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Council Member
Felicia Moore
Council District 9
E-Mail Address: fmoore@atlantaga.gov
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During her tenure, she has also chaired the Community Development/Human Resources, Transportation and Committee on Council. Felicia is an active member of the National League of Cities (NLC). She is a Past President of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO), a constituency group of NLC, and a past chair and member of the NBC-LEO Foundation. As a participant of the Leadership Training Institute, she has recently earned the Platinum Ambassador Certificate Award. On the state level, she is an active member of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). She has served as a member of the Board of Directors, Past President of Central Region/District 3, and the Legislative Policy Council. She is a member of the Revenue and Finance Policy Committee. In addition, she is President of the Georgia Municipal Black Caucus (GMBC), to which she is a co-founder. One of her legislative highlights is the instrumental
role she had in the major July 2011 Pension Reform for the City of Atlanta.
Moore is credited by many for bringing the labor unions, pension boards
and employee groups together to agree on their increased contribution level to
save their Defined Benefits and avoid costly legal action against the City.
Another highlight was inspired by the case of Mrs. Mattie Moore (no
relation), an Alzheimer patient who wandered away from her District 9 home
in April 2004, and whose remains were discovered six months later within 500
feet of her home. In response,
Felicia authored legislation to establish the “Mattie’s Call” alert system
that became an Atlanta Police Department Standard Operating Procedure for swift,
efficient public alerts to assist in finding missing mentally impaired persons.
In 2006, the law was adopted statewide.
Additionally, she brought “Project Lifesaver” to Moore is currently Chair of the Policy Committee for the Georgia Alzheimer’s Association, a member of the Georgia Board of Governors, and an Alzheimer’s Ambassador. Felicia started her community service in 1991 when she
purchased a home in the She is a cum laude graduate of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio with a B.A. in communications, and is a licensed Real Estate Broker. Moore has received numerous honors and awards including
being listed in “Who’s Who in Black Atlanta,” “Outstanding Young Women
in America” and “The Women Looking Ahead 100 List.”
She has also been recognized by the Atlanta Business League as one of “ SUMMARY OF AFFILIATIONS
National League of
Cities (NLC)
2008
2008 NBC-LEO Summer Conference Chair 2008
Program Committee Chair 2008
Immediate Past Chair, NBC-LEO Foundation 2007
Chair, NBC-LEO Foundation 2007
NLC FAIR Steering Committee Chair 2007
Immediate Past President, NBC-LEO 2007-2009
APAMO Member 2006
President, NBC-LEO 2006-2007
NLC Nominating Committee Member 2006
Leadership Training Institute Platinum Ambassador Awardee 2005
President Elect, NBC-LEO 2005
Leadership Training Institute Gold Ambassador Awardee 2005-2009
CityFutures Panel on Public Finance 2004
First Vice-President, NBC-LEO 2004-2009
Member of Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO) 2004-2009
Member, Central Cities Committee 2004
Leadership Training Institute Silver Executive Awardee 2003-2004
Municipalities in Transition Panel on Public Finance 2003-2009
NLC Congress of Cities Program Committee 2003- Present
NLC FAIR Steering Committee (2005, 2006 Vice-Chair) 2003
Treasurer, NBC-LEO 2003
Leadership Training Institute Bronze Fellowship Awardee 2002-Present
Member, Women In Municipal Government 2001
NLC/NBC-LEO Congress of Cities Conference Host 2000- Present
FAIR Policy Committee 1999-Present
NLC Delegate 1999-Present
Member of National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) Georgia Municipal Association (GMA)
2005
Congressional Action Team 2004-2006
President, District 3/Central Region 2004-2006
Board of Directors 2003-2006
Legislative Policy Council 2002-Present
Revenue and Finance Policy Committee 2000-2003
Community Development and Transportation Policy Committee Other
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