| Chairman Linda
W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Ms. Marie C. Johns to the National Capital
Revitalization Corporation Board of Directors.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "National Capital Revitalization
Corporation Board of Directors Marie C. Johns Confirmation Resolution of
2003".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the
appointment of:
Ms. Marie C. Johns
5117 Warren Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-4318
(Ward 3)
as a public citizen member of the National Capital Revitalization
Corporation Board of Directors, established by section 4 of the National
Capital Revitalization Corporation Act of 1998; effective September 11,
1998 (D.C. Law 12-144; D.C. Code Official §2-1219.03), completing the
unexpired term of Lloyd D. Smith, which will end July 14, 2005.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy
of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the
Office of the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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MARIE C. JOHNS
5117 Warren Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-4318
(202) 244-6934 (H) (202) 392-3700 (0)
Marie Johns is President, Verizon Washington, DC and is responsible for
Verizon's nearly $700 million operations in the District of Columbia. Ms.
Johns is an engaged business leader in the Washington metropolitan region.
She has provided leadership in a wide range of professional, civic and
cultural organizations. She has worked to enhance and improve the
District's viability on several fronts, particularly in efforts related to
strengthening education, health care and economic development systems in
the District of Columbia.
Ms. Johns has participated in a wide range of organizations that
support education and youth. Under her leadership, Verizon was
instrumental in the effort to obtain a $10 million grant for the DC Public
Schools to implement a school to careers reform initiative. She co-chaired
this effort with the Superintendent of the DC Public Schools and continues
to co-chair the District's Youth Investment Council. Out of School to
Careers, Ms. Johns spearheaded a Verizon sponsored program called SEEDS
(Students Educated for Economic Development Success) that trains out of
school youth for jobs in information technology. In addition, Ms. Johns
served as a director of a non-profit organization that provided funding
for every public school and library in the District of Columbia to install
cabling to provide high speed connections to the Internet and local
computer networks and provided training to teachers and library personnel.
Ms. Johns brought together committed members of business organizations,
educational institutions, non-profit entities and the government to form
the Washington DC Technology Council. She currently serves as the
Council's Founding Chair. In 2001, Secretary Spencer Abraham appointed Ms.
Johns to the US Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Board (EAB).
Ms. Johns also is a mayoral appointee to the Health Services Reform
Commission which provides oversight for the health care delivery system
for uninsured residents of the District of Columbia and she co-chairs the
Steering Committee for the $35 million New East Capitol Hope VI
initiative.
Ms. Johns is a Trustee of Howard University, a Director of the DC
Chamber of Commerce, the Federal City Council, the Washington Performing
Arts Society and the Economic Club of Washington. She is a member of the
Senior Board of Stewards of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal
Church and has served as a Director of Landmark Systems Corporation and
WLR Foods. In addition, Ms. Johns is a member of the International Women's
Forum and has served as past Chair of the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
Board of Directors, past President of the DC Chamber of Commerce and past
Chair of Leadership Washington.
The recipient of numerous awards for her business and civic leadership,
Ms. Johns was presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters from
Trinity College in May 1999 and was named as on of the Twenty-five Most
Influential Black Women in Business by the Network Journal in April 2003.
An alumna of Indiana University, Ms. Johns earned her Bachelor of
Science and Master of Public Administration degrees and has completed
graduate management studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School
of Government and the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at
the University of Virginia.
Ms. Johns is married to Wendell L. Johns, Vice President of Multifamily
Affordable Housing for Fannie Mae. Marie and Wendell, their son and
daughter-in-law reside in Washington, D.C. |
