Elane Coleman

Seeking the Office of TCNAA Vice President.
Platform: Continue to grow TCNAA as a national nonprofit corporation. Contribute my services to help the Association to fulfil its core mission: To promote the mission, interests, purposes and ideals of Tougaloo College.

• TCNAA Life Member
• Local Chapter: Greater New York Tougaloo Alumni Chapter
• President of the Greater New York Alumni Chapter 1996 – 2004, 2015 – 2018.
• Alumnus Representative to the Tougaloo College Board of Trustees (2 terms), 2018 – 2024
  • Physical Resources Committees/Economic Development Corp, Education Planning and Policy Committee, Enrollment Management & Student Life Committee, IT Sub-Committee(Chair), Brown-Tougaloo Sub-Committee, Logo and Trademark Design Ad Hoc Committee (Chair)
• TCNAA Web Administrator ~2012 – 2024
  • Created and manage tcnaa.org and local chapter websites: watac.tcnaa.org, matac.tcnaa.org, houston.tcnaa.org, nytac.tcnaa.org, jtac.tcnaa.org, tacc.tcnaa.org and dfw.tcnaa.org
• Constitution & Bylaws Committee Chair, 2018 – 2021
• IT Committee Chair, 2021 – 2024
• Member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2021 – 2024
• Member of the Membership Committee, 2021 – 2024
• TAB Web Editor (tab.tcnaa.org), 2018 – 2024
• Regular contributor to Tougaloo College

• Spouse: Deloris Horton Coleman ’72
• Daughters:  Alisha Coleman Knight and Marilyn Coleman
• Grandsons: Brandon, Ryan and Christopher Knight
• Native of Slayden (Marshall County), MS
• Currently resides in Somerset, NJ

• B.S.  Physics, Tougaloo College,  1970
• M.S. Eng., Materials Engineering, Rutgers University, 1978

• Ames Laboratory (Department of Energy) at Iowa State University, 1972, Junior Physicist. Research in experimental crystal growth.
• Bell Laboratories (AT&T, Lucent & now Nokia), Murray Hill, NJ, Member of Technical Staff, 1972 – 1998.  Research contributed to the understanding of materials physics of amorphous metals.  Developed chemical engineering processes used in manufacturing electronic materials.
• Senior Process Engineer at Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI), Piscataway, NJ, 2007 – 2014
• Technical recruiter for Bell Labs regular employment and special programs at HBCUs from 1974 – 1988.
•  Author/co-author of over 60 peer-reviewed technical publications and professional conference presentations.
• One patent pending in the field of Memristive Switching Memory.
• Was a member of the Bell Labs Research Division’s Recruiter’s Advisory Council, Special Program Selection Committee, and Chairman of the Area 20 Affirmative Action Advisory Council during his career at the Labs.
• In 1997 he was awarded the Research Division’s Affirmative Action Award “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity” by the vice-president of research.
• Freelance photographer 1985 – 2020, major clients: Rutgers University Athletics, Lower East Side Service (NYC), New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, Princeton Packet, New Jersey Athletic Trainers Association, Princeton Packet Publications Group, The Africa Society, Milan Rose Studio.
• Website Designer, 1998 – present.

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