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LABRENDA GARRETT-NELSON BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF GENEALOGISTS

LaBrenda Garrett Nelson

Nationwide -- The Board for Certification of Genealogists is a nonprofit organization founded in 1964 as a professional credentialing body for genealogists. LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson is the first African American elected to lead the organization.

At its semi-annual meeting held on the 7th of September 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Board of Trustees of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) elected officers for the coming year. Those elected were:

* President - LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL
* Vice-President - Angela Packer McGhie, CG
* Secretary - Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL
* Treasurer - Scott Wilds, CG
* Executive Committee Member at Large - Laurel T. Baty, CG
* Executive Committee Member at Large - Sara Anne Scribner, CG

Continuing as trustees for the coming year are Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG; Stefani Evans, CG; Patricia Lee Hobbs, CG; David S. Ouimette, CG, CGL; Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL; Allen R. Peterson, CG, AG; Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL; Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA; and Karen Stanbary, CG. Michael S. Ramage, JD, CG, continues as General Counsel to the Board, and Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL, continues as Executive Director.