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CHIEF OF STAFF
Executive Profile

Former legislative leader skilled at building strong working relationships with fellow elected officials, leadership, labor and community leaders. Over 30 years of grass root and leadership experience managing all levels of organizing, leadership development, budgeting, lobbying, strategic planning and administration. High energy with broad industry experience in Government, Education, Labor, Community, Politics and Finance. Public relations expert.

Skill Highlights
  • Budget negotiations
  • Inter-governmental and legislative relations
  • Analytical thinker
  • Collective bargaining techniques
  • Community development
  • Financial policy development
  • Employee relations
  • Public speaking
  • Citizen engagement
  • Education policy development
  • Housing advocacy
  • Citizen engagement
  • Mediation
Core Accomplishments
  • Elected to serve as Member of the City Council 4 terms serving for 12 years.
  • Appointed Chair of Education Committee serving 8 years.
  • Appointed Chair of Contracts Committee serving 4 years.
  • Served as labor leader for 22 years.
  • Leading trustee of Washington Heights BID
  • Enlisted to serve as Member of the CouncilÕ's Budget Negotiations Team
  • Elected 7 times by Council colleagues to serve as Council's Co-Chair of Black, Latino & Asian Caucus serving for 8 years.
  • Champion and advocate on equity in education and funding.
  • Lead plaintiff in Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) lawsuit resulting in additional $16 billion for public schools students in NYC.
  • Passed landmark legislation designed to increase contracting opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses.
  • Saved 6,000 teaching jobs and school aid positions in public schools.
  • Prioritized and increased funding for education, youth and senior services, green space and affordable housing.
  • Advocated for greater parental involvement throughout career.
  • Opened first community school in New York City becoming national and international model.
  • Elected School Board President 8 terms and served total of 15 years as member.
  • Served on PTA for 19 consecutive years; elected as President for several years.
  • Recognized as New Yorker of the Year (2003) by NY1.
  • Co-founded Campaign for Fiscal Equity with attorney Michael Rebell.
  • Established City Council's Drop Out Prevention Initiative with $5 million for community-based organizations.
  • Established Harlem Interfaith HousingTaskforce.
  • First to file Motion for Discharge in 20 years in City Council on behalf of small businesses and their survival
  • Founding board member of not-for-profit West Harlem Local Development Corporation, in response to Columbia University's expansion.
  • Negotiated numerous land use projects resulting in increase of affordable housing units, protection of existing affordable housing stock and community services such as brand new elementary school for impacted area.
  • Helped establish first City recycling program at NYCHA development.
  • Led fight to save and protect Historical African Burial Site.
  • Lead Council Member to restore $120 million in proposed cuts to education.
  • Candidate for Manhattan Borough President (2013)
  • Honored by Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) with naming of award, the Robert Jackson Grassroots Leadership Award.
Professional Experience
Council Member01/2002 to 12/2013Albany Charter School NetworkAlameda , CA
  • Chaired Committee on Education, second largest committee in City Council, with oversight on Department of Education and public schools with budget of $24 billion.
  • Held numerous hearings on issues regarding struggling schools, school climate & safety issues, parental involvement in City schools, achievement gap and school governance.
  • Walked 150 miles from NYC to Albany to publicize CFE Court of Appeals appearance.
  • Passed Resolution calling upon Governor Pataki to abide by the court order in the CFE lawsuit and fully fund NYC public schools.
  • Passed Resolution endorsing the Speaker's decision to file, on behalf of the Council, brief in support of CFE litigation.
  • Passed Student Safety Act, requiring Department of Education and NYPD to report student suspensions, arrests, summonses and other safety data.
  • Worked with DoE to create Respect For All (RFA) initiative, Anti-bullying and Bias-based Harassment Program, and RFA week.
  • Advocated for changes in Discipline Code, some of which were adopted by DoE.
  • Passed Resolution calling on DoE to establish School Transformation Zone, to improve low-performing schools and prevent school closings.
  • Introduced Resolution calling on DoE to institute a moratorium on school closings and forced co-locations.
  • Called on DoE to fix schools rather than closing them.
  • Introduced Resolution regarding distribution and display of Parent's Bill of Rights in every NYC public school.
  • Co-chaired Council's Working Group on Mayoral Control and School Governance, which issued report calling for Municipal Control, rather than Mayoral Control of City schools.
  • Passed Local Law requiring DoE to provide data regarding provision of arts instructional requirements.
  • Chaired Contracts Committee with oversight on City's contracts and procurement process.
  • Passed laws that significantly increased the City's procurement of environmentally beneficial products.
  • Increased community involvement in process for procuring human services by requiring that before City solicits bids for services that it issue a report to community stakeholders that outlines new services and how it will be delivered thereby allowing the community an opportunity to weigh in on the program specifications.
  • Co-Chaired Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, representing 26 colleagues.
  • Filed amicus brief regarding NYPD's Stop and Frisk practices.
  • Advocated and highlighted issues and concerns pertinent to minority ethnic groups citywide.
  • Developed workforce development program for low income communities.
  • Developed Jobs to Build On program.
  • Oversaw production of citywide conferences on Poverty: Being Priced out of NYC and Small Business & Jobs Expo.
  • Pushed for legislation that diversified FDNY.
  • Coalesced colleagues behind common causes including Immigration Reform, Paid Sick Leave, Muslim Surveillance, Prevailing Wage, Fast-food Workers and Stop, Question and Frisk policies.
  • Held community forums on City Budget, Immigration Reform, Redistricting Process, State of Dominicans Today, Community Quality of Life issues, and more.
  • Keynote speaker at numerous forums, conferences and public meetings on education, youth services & incarceration, New York City budget, affordable & public housing, and civil rights issues and Affordable Care Act.
  • Secured funding for key capital projects leading to creation of thousands of affordable housing units, protection of NYCHA residents, new school seats and child care slots.
  • Led fight to protect students from toxins such as PCBs in schools.
  • Oversaw a total of 17 staff with a wide range and high level of responsibilities.
  • Delivered testimony on high number of occasions in advocacy of improved City infrastructure, housing and education.and health
  • Negotiated complex land use projects resulting in increased affordable housing, job creation, school seats, preservation of communities and housing, funding for community development and increased access to park and waterfront.
  • Interacted and managed press inquiries on a daily basis.
  • Served as active member on 8 City Council Committees: Finance, Land Use, Education (Chair). Contracts (Chair), Housing & Buildings, Sanitation & Solid Waste Management, Rules, Privileges & Elections, and Standards & Ethics.
Director of Field Services01/1992 to 01/2002Columbia UniversityNew York , NY
  • Oversaw two field offices in New York City and Long Island14 staff members representing 18,000 employees in professionals, scientific and technical unit employees of NYS.
Statewide Labor/Management Coordinator01/1991 to 12/1991Trilogy Health ServicesEaton Rapids , MI
  • Managed 40 statewide Labor-Management teams.
  • Wrote and issued Labor-Management reports.
  • Wrote and issued reports on statewide Labor-Management and "hotspots" directly to Executive Board of Union.

Field Representative02/1980 to 01/1991New York City Council Black, Latino And Asian CaucusCity , STATE
  • Represented local chapters in meetings with management.
  • Represented members in Grievance and Arbitration hearings and Unfair Labor Practice proceedings.
  • Trained local leaders in public speaking, grievance proceedings, contract analysis and review and organizing & leadership development.
Unemployment Insurance Investigator03/1975 to 02/1980Initiatives For Community DevelopmentCity , STATE
  • Investigated fraud cases in New York City.
  • Established surveillance operations in all City unemployment insurance offices.
  • Achieved high success rate on major fraud cases with other agencies and departments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology & Urban StudiesSUNY New PaltzCity, State
Additional Information
  • Founding Trustee of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Cultural & Education Center.
  • Alumnae Trustee of SUNY New Paltz Foundation.
  • Alumnae Advisory Board Member of Union Settlement.
  • Founding Member and President of 499 Fort Washington Avenue Tenants Association.
  • Ran and completed 3 NYC Marathons (2007-2009)
  • Climbed highest free standing mountain in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa.
  • Played 4 years on Six Inch Verticle basketball team, in the New York Urban Professionals Basketball League- (only City Council Member participant)
  • Recipient of over 300 awards/citations from companies and organizations. Examples include: City Council Proclamation for CFE Lawsuit; Columbia University's highest Civic Award; Association for a Better New York Educator Award; National TRIO Award; and Top 40 SUNY Alumni Award. .
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School Attended

  • SUNY New Paltz

Job Titles Held:

  • Council Member
  • Director of Field Services
  • Statewide Labor/Management Coordinator
  • Field Representative
  • Unemployment Insurance Investigator

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts : Sociology & Urban Studies

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