Cora Cole-McFadden

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City Council Member (Ward 1)

Profession:
• Retired, Durham City Government (Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Director, Community Service Supervisor)
• Durham County Social Services (Housing Counselor, Social Worker, Foster Care Supervisor)

Education:
• North Carolina Central University, B.A. in Business Education
• North Carolina Central University, M.A. Counseling/Sociology
• Post Graduate Work, School of City and Regional Planning, UNC - Chapel Hill

Elected to Council: 2001

Term Expires: 2013

City Council Committees Appointed by the Mayor:
• Council Procedures Committee- Chair
• Joint City/County Committee- Alternate
• Joint City/County Planning Committee
• Legislative Committee- Vice Chair

Other City Council Appointments by the Mayor:
• Durham Area Transit Authority
• Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Housing Appeals Board
• Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities

City Council Subcommittees:
• Audit Services Oversight Committee
• Equal Business Opportunity Program (EBOP) subcommittee- Chair (Formerly M/WBE Enterprise Council)
• Insurance Subcommittee- Chair
• NECD Subcommittee
• Passenger Vehicle for Hire subcommittee- Vice Chair
• Personnel Subcommittee- Chair

Other Committees:
• Board of the Upper Neuse River Association
• Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange County Work Group
• Weed & Seed Committee
• Durham Cultural Master Plan Advisory Board
• Steering Committee to End Homelessness
• Cultural Arts Master Plan Advisory Committee

Durham Youth Commission Advisor

Community Involvement & Organizations:
• President, Ebonettes Service Club
• Past Board of Directors, YWCA
• Past Board of Directors, Durham Chapter, North Carolina Symphony
• Past Board of Directors, Volunteer Service Bureau
• Chair, Past Chairwoman, Durham Community Martin Luther King Steering Committee
• Past Secretary, Vice Chairwoman & Chair, Durham County Democratic Party State Executive Committee, NC Democratic Party
• Zeta, Eastern Star, Golden Circle
• Durham Branch NAACP- 1st Vice-Chair
• Human Development Committee- National League of Cities
• Youth Committee- North Carolina League of Cities
• Political Committee- Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People
• People’s Alliance- Member
• Durham Community Martin Luther King Steering Committee- Member
• Old Farm Neighborhood Association

Religious Affiliations:
• West Durham Baptist Church
• Sunday School Superintendent
• Celestial Choir member