Western Reserve (OH) Chapter Links, Incorporated, 30th Anniversary Program 2017

Coalition of 100 Black Women, Community Service Award • Business Person of the Year, National Black MBA, Cleveland Chapter • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Community Service Award • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Community Service Award

• Black Professional of the Year - Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation • W.O. Walker Excellence in Community Service Award, Call and Post newspaper • Diversity and Inclusion Award, Murtis Taylor Human Services • Singular Sensation Award, Ohio Cancer Research Associates • The National Council of Negro Women, Cleveland •

Copeland holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Hampton University, where she has received the distinguished 2013 Alumnus of the Year Award, and a Master of Arts degree, Educational Development, College of Education, at The Ohio State University, where she was recognized as an esteemed Alumnus. A native Virginian, she resides in Cleveland, Ohio and is the mother of three adult children, Reverend Kimberley S. Copeland, Dr. Garrison E. Copeland and Michael Patterson Taylor Copeland.

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