Ben Chavis

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., entrepreneur, global business leader, educator, civil rights leader, NAACP Life Member, syndicated columnist and author is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). He is also a Board Member Emeritus for Diamonds Do Good, a nonprofit that he co-founded with Russell Simmons and leaders of the global jewelry and diamond industry in 2007. Dr. Chavis’ award-winning syndicated column for the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) reaches 20.2 million readers weekly throughout the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.