On January 14, the LAUSD Board of Education voted to appoint an interim, non-voting caretaker to fill the vacancy in Board District 1 created by the passing of former Board member Marguerite LaMotte. (ccsa.org)
Park District President Keith Price and Park Board member Brenda Thompson, who also serves as treasurer, place most of the blame on the administration of former Board President Julius Patterson, who in September pleaded guilty along with two other park officials of converting $ 144,000 in Park District funds to personal use. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
As former board chair of Charleston's Center for Women, she served as moderator for the Center's Women's Writer Series, and she is past producer, alongside team member Bren McClain, of the South Carolina Writers Workshop (SCWW) Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, along with Charleston's Pubsense Summit and PubSmart. (writerswin.com)