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Orange County <br />Advisory Board On Aging <br />September 14, 2006 <br />The Honorable Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Chair Jacobs: <br />Subject: Board Appointment <br />The Orange County Advisory Board on Aging reviewed all applicants for the Aging <br />Board's At-Large position #9 vacated at the end of the second term of Ms Mildred <br />Council. At the September 13th meeting of the Board, the Board approved <br />recommending Ms Diane Henderson to fill the position #9 vacancy that will expire on <br />June 30, 2009. <br />Ms Henderson is a resident of 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Apt. 132, in Chapel Hill and is <br />presently retired from many years working in computer systems research and applications <br />in Virginia. She retired to the Outer Banks in 1986 and has served as a Member of the <br />Arlington County Virginia School Board and Town Council of Southern Shores, NC. <br />Ms Henderson has many years of volunteer service with many organizations including <br />the League of Women Voters of Arlington, VA, as one of the founders and a past <br />president of the League of Dare County, member of the League of NC State Board, and <br />awarded the Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Certificate in 1990. Since moving to <br />Chapel Hill in 1998 she has served on the Residents Council of Carol Woods Residents <br />Association as Treasurer and President, and as President of the Association of Carol <br />Woods Residents, Inc. as well as serving on various committees. <br />Ms Henderson's interest and experience in public service provide skills and ideas that are <br />useful in working on aging issues. In Dare County she participated in the State's League <br />of Women Voters eldercare study. Over the past seven years she has experienced the <br />background and insight into the issues facing the County and the State with respect to an <br />increasing population of older adults.. <br />Ms Henderson would be a tremendous asset to the Advisory Board and the citizens of <br />Orange County. <br />Your consideration of her nomination would be greatly appreciated. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jerry M. Passmore, Secretary <br />Advisory Board on Aging <br />