Club Members

We currently have 9 active members, out of a capped active membership of 24. Our process of “recruiting” 
new members begins with the introduction and sponsorship of prospective members, by a current member.

There are also 5 Emeritus members, who after long years of active membership, have “retired” from active 
member responsibilities, while still joining the activities and events of the Club.

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Our Current Members are:

Daryck Brown (President)

Donald Ferrell (Vice President)

Willie Gill (Chaplin)

Jay Ham (Secretary)

Charles O. Hughes (Treasurer)

Al James (Trustee)

T. Rodney O’Neal (Trustee)

Michael Ballard

Larry Leverett

 

Our Emeritus Members are:

James E. Holley

Dr. David Hyppolite

T. Charles Taylor

Gary Watson, Sr.

Roland Wyatt

We mourn the passing of two stalwart Emeritus members in 2016. Preston Moore joined the Club in June 2000. Dr. Clifford Green, who joined the Club in June 2000 and is the son of one of our Charter members, Lawrence Green.

Larry Leverett
Member

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Rodney Oneal
Trustee

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Michael Ballard
Member

Michael Keith Ballard is a life-long resident of Monmouth County, born in 1962 at Fitkin Hospital (now Jersey Shore University Medical Center) in Neptune NJ and graduating from Asbury Park High School in 1981.  He and his wife Rose have been residents of Red Bank NJ for the past 15 years.  He has a step-daughter, Jennifer, and three grandchildren, Isaiah, Mykayla, and Bryana.

Michael holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Monmouth University in addition to a Certification in Management Accounting (CFM).  Michael currently works at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in Piscataway, NJ as a Senior Financial Analyst. 

Michael has spent many volunteer hours working within the Red Bank community, starting as a youth coach in both boys and girls sports.  He is one of the “Founding Fathers” of the Two River Little League, as well as a past member of Red Bank’s Parks and Recreation committee and Planning Board of Approvals.  

Michael was also elected to the Board of Education of the Red Bank Borough School system in 2014, serving one year as the Board’s Vice-President, before being elected to the Red Bank Borough Council in 2017 where he served two separate terms as the Council’s President.

Daryck Brown
President

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Jay Ham
Secretary

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Donald Ferrell
Vice President

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Alexander James
Trustee

Al has been a member since 19xx. He is Trustee & Financial Secretary of Pilgrim Baptist Church, Red Bank, he is employed by Group 88 Systems, Inc., an IT consulting firm he helped found in 1982. He holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the City College of New York (CCNY), and a master’s in electrical engineering as well as an MBA from New York University. He was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs and a Vice President of Operations at Citibank, NA. He was married for 66 years to the  late Dorothy James, prominent Monmouth County Gospel Singer. Al has three adult children:  Audrey (Rev. Edwin), Gregory (Sharon), and Kevin (Camille). He has two Grandsons: Matthew & Alex James.

Willie Gill
Chaplain

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Charles Hughes
Treasurer

Charles entered the Club in 2001. He has served as Treasurer since 2002. He earned a BS in Psychology from Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, in 1960.  After a four year  tour of duty in the US Army Medical Corps, Charles worked as a program developer for Monmouth Community Action Program (MCAP) and was responsible for bringing Head Start, Legal Services, Small Business Development and Neighborhood Service Centers to Monmouth County as parts of its antipoverty program. In 1968 he joined Bell Laboratories where he held a variery of staff/administrative positions ranging across human resources, finance and facility management, quality control,and strategic planning.  He retired in 1999, as Director of Organization Development and Reengineering, for Customer Training and Documentation Services.

He also has an extensive background in volunteer work with a broad range of community service organisations such as the Greater Monmouth County YMCA, the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Red Bank, National Urban League Visiting Professor Program, Red Bank Education and Development Initiative and the Monmouth Ocean County National Pan Hellenic Council. He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Charles was married to the late Beryl (Jenni) Rock Hughes, a native of Sea Bright, for 49 years.  His two sons and their families are: Darryl and Monique, (Jennifer and Loni); and Jason and Kelly, (Julien and Maia).