The Honorable Mavis Knight has spent a lifetime contributing to education and her community. A graduate of North Carolina Central University, with BA and MA degrees in Psychology; this member of Links, Inc. has served on the board of directors of a number of organizations including Girl’s Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas; Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce; Dallas Women’s Foundation; Youth Services Advisory Board; the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin; Jacob’s Ladder and Visiting Nurse Association of Texas; member of the Board of Directors for Education is Freedom. She was a 2011 inductee into the African American Educators Hall of Fame.
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