Proven Experience

City Council

  • At-large Council Member, Charlotte City Council, Charlotte NC
  • Chair, Transportation & Planning Committee, Charlotte NC
  • Member, Budget Committee, Charlotte NC
  • Member, Environment Committee, Charlotte NC
  • Member, Charlotte Mecklenburg Development Corporation, Charlotte NC - City Council Representative
  • Member, Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization (MUMPO), Charlotte NC - City Council Representative
  • Member, MTC Transit Red Line Task Force, Charlotte NC - Mayor’s Representative
  • Ex-official Member, Lake Norman Transportation Commission, Northern Mecklenburg NC

National

  • National Fellow, 2011 Inaugural Fellows class with the NBC LEO Foundation, a caucus of the National League of Cities, Washington DC
  • Member, 2011 Community and Economic Development Policy and Advocacy Steering Committee, National League of Cities, Washington DC
  • Fellow, 2009 American Memorial Marshall Fellowship, The German Marshall Fund, Washington DC
  • Former National Urban Community Adviser, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Washington DC
  • Former Council Member, Transit-Orientated Development Working Group, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Washington DC

State

  • Member, Planning and Environment Legislative Action Committee, North Carolina League of Municipalities, Raleigh NC

Local

  • Member, Charlotte Mecklenburg African American Community Committee (CMAACC), Charlotte NC – affiliated with the Foundation of the Carolinas and Johnson C. Smith University
  • Immediate-past Chair, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission
  • Former Chair, Zoning Sub-Committee – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission.
  • Former Member , Committee of 21 – Roads Funding Solutions Committee – appointed by County Manager
  • Former Chair, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Coordination Committee (PCC) – formerly the Planning Liaison Committee
  • Former Member, Mecklenburg County Environmental Policy Coordination Committee (EPCC)
  • Memer & Former Urban Advisor, Urban Land Institute (ULI) – Charlotte Executive Committee
  • Former Member, ULI Charlotte Public Sector Outreach Sub-Committee
  • Former Co-Chair, CONNECT Sustainable Growth Cabinet, part of regional visioning effort of Council of Governments (COG)
  • Former Member, Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization (MUMPO) – Planning Commission representative
  • Former Board Member, Chemical Dependency Center
  • Former Appointed Council Member, Mecklenburg County Human Services Council (DSS Sub-Committee)
  • Former Board Member, YMCA of Greater Charlotte – Steele Creek Branch
  • Former Board Member, Belmont Community Development Corporation
  • Former Board Member, Berean Junior Academy – Board of Education
  • Former Board Treasurer and Press and Publicity Chair, NAACP – Charlotte Chapter
  • Former Member, North Carolina Youth of Tomorrow (NYCT) – Board of Directors
  • Former First Vice Chairperson, Democratic Party -Precinct 31
  • Group Facilitator, Community Building Conference – Charlotte, December 1997
  • Former Member, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department – Task Force on Police Training