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Sharon Pratt |
Executive V.P. Strategy and
Government Operations
Sharon Pratt, is the former Mayor of Washington, DC and the first
woman to serve as Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Ms. Pratt, a lawyer, admitted to the bar in the District of
Columbia, spent most her career in the electric utility industry,
serving as Vice President for Public Policy at the Potomac
Electric Power Company (PEPCO). Ms. Pratt was responsible for
government relations, consumer affairs and public policy
initiatives for the company. Prior to joining Pepco, Ms. Pratt
taught civil procedure at the Antioch School of Law. Her career
began as an associate with Pratt & Queen - the firm founded by her
father, the Honorable Carlisle E. Pratt. When elected mayor, she
was serving as Of Counsel with Sidley & Austin law firm.
Since 2005, Ms. Pratt has served as the Executive Director for
State Capitals Organized to Protect America (SCOPA), www.scopa.us.
SCOPA is a non profit association focused on promoting the
Homeland Security requirements of state capitals across the United
States.
Ms. Pratt is best known for her "come from behind" victory as
mayor of Washington, DC in 1990. Washington, DC was at a difficult
cross road with looming deficits, spiraling crime, strained
relations with Congress, etc. Nonetheless, during her tenure, she
advanced and sustained reform across all spheres of government.
From establishing the winning formula for addressing District's
unfunded pension liability, to right-sizing government, to
attaining Congressional commitment for a federal payment formula,
to addressing the structural deficit, emergency response to
storms, automation of government, comprehensive-coordinated
initiatives for City's youth, restoring the City's trees,
recruiting a NBA team to downtown Washington and identifying the
tract of land to house the MCI (now Verizon) Center - which fueled
revival of downtown Washington, welcoming international soccer to
the City, and much, much more. Her team re-engineered the
structure of government, establishing new effective paradigms
throughout government, and prepared the city for the challenges
and opportunities of the 21st century.
Sharon Pratt is native Washingtonian, honors graduate of Howard
University's School of Liberal Arts and Law and a Falk Fellow. Ms.
Pratt was the first woman to be elected Treasurer of the National
Democratic Committee. Ms. Pratt also served as a Senior Fellow at
the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School (Harvard
University). She has attained honors - including Glamour
magazine's Woman of the Year Award, the Congressional Black
Caucus' Mary McLeod Bethune-W.E. Dubois award, People magazine 50
Most Beautiful Award, etc. She is member of the Board of Governors
for the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC). |
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