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COUNCIL BIOGRAPHIES
Gloria Martin-Roberts - Council President Print E-mail

ImageGloria Martin-Roberts has been a Harrisburg City resident for over fifty-one years. She holds a Master of Human Services degree from Lincoln University and is a 1967 graduate of John Harris High School.

She took her Oath of Office in January of 2004, as a first term Harrisburg City Councilwoman.  Mrs. Martin-Roberts was re-elected to her second term on City Council in November 2007.    She has served as Chair of Building and Housing and Parks and Recreation, and as a member of the Economic Development, Budget and Finance and Public Works Committees.  As of January 2008, Mrs. Martin-Roberts is the Chair of Public Safety and sits as a member on the Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committees. As of January 2010 Gloria Martin Roberts is the Council President and chair of the Administration Committee.

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Patty Kim - Council Vice President Print E-mail

ImageA graduate of Boston College with a Bachelors degree in Journalism, Patty Kim is most familiar to city residents as a former news reporter and anchor for WHP CBS-21, after a decade of previous broadcasting experience with news stations in Maryland and Washington D.C. She also studied nursing for three years at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing. An innate sensitivity and compassion for those she covered, and particularly victims of crimes and tragedy, especially children, marked her broadcasting career. As of January 2010 Patty Kim is Council Vice-President and chair of Community and Economic Development Committee.

 

Susan Brown Wilson - Council Member Print E-mail

ImageSusan Wilson was born and raised in Harrisburg, PA. She is a life long resident of Harrisburg; with a successful professional career of 28 years with (IBM) International Business Machines; she currently serves as a Logistics Program manager.

She is a 1975 graduate of Harrisburg High School and in 1979 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from East Stroudsburg University.  Susan also, has various other IBM corporate management professional classes to her credit.

As of January 2010 Susan Brown-Wilson is chair of Budget and Finance Committee.

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Brad Koplinski - Council Member Print E-mail

ImageBrad Koplinski was elected to Harrisburg City Council in November 2007.  He came to Harrisburg in the Summer of 2004, to run the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign for the Central Pennsylvania region.  In his work with that effort, he fell in love with Harrisburg and its people, and made a commitment to remain in his adopted home.
 
After growing up in Kankakee, Illinois, Brad attended the University of Illinois at Chicago.  After graduating from the New England School of Law in 1995, Brad worked in Washington, DC at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and for the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.  As of January 2010 Brad Koplinski is the chair of Building and Housing Committee.                                                                          

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Wanda D. Williams - Council Member Print E-mail

ImageWanda R.D. Williams is a lifelong resident of Harrisburg and graduate of William Penn Sr. High. She continued her education at H.A.C.C., majoring in Political Science. She has been a public servant with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 30 years, and is currently in the Tort Litigation Division of the Department of General Services. As of January 2010 Wanda Williams is the chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee.

Eugenia G. Smith - Council Member Print E-mail
ImageEugenia Smith is the chair of the Public Safety Committee.
Kelly D. Summerford - Council Member Print E-mail
ImageKelly Summerford is the chair of the Public Works Committee
 
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