At the Jan. 2006 meeting, the following officers were elected. Biographical information below was provided by the candidates.
Current RNCT Officers:
Chair:
Mission:
We, the residents and businesspeople of Rosewood, need to proactively seek positive changes in our neighborhoods.
Who I Am:
20+ year homeowner and resident of the Rosewood Neighborhood Planning Area and member of Rosewood Glen Oaks Neighborhood Association. Ph.D. in Economic Anthropology.
Co-Chair of the Rosewood Neighborhood Planning Team Housing Committee for about 5 years. Served as the primary contact with the Hands-on-Housing office of Austin Interreligious Ministries for the 2002 Raise the Roof events. Hands on Housing held two events in the same neighborhood due to our first success. Projects repaired 64 homes owned by elderly disabled residents.
Recognized by Capital Area United Way as Volunteer of the Month, January 2003.
Worked on all seven of the projects that were on our list of top ten priorities in the Plan that we have either started or completed.
Organized two Boggy Creek cleanups in 2005 that removed over 900 pounds of trash from the creek.
Experience:
Served unofficially as Rosewood Neighborhood Planning Team Secretary for nearly 5 years. In that capacity, secured meeting space, developed membership database, collected sign-in sheets, created meeting minutes, and called active members who lacked email.
Fundraising for various non-profits and for government, in amounts ranging from about $700 to over $3 million, and I've written solicitations for up to $33 million.
I have written By-laws, Articles of Incorporation, and have successfully applied for 501(c)3 status.
Board member of a number of non-profits over the years, including: Vice-President, Mujeres Unidas de Michigan; Treasurer, United Migrants for Opportunity; Treasurer, League of United Chicano Artists; President of the Oak Knoll Homeowners Association and member of the Board for over ten years; and 2005 Chair, Executive Women in Texas Government Annual Conference subcommittee.
Director of the department responsible for purchasing around $48 million in goods and services per year, managing agency assets and a supply
center, and the supplier diversity program for one of the 15 largest agencies in Texas government.
Project manager of the construction and homeowner qualifications phases.of a new home development project for the East Austin Chicano Economic Development Corporation, the 1980s version of a CHDO. In partnership with University Savings and a private developer, we built 9 new single-family homes on Oak Springs Drive and qualified the families for reduced-interest loans--the first new homes project in East Austin for over 20 years.
Over twenty five years experience working with people in elected and staff positions in Federal, State, and local government.
Vice Chair:
J. C. "Dusty" McCormick is currently a Metric and Reporting Analyst with the Dell, Inc. Before taking this position, he served Dell as Supervisor of Continuous Flow Manufacturing in the Dimension Line of Business, setting record performances in daily output on one of the most technologically advanced continuous flow manufacturing lines world-wide. He also held the position of Inventory Control Analyst, where his business segment outpaced and lead stockroom accuracy in Dell Americas.
Prior to this move to the private sector, Mr. McCormick served local government as Coordinator of Travis County's Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program. He served state government, as Manager of the HUB program with the University of Texas at Austin. In both State and County positions, he assisted government in developing contracting opportunities for HUBs. Mr. McCormick has also been employed with the Texas Department of Commerce, where he served as a Compliance and Resolution Specialist in the Work Force Development Division, Regional Specialist in the Office of Small Business and Community Economic Development, and Associate Director in the Office of Industry Development and Recruitment in the Business Development Division.
He also has been employed with non-profit organizations such as the Austin Area Urban League, Inc., where he served as a Coordinator, Job Developer and Adult and Youth Training Instructor supporting the employment and training side of the Urban League. He was also an Assistant Training Coordinator for the Bexar County Women's Center and a Summer Youth Training Instructor at S.E.R. Jobs for Progress, both located in San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. McCormick also distinguished himself honorably as an officer in the United States Air Force. For over ten years, he held progressively responsible and challenging positions such as a Minuteman Missile Launch Officer, Technical Training Executive Officer, Section Commander, Squadron Commander, Director of Base Administration, and as Chief of Flight Administration and Budget. Mr. McCormick's military career was characterized by honorable service.
Mr. McCormick was a 1993 graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. This is one of the nation's premier professional development programs and is sponsored by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. He has attended State of Texas Governor's Center for Management Development, the Basic Economic Development Course, Year I of the Economic Development Institute, Years I - III of the Community Development Institute, and Austin Community College’s “Street MBA” Program.
He is a former Executive Committee member and Chairman of Texas Organized Professionals' (TOPS) Member Development Committee, and former TV Talk Show Host with "Talking with TOPS", where people and positive programs were profiled. In July 1994, Mr. McCormick was distinguished by his selection to the City of Austin's most important advisory body, the City Planning Commission. This prestigious selection made history since to common knowledge, Mr. McCormick is the first African American to be selected as a "consensus candidate" by any Austin City Council. Since then, Mr. McCormick was reappointed for a second term by the Council, and was voted unanimously as Chair by his fellow commissioners, marking another first for an African American. Currently, he serves as Chair, Rosewood Neighborhood Planning Team, Chair, Lyons Gardens Senior Housing Board, board member of the Austin Revitalization Authority, Family Eldercare, Inc., the Center for Successful Fathering, Inc., Grey Panthers of Austin Steering Committee, the Housing Works Initiative and member of the Quality of Life for African Americans in Austin movement. He has served on Travis County's Community Council, and had memberships with the Texas Economic Development Council and the International Community Development Society. Additionally, he is a member of the Church Board of Trustee, Chair of the Church Building Committee, and Member of the Executive Committee of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin, Texas.
He has also been a recipient of numerous military awards and several civilian awards. Included in this list of awards are, the 1984 "100 Outstanding Young Men of America", the 1992 BOSS Five "Men of Distinction", and the 1995 Villager Newspaper Outstanding Black Male Role Model, to name a few. These awards are given for dedicated and proven service and success not only professionally, but as a member of the local community. On October 1, 1996, Mr. McCormick was recognized as having completed all academic and practical requirements, for designation as a Professional Community Developer by the Southern Economic Development Council, and held that designation until 2002. Mr. McCormick was recently awarded the Outstanding Service Award by the Austin Chapter of the NAACP for work on the Quality of Life for African Americans movement in Austin, Texas.
Mr. McCormick has obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville, NC), a Master of Arts in Management and a sequential Master of Business Administration from Webster University (St. Louis, MO). He has also attended the University of Texas at Austin’s Professional Development Center where he holds a Project Management certificate, and is pursuing his professional certification.
Several years ago when Mr. McCormick was a state employee, the Honorable Wilhelmina Delco, State of Texas, District 53, House of Representatives, expressed these sentiments: “Mr. McCormick knows the perils of the jobless, homeless, and disadvantaged, through personal set-backs and trauma. His own misfortune has enabled him to 'see through the eye' of those he now so ably serves. Mr. McCormick is the kind of state administrator that brings real life experience and thought processes to the policy making table where he accomplishes much that benefits the public good.”
Last, but certainly not least, Mr. McCormick has two lovely daughters that he cherishes, Melanie Michelle and Marlana Marie. He strives to encourage his daughters and others as they journey through life by saying, “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do.” In Mr. McCormick’s eyes, tough people make it by having faith. Faith to him is living with invisible means of support.
Secretary:
Biographical Info:
Lived in Central East Austin since 1997
Homeowner in Clifford Sanchez since summer 2002
Started attending Rosewood meetings in 2003
Participated in APD's People's Forum
(Community/Police dialog) in 2003-2004
Clifford Sanchez NA member since 2004
Organized Boggy Creek cleanup in CSNA in March 2005
Served as CSNA secretary from Feb-May 2005
Developed & maintain RNCT website
Coordinated Boggy Creek bond initiative support
I also work at UT Austin as a Grants Specialist, developing and tracking budgets for nursing research projects.
I have experience with word processing, spreadsheet creation, computer graphics and website development.
I support the mission of the RNCT and hope to contribute to the growth and development of the organization. I hope that through the RNCT, neighbors will be able to unite on common causes and have a strong voice on issues that effect our community. My main concerns are maintaining and improving quality of life within the Rosewood area and organizing neighbors to actively respond to development in the area. I believe that my communication skills and computer experience can be helpful to the RNCT in the functions of RNCT secretary.
I am hoping to attend law school in Fall 2006, so there is a possibility that, if elected, I may not be able to serve a full year in this position due to school pressures. But I am willing and able to fulfill the secretary's duties until at least July 2006, and possibly through the whole year, depending on my education plans.
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