Board Positions:
- Joined the Board in December, 2015
- Chair, Appointments Committee
- Member, Steering and Personnel Committees
- Former Member of the Housing/Community Development/Social Services, Land Use-Urban Redevelopment, and Transportation Committees
Community & Civic Activities:
- Justice of the Peace, Stamford, CT, 2000 – present
- Board of Commissioners, Downtown Special Services District
- Member, Urban Renewal Commission, Stamford, CT, 2015
- Chairman, Economic Development Commission, Stamford, CT, Member, 2006 - 2015
- Charter Member and Governor, Membership and Debate Chairman, The Prometheum, Stamford, CT, Member, 2000-present
- Board of Directors, Stamford Forum on World Affairs, Stamford, CT, Member, 1984-89 and 2000-present (Chairman Scholarship Committee, past Chairman Membership Committee, Member Education Committee)
- Board of Directors, Westside Neighborhood Revitalization Zone, Stamford, CT, 2007-09
- Board of Advisors, Soundview Club, Stamford, CT, 2003-present
- Board of Governors, Landmark Club, Stamford, CT, 2001-03
- Board of Directors, Chicago Area Project, Chicago, IL Member, 1991-95 (Served on Grants, Lobbying and Public Relations Committees)
- Young Professionals Executive Committee, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Member, 1989-94
- Representative, District 8, Greenwich Representative Town Meeting, Elected 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995 and 1997
Occupation:
- Owner, Diversified Ventures, Stamford, CT
Education:
- Currently part-time graduate student : Psychotherapy
- Master of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Master of Liberal Arts (Government and International Relations) Southern Methodist University
- Bachelor of Arts (History and Political Science) University of Connecticut
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Board Activities:
- Clerk of the Board December 3, 1979 through November 30, 2017
- Member since December 1, 1977 for the 6th District
- Chairwoman of the Board’s Black Caucus
- Member of Steering, Appointments, and Land Use-Urban Redevelopment Committees
- Former member of Fiscal and State & Commerce Committees
- Board Representative to Old Town Hall Redevelopment Agency
Government & Political Activities:
- Member and Correspondence Secretary for Stamford’s
Democratic City Committee
- Past president and current member of the Democratic City
Women’s Club
- Stamford Chair for Dennies Nappier’s and Frank Borges’
election campaigns for State Treasurer
Community Organization Memberships:
- Stamford's Old Town Hall Committee
- Trustee, Union Baptist Church and Chair, Facility Use
Committee
- Past President, Yerwood Center and the Yerwood Center’s
Women’s Club
- Stamford’s Center for the Arts Advisory Group
- St. John’s Urban Development Corporation
- Black History Month Committee Advisory Board
- Sojourner’s Truth and 100 Black Women
Awards:
- Yerwood Center’s Outstanding Community Service Award
(1985)
- Numerous awards from National and local NAACP, including
the Distinguished Service Award (1981); Civil Rights Award (1989);Clarence Mitchell Award (1990); and W.E.B. Dubois Lifetime Achievement Award (2000)
- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day Committee’s
Outstanding Community Leadership Award (2002)
- AFSCME Local 818’s “30 Years of Service” award (2000),
Local 1199 Solidarity Award (2004)
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