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Jermaine Reed
Chris Rey
Mayor
Spring Lake, North Carolina
Chris V. Rey was elected as mayor of Spring Lake, North Carolina in
2011. Rey grew up in the community and graduated from Pine Forest
Senior High as a track and field all-American. He attended East Carolina
University on an athletic scholarship and was also a chancellor leadership
scholar. Mayor Rey served as an information technology officer in the United
States Army and served combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. After being honorably discharged,
Mayor Rey obtained a juris doctor degree from William and Mary’s School of Law in 2010.
He currently serves as an information technology policy director and strategic planner for the
Department of Defense. @ChrisRey4NC
Craig Rice
County Council Member
Germantown, Maryland
Craig Rice is a county council member from Germantown, Maryland.
He is the current council president of the Montgomery County Council.
His political career began in the fall of 2006 when he was elected to the
Maryland House of Delegates, defeating a 12 year incumbent. In the
legislature, he served on the ways and means committee and the education
and fiscal revenue subcommittees. In 2010, Rice was elected to his current position, making him
the youngest African American to ever serve on the nine-member council and only the second
African American man ever in that role. On the council, he serves on the education and the
health and human services committees. Prior to holding elected office, he worked for Marriott
International, Aramark Corporation, and as a business development manager for the government
of Puerto Rico. @RicePolitics
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YOUNG ELECTED O FFICIALS
City Council Member
Kansas City, Missouri
Councilman Jermaine Reed represents over 78,000 residents on the
Kansas City Council. Elected at the age of 26, he is the youngest member
of the council. Having overcome poverty and homelessness himself,
Reed strives to be an example of what young people can achieve with
perseverance and dedication. Previously Reed worked in Washington, DC for
the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Shortly after, he returned to Kansas City to serve
as the community ombudsman for Congressman Cleaver’s green impact zone, which focused
on making the city’s east side the greenest urban core landscape in the country. He is a first
generation college graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and has a degree in political
science. @JermaineReed