Victor Luckerson is a journalist and author who also serves as the president of MASTHEAD. At UA Victor was the editor-in-chief of The Crimson White from 2010-2012, and the co-founder of the online magazine Changing Tides in 2009. During his time as a student journalist he led coverage of structural racism in the white college greek system, the presence of Confederate monuments on campus, and corruption in student government elections. After a few years working as a technology and business reporter for Time magazine and The Ringer, he is now a freelance journalist who writes about Black businesses and the inequities embedded in the U.S. economy. His work has appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and he’s writing a book about Tulsa’s Black Wall Street for Random House. He hopes MASTHEAD will expand the opportunities for young journalists just finding their footing at the University of Alabama.

Ashanka Kumari is the vice president and secretary for MASTHEAD. From 2009-2013, Kumari served as a contributing writer, staff reporter, and ultimately Chief Copy Editor for The Crimson White while completing her BAC in Journalism and a BA in English. After her time at the University of Alabama, Ashanka went on to complete her MA (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and PhD (University of Louisville) in English, Rhetoric and Composition. Now, Dr. Ashanka Kumari is associate dean of the Graduate School and associate professor of English, Rhetoric and Writing at East Texas A&M University. Ashanka brings her investment in mentorship and anti-racist research and teaching practices toward supporting and sustaining MASTHEAD.

Sean Landry is a MASTHEAD board treasurer.

Danielle Blevins is a practicing attorney and an alumna of The University of Alabama and The University of Alabama School of Law. While attending UA, Danielle worked at WBRC-TV, FOX6, in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa through the Emma Bowen Foundation. Danielle was also president of the C&IS ambassadors and the Capstone Association of Black Journalists. She currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the UA College of Communication & Information Sciences. 

Amber Buck is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. She researches digital rhetoric and connects MASTHEAD to campus and to student programs in the English Department.

Shaheen Kanthawala is an Associate Professor in the Journalism & Creative Media department at the University of Alabama. As a current member of the JCM faculty at UA, she helps connect MASTHEAD to campus resources, and students to MASTHEAD. 

Christi Parsons is a faculty member at the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. She has been a journalist for more than 30 years, reporting all over the U.S. and from 32 countries around the world. She previously was assistant managing editor at CNN; a senior editor at The Atlantic; a White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times; a national political writer, state and local reporter for The Chicago Tribune; and a local reporter for several newspapers around the South. She has covered presidential campaigns since the 1990s, and was one of the longest-serving chroniclers of the rise and presidency of Barack Obama, covering him from the beginning of his term in the Illinois Senate and throughout his time in the White House. She is a former president of the White House Correspondents' Association. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama and a master's from Yale Law School. 

Natalie Peeples is an editorial illustrator and visual journalist. While attending the University of Alabama she served as assistant design editor of The Crimson White. 

Maven Navarro (CW EIC) is an ex-officio board member for MASTHEAD.

Kendal Wright (1956 EIC) is an ex-officio board member for MASTHEAD