Three new members named to Census African American Advisory Committee  

(July 23, 2007) The Secretary of Commerce has announced the appointment of three new members to on the U.S. Census Bureau's Advisory Committee on the African-American population. As a member of the nine-person committee the member advise the Census Bureau on the new American Community Survey and ways to achieve a more accurate count of the African-American population in the 2010 Census.

The newly named members are

- Linda G. Marc (White Plains, NY), fellow of epidemiology in psychiatry and co-investigator in the HIV Clinical Trials Unit at Cornell University

- Dorsey C. Miller (Parkland, FL), president and CEO of DC Miller and Associates

- Karl D. Gregory (Southfield, MI), a retired Oakland (Mich.) University distinguished professor

Linda Marc has conducted research and is published in the areas of HIV/AIDS and minority health issues. Marc received a master's degree from the Yale School of Public Health, where she is a lecturer in Public Health Practice. She received her master's in pharmacoepidemiology and doctorate in social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research and knowledge of the Haitian community will enhance the committee's understanding of diverse ethnic populations within the African-American community.

Dorsey Miller has more than 40 years of community service and civic outreach nationally and in the state of Florida. Miller is a member and past president of the Kiwanis Club of Central Broward County, and has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the American Cancer Society, Broward Community College and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. Miller served as 35th Grand Basileus (national president) of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He also is a former executive director of Diversity and Equal Educational Opportunity for Broward County.

Karl Gregory retired in 1996 as a distinguished professor emeritus in the School of Business Administration at Oakland University. Gregory also has served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations under both Presidents Carter and Reagan. He also served on the board of directors of several financial institutions, including the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Five race and ethnic advisory committees --- African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander --- advise the Census Bureau on issues affecting minority populations. The committees are assembled from the public at large and representatives of national, state, local and tribal entities, as well as nonprofit and private sector organizations. Members of the committees are academicians, community leaders, policy makers and others interested in an accurate count for their communities.

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