Ebony Fashion Fair - The World's Largest Traveling Fashion Show

In its 51st annual production, the Ebony Fashion Fair will again display the style, elegance and flair that enthusiastic audiences have embraced and celebrated year after year in city after city.

Noted nonprofit groups host the Ebony Fashion Fair in each city, and the following are the Fall 2008 chairpersons who help to coordinate the shows in their respective areas.

Fall 2008 Chairpersons
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Gail M. Davis Harrisburg, PA	Barbara Foster Kansas City, KS	Myhisha T. Gibbs Poughkeepsie, NY	Yolanda Holmes New York, NY
Cheryl Ann Johnson Rockland County, NY	Denise Black-Poon Toledo, OH	Ann W. Sumler Norfolk, VA	Kira A. Tyler Gary, IN
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Sharon Caldwell Trenton, NJ	Alice Cole Baltimore, MD	Sheila M. Davis Dover, DE	Audrey Greenlee Hampton, VA
Decie W. Gunn Detroit, MI	Teketa Harding Wichita, KS	Terri Hightower Schaumburg, IL	Mardese Conyers Holmes Flint, MI
Charlene Kennerly Norwalk, CT	Charlottte McKenzie Cincinnati, OH	Sharon Morris Providence, RI	Gertrude Judd Upperman Greensboro, NC
Millie Reyes-Williams Matteson, IL	Sheilah D. Payne DCharleston, WV Juan P. Peterson Chantilly, VA
Links, Inc.
Marian Brooks Bryant Lansing, MI	Quanda Mitchell-Grasty Atlantic City, NJ	Cecelia B. Henderson Buffalo, NY	Gwendolyn L. Jones Madison, WI
Brenda Vinson Saginaw, MI
Urban League, Inc.
James Buford St. Louis, MO	Alizá Diggs-Bailey Winston Salem, NC	Darnell L. Williams Boston, MA
Alpha Chi Pi Omega, Marcia Glaspie, Indianapolis, IN • Continental Societies, Inc., Venida Y. Hamilton, Washington, DC • Elyria, YWCA, Jeanine P. Donaldson, Elyria, OH • Foster Military Lodge Temple Association, Cary Schonyers, Willingboro, NJ • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Ophelia Averitt, Akron, OH • Shiloh Baptist Church, Delores Y. Johnson, M.D., Plainfield, NJ • W.H.I.S.P.E.R Organization, Julia Day Jefferson, Erie, PA • YMI Cultural Center, Lafreida Morris, Asheville, NC • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Jo Ann Bush, Richmond, VA; Tuwanna McNeely-Tucker, Charlotte, NC

H.L. Neblett Community Center	Ultra Art Club	National Council of Negro Women, Inc.	Cultural Social Service Organization
Robin Tutt-Williams Owensboro, KY	Joyce Graham-Coats, Ft. Wayne, IN	Jean Redden Dayton, OH Essie M. Dorsey Syracuse, NY	Georgie M. Wiley Roanoke, VA

Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, Inc.	Alpha Wives of Montgomery	Angel Community Church	Committee 100, Inc.
Barbara King-Davis Wilmington, DE	Catherine Leggett North Bethesda, MD	Barbara J. Jones Muskegon, MI	Goldie T. Burbage Newark, NJ

Ebonaise Social & Civic Club	John R. Tate Advocacy Center	Ladies Civic League
Marsha D. Johnson Louisville, KY	Connie Lee-Welsh Kankakee, IL	Rosalyn Thomas Springfield, MO

National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Club, Inc.		National Epicureans
Audrey Anderson Pittsburgh, PA	Maggie Hankins Grand Rapids, MI	? Addie Walton-Griffin Elizabeth City, NC

Omega Psi Phi, Inc.		Philadelphia Cultural Committe, Inc.	Springfield Girls Club and Family Center
Tommy Cox Goldsboro, NC Thomas E. Strickland Jr. Knoxville, TN	William E. Myers Wilson, NC	Bernice G. Minor Philadelphia, PA	Ruth Ann Hamilton-Stutts Springfield, MA

Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian Church	Twig 110 of Nationwide Childrens' Hospital
Donald Hunter Rochester, NY	Faye Pointer Columbus, OH

National Top Ticket Seller Honored:
Constance Gwyn Boone Manus was the highest ticket seller for the 50th annual Ebony Fashion Fair. For 15 years, Manus has been the community public relations chairperson for the W.H.I.S.P.E.R. organization (Women Helping Interested Students Pursue Educational Resources) in Erie, PA. She sold 754 tickets to the show last year with the dedicated support of her husband Luther Manus, her daughter Alicia Levon Boone and general chairperson for the Erie, PA show, Julia Day Jefferson.