and by partnering with Dress for Success in implementing the Armayne G. Dunston “Dressing Her from the Inside Out”. These programs along with others resulted in our chapter contributing thousands of service hours to the greater Raleigh community. I am proud of history and commitment to our leadership academy, to the seniors in our community and to local women leaders via recognition at our annual Emerald Awards program.
In 2026, the Raleigh chapter celebrated 77 years of dedicated service to the Raleigh community. The phenomenal women of the chapter continue to donate their time and talents to enrich the lives of people who live and work in our community.
It is my hope that you will visit our website from time to time to see how we are impacting lives in our community.
Dorothy Smith Brown, President
Chapter Officers
PRESIDENT
Dorothy Smith Brown
VICE PRESIDENT
Miriam Perry
PROGRAMS CHAIR
Sonja Hines
RECORDING SECRETARY
Julia Matthews-Manor
TREASURER
Faye Moore
FINANCIAL SECRETARY Renée Allain-Stockton
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Felice Corpening
SOUTHERN AREA
NOMINATING CHAIR
Janine Rouson
NATIONAL
CO-CHAIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Shawn Blue
SOUTHERN AREA
ARCHIVIST
Flora Brown
Program Chairs and Co-Chairs
Services to Youth
LaTonya Everett
Geneva Johnson
The Arts
Cheryl Hudson
Sheila Judge-Hall
National Trends and Services
Tamara Cadet
Stephanie Hamer
International Trends and Services
Debbie Kemp
Kameelah Spence
Health and Human Services
TBD
Chapter Members
Andrea Owens-Byrd
Angela Smith
Beverly Armwood
Brandi Delany
Brenda Lewis *
Candice Michelle Taylor
Cheryl Lynn Walker-McGill
Cheryl Watson Hudson
Deborah Ruth Kemp
Dee Darkes
Delisia Matthews McQueen
Denise Motley
Dominique Brown
Donna Demby
Dorothy Brown Smith
Edwina Thompson *
Faye Moore
Felice Corpening
Flora Brown
Geneva Johnson
Gina Holt
Iris Green
Janine Rouson *
JesSanne Johnson
Joanne Pierce
Julia Matthews-Manor
Kameelah Haniyyah Spence
Kimberly Y. Williams *
LaTonya Everett
Lillian M. Davis
Linda Coleman
Linda Simmons-Henry
Marcy Wylie
Marilyn Baldwin Richards
Mertie Snead
Miriam Perry
Nerre Shuriah
Prenessa Lowery
Renee Allain-Stockton
Sandra Jones-Malone
Shawn Lynette Blue
Sheila Judge-Hall
Shirley Wilkins-Nimmons *
Shonette Charles
Sonja Hines
Stacey Sowell
Stacey Wilson-Norman
Stephanie Hamer
Stephanie Sanders
Tamara Cadet
Tijuana Crosby
Trina Fisher
Valerie Jordan
Valerie Kaye Fields
Wendy Blocker-Levy
WRenia M. Bratts-Brown
Alumna Members
Artura Ritter Edwards
Audrey Wall ^
Barbara Wills Duncan
Betty Foye
Brenda Chadwick
Carolyn Edwards
Constance Coles
Constance Scott
Diana Bing-Lawson
Genevieve Farmer
Geraldine Burroughs * ^
Gerry House
Linda Taylor
Lynette Tillery ^
Mabel Matthews
Marina Bell ^
Melva Brown
Pamela Jamison
Valgean Mitchell
* Past President
^ Platinum Member