The Board & Committee Members

2008-2010 Board of Directors

President: Richard Badger- City of Milwaukee—Assistant to the Mayor, B.A. in Business Management. Email: Richard.Badger@tmulyp.org

Vice President: Shantel Bacchus- CEO Bacchus Financial Services. Email: Shantel.Bacchus@tmulyp.org  

Secretary: Taffie Foster-Toney- Dana Corporation—Production Planner, B.S. in Business and Communication. Email: Taffie.Toney@tmulyp.org

Parliamentarian: Open- Email: info@tmulyp.org

Treasurer: Justine Hall- Milwaukee Public Schools, B.S., M.S., AKA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Email: Justine.Hall@tmulyp.org

Committees

Past President 

Co-Chair: Felicia Malone Co-Chair: Katherine Morris

Plans and implements creative and impacting service projects. Mobilizes volunteers from other organizations. Works with the MUL in providing volunteers for MUL services. Duties can include overseeing the mentoring, tutoring, scholarship sub-committees, one-day visits to schools, hosting a career day, adopting a school, mentoring, voter registration, and etc. Email: Felicia.Malone@tmulyp.org or  Katherine.Morris@tmulyp.org

Fundraising

Chair: Shantel Bacchus

Oversees the raising of money for MULYP projects and scholarships though corporate development, grants, and social activities, auctions, net workers, holiday events, golf and bowling tournaments, blacks tie events, and so forth. This committee will have the opportunity to work with other committees that share the load. Email: Shantel.Bacchus@tmulyp.org

Membership

Chair: Sean Lowe

Recruits new members and keeps in touch with current and old members. Assists the Social and Cultural committee in creating member and nonmember hospitality events. Goals are getting meeting notices to members, creating a list of benefits for members, fine tuning mailing and emailing systems, increase membership and turn out at meetings and overall membership contact. This can be done through a variety of ways: networkers, phone calling, and guest presentations at meetings. Email: Sean.Lowe@tmulyp.org

Personal and Professional Development

Chair: Rayna Andrews

Plans events or projects which assist members with financial planning, promotes entrepreneurship, enhances career skills, and introduces topics of general interest for roundtable discussion (politics, health, community development). Provides guest speakers for MULYP meetings. Organizes membership retreats; acts as liaison with other Urban League Young Professional groups.         Email:  Rayna.Andrews@tmulyp.org

Politics and Policy

Co-Chair: Sonya Mays Co-Chair: Caroline Archia-Adams

Plan various events (i.e. candidate forums and voter registration drives) using various platforms, which help to ensure that the community at large is informed and educated on issues that affect their lives and communities. As part of the national agenda, the Politics and Policy committee also works to engage its constituents in the political process and encourage them to affect change for better communities. Email: Sonya.Mays@tmulyp.org or Caroline.Adams@tmulyp.org

Public Relations

Chair: Open

Promotes the events and activities of the group. Goals are getting information out to the public about community events and projects the young professionals work on and to promote the image of the young professionals. This can be done through developing a website, newsletters, news releases, promotional material, and sending thank you letters out when appropriate. Email: Open

Social and Cultural

Chair: Sabrina Jackson

Plans social and cultural-awareness events for the MULYP. Increases the camaraderie of MULYP membership. Goals are to seek out opportunities for members to socialize and be exposed to their cultural heritage. This can be done through networkers, guest speakers, holiday events, plays, and so forth. Email: Sabrina.Jackson@tmulyp.org