| Personal Info
Born December 5, 1948
Married, wife Baseemah
Four children, Aaliyah, Sandra, Malika and Malik
Four grandchildren, Malik, Ariel, Myles and Langston
Two great-grandchildren, Addisyn and Bentley
Retired from General Electric Corporation
Second Missionary Baptist Church
Howard High School, 1966
Attended Chattanooga State Technical Community College majoring in Electronics
Graduate of Chattanooga State
Attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga studying economics
Second Missionary Baptist Church School of Evangelism, 2012
Committees
Member, Commerce Committee
Member, Banking & Investments Subcommittee
Member, Local Committee
Member, Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
Community Involvement
House member of the 111th General Assembly
Chattanooga City Councilman, 19 years
Chattanooga City School Board, 10 years
Tennessee Board of Parole and Probation, 7 years
Second Missionary Baptist Church, Deacon
Chairman, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 2016 - current
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE)
Chattanooga NAACP Life Member and Board Member
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization
Chattanooga Downtown Redevelopment Corporation (CDRC)
Chattanooga/Hamilton County Railroad Authority
Past Board Chairman of the Henry Branch YMCA
Former Board member of the Challenger Space Center Chattanooga (NASA)
Former Board member of the Moccasin Bend National Park
Former Board member of the Scenic Land School
Former Board member of the Kirby Day Care Center
Former Board member of the Chattanooga Community Impact Fund
Former Board member of the Senter School
Former Board member of the Fortwood Center
A founder of the Chattanooga Youth Council
Honors & Awards
Breaking the Silence Honoree, 2018
Second Missionary Baptist Church Spiritual Growth Service Award
"Service Award" TN Human Rights Commission, 2009
"Public Citizen of the Year" National Association of Social Workers, TN Chapter, 2007
"Hope for Chattanooga" Community Development Award, 2004
"Community Choice Award" CAACC, 2003
"Service Award" Chattanooga Police Foundation, Inc., 2002 |