Experience

As a two-term member of City Council:

Chaired the Active Living Initiative to promote pedestrian safety and park improvements.

United Way of Atlanta chair for the DeKalb County Opportunity Zone for families and VIP training.

Served as President of the Urban Redevelopment Agency, enabling renovation of Friendship Forest Nature Preserve.

Served on the Charter Review Committee, updating the City’s Charter.

Led the council on decriminalization of marijuana for possession of one ounce or less. The first city in Georgia to pass this legislation.

Supported the redevelopment of Milam Park and the Friendship Forest Nature Preserve Master Plan.

Supported a “ban the box” policy to eliminate hiring discrimination based on arrest records.

Supported $15/hour minimum wage for city employees.

Additional City Appointments:

Served on the Clarkston Planning and Zoning Board.

Current member of the Clarkston Historic Preservation Commission.

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for zoning rewrite.

Member of the Clarkston Greenway Project Advisory Group

Appointed to the select committee & steering committee for the Safe Streets 4 All (SS4A) grant to end transportation deaths and injuries

Training in municipal policy and administration:

Downtown Development Authority, Urban Redevelopment;

Public Works and Transportation; Ethics for Elected Officials;

Parks and Recreation; Planning & Zoning; Municipal Law;

Housing for Seniors; Historic Preservation; Cultural Competency.

Atlanta Regional Commission/Partnership for Southern Equity- TransFormation Academy: Equitable Transit Oriented Development (ETOD).

Recognition

Recipient of the UGA and Georgia Municipal Assoc. (GMA) Certificate of Achievement for completion of the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute for Elected Officials 2016.

Appointed to GMA Board of Directors, District 3, Eastern Division President 2014-2016.

Recipient of the UGA, Carl Vinson Institute of Government and GMA Certificate of Completion in the Robert E. Knox, Jr. Municipal Leadership Institute 2017.