CANDIDATE: 
Representative Kelly M. Alexander, Jr.

POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS: 
Democrat

PUBLIC SERVICE (past and present positions):

• Appointed to fill unexpired term, June 2008, NC House District 107
• Elected to full term, November 2008
• Member, Airport Advisory Committee
• Member, Schools Building Solutions Committee
• Member, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission
• Member, Friendship Community Development Corporation
• President, University Park Neighborhood Association
• Chair, New Brooklyn Initiative
• Chair, Mothers of Murdered Offspring
• Member, Governors Commission on Workforce Preparedness
• Member, Board of Directors, Greater Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Z. Smith Reynolds Advisory Board
• Member, NC Martin Luther King, Jr.Commission
• Member, General Alumni Association Board of Directors, UNC - Chapel Hill
• Member, Board of Visitors, UNC - Chapel Hill
• Cofounder, Project Uplift, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Member, NAACP National Board of Directors
• Member, NAACP Special Contribution Fund
• Member, The Academy of Political Science
• 32nd Degree Mason, Prince Hall Affiliation, F&M of North Carolina
  
  

RECOGNITION:

• Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Alumni Award, UNC - Chapel Hill
• Order of the Old Well, UNC Chapel Hill
• Society of Janis, UNC Chapel Hill
• Numerous plaques, citations, awards for work in the area of civil rights and economic development

EDUCATION:

• University of North Carolina - at Chapel Hill
  • Bachelors of Science in Political Science
  • Masters of Public Administration
    
• West Charlotte High School

PERSONAL:
I have worked for most of my life in the areas of civil rights, community organization and small business. I, along with my brother, Alfred, manage the Alexander Funeral Home, Inc. It is the oldest African American business in Mecklenburg Co., having been started by our grandfather in 1914. I have also instructed courses in high school (West Charlotte, Harding), Central Piedmont Community College and university (Johnson C. Smith, Queens College, and University of North Carolina at Charlotte). I have actively and passionately served in various positions with the NAACP including service on the National Board of Directors as the NC NAACP President for twelve years. My interests have provided me with many unique opportunities to serve on numerous committees and boards on the local, state, national and international levels. I am an avid reader of history and science fiction. I have done radio commentaries, produced a television variety show (Experience) and radio music program (Talk to the People); radio commentaries (Metrolina Viewpoint), written op-ed columns (Charlotte News, Charlotte Observer, and Charlotte Post), poetry...and one of these days, I will write that book