Nicholson new Crusade president
9/9/2016, 5:15 p.m.
The Richmond Crusade for Voters has changed its leadership.
Corey M. Nicholson is now the president of the city’s oldest
and largest African-American political group.
He took over as the voter education group prepares to endorse
national, state and local candidates at its September meeting,
begins the process for holding elections for new officers in November
and considers how to mark the 60th
anniversary of its founding in 1956.
“It’s a busy time,” Mr. Nicholson said.
The 52-year-old attorney moved up from
first vice president to interim president
following the resignation of Reginald D.
“Regie” Ford, five months before his term
was to expire in December.
Mr. Ford, 47, stepped down in July following
months of criticism for handling of
the group’s affairs, members said.
A mortgage loan officer for SunTrust
Bank, Mr. Ford had been under fire, members said, for failing
to provide financial details from a fundraising banquet the group
held and for making decisions for the Crusade without consulting
the executive board as required.
Mr. Nicholson said he has not decided whether he would seek
the presidency in the group’s upcoming election. — JEREMY
M. LAZARUS
