Stamford Board of Representatives

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

Board Activities:

• Clerk of the Board  December 3, 1979 through November 30, 2017
• Member since December 1, 1977 for the 6^th 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)