In 1981, these presidents and key executives from some of the
leading Black-owned hair care companies founded AHBAI. We salute
these founders for starting an association which is now the
voice of the growing ethnic health and beauty aids industry.
Layfayette
Jones
Founding Executive Director
Edward
G. Gardner
Soft Sheen Products Co., Inc.
S.
Henry Bundles, Jr.
Madame C.J. Walker Company
George E. Johnson
Johnson Products Company
Fred Luster, Sr.
Luster Products, Inc.
Comer
Cottrell
Pro-Line Corporation
Cornell
McBride, Sr.
McBride Research Laboratories
Layfayette
Jones
Edward
G. Gardner
S.
Henry Bundles, Jr.
George E. Johnson
Fred Luster, Sr.
Comer
Cottrell
Cornell
McBride, Sr.
Austin W. Curtis
Nathaniel Bronner, Sr.
Melvin Calloway
Marcus Griffith