Birth date:  July 14, 1958; New York City, New York

Single Parent; Children—Vibert III and Jira’

Parents: Dr. Vibert and Lorraine White, Sr.

Residence: Orlando, Florida

Education:

Southeast High School, Bradenton, Florida—1976
Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida—1980 (B.A.)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982 (M.A.)
The Ohio State University—1988 (Ph.D.)

University of Central Florida             Columbia College
University of Illinois at Springfield      Blackburn College
University of Cincinnati                    Union Institute
Bloomsburg University

Ohio Historical Society                   Cincinnati Historical Society
Illinois Historical Society                 Smithsonian Institute
Florida Historical Society                Orange County History Museum
Maitland Historical Society              Winter Park Historical Society
Wells Built Museum                       Florida Humanities Council
State Department—US.

White House Commission on Travel and Tourism (1994-2002)
Governor’s Appointment - Charlie Crist - State Historical Advisory Board (2008-2009)
Governor’s Appointment - Jeb Bush - Haitian American Affairs (2004-2005)
Governors Commission—George Ryan, Illinois—African American and Hispanic Affairs (1998-2002).
Appointed: (Senator Patrick Fitzgerald) African-American Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Senator John Glenn--Ohio (Democrat) nomination to White House Commission on Travel and Tourism
Senator Peter Fitzgerald (Republican) nomination for Ambassador post—Guyana, South America.

The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
Organization of American Historians
American Historical Association
The American Association for State and Local History
The Black Studies Association
The Association of Caribbean Studies
African-American Travel Association
Mid-Eastern African Association, Board Member
BRASIL (Brazilian Academic Association)

Afro-Brazilian Affairs and Human Rights, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 2003-present.
White House Summit on African American Leadership, Nominated by Senator Patrick Fitzgerald—Illinois, Appointed by Vice-President Dick Chaney, 2003-present.
White House Summit on Leadership, Appointed by Vice-President Dick Chaney, 2004-2005.
Leadership in Education, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2003-2004
Harvard University, Education and Leadership, Director—Dr. Henry Louis Gates, 1997-2000.

Chair of Educational Committee      National Urban League
Rotary International                      League of Women Voters
La Raza                                       Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Trans-Africa                                 Habitat for Humanity
Orange County NAACP                  IMAGE (Association of Hispanic/Caribbean Americans)

America First Enterprises               VSN Enterprises
St. George's Botanica                   El Barrio Boxing.

Inside the Nation of Islam
Pullman Porters of Winter Park, Florida
Contributor to National Urban League’s The State of Black America.

Major Media Appearances:         60 Minutes        
Tony Brown’s Journal               O’Reiley Factor                
Tony Snow Show                   Good Morning America        
Nightline                                PBS        
The BBC                                Israeli T.V    
al-Jazeera T.V                         Brazilian T.V
Numerous radio (traditional and on-line) shows throughout the United States

Globally—Newspapers              On-Line News
Radio and Television Media       Books and Magazines