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19 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Elizabeth Welsby <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Elizabeth Welsby <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 312 Old Forest Creek Drive <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 9196987515 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9199288931 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9196987515 <br /> Email: ewelsby @yahoo.com <br /> Place of Employment: Community Volunteer <br /> Job Title: n/a <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1991 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> President - Guy B Phillips Middle School PTSA <br /> Fundraising Committee - Compass Center for Women and Children <br /> Member - Guy B Phillips SIT and Booster Club, East Chapel Hill PTSA and Booster Club, <br /> CHCCS PTA Council, UNC-CH Alumni Association, and many environmental and political <br /> progressive organizations, e.g. NCPIRG, Lillian s List. <br /> Current and recent community activities include organizational roles in 5+ area wide <br /> youth sports teams, poll volunteer and communications/organizer in local elections, daily <br /> volunteer in the public schools <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Bond Education Committee <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I will bring 20+years of community service and institutional knowledge to the Bond Education <br /> Committee. I hold a Masters in Social Work from UNC-CH, with a focus on Policy, Planning and <br /> Community Practice, which has trained me to evaluate and communicate the needs of a <br /> community to enact positive change. I have also served 6 years on the Chapel Hill Public and <br /> Affordable Housing Board, 2 as Chair, and understand our local housing crisis and the <br /> organizations involved in the bond. I am very active in the school community as a middle school <br /> PTSA president and parent of 3 school aged children,which lends to a large network of parents <br /> across Chapel Hill and Orange County. Prior to my role at Phillips Middle School, I was a <br /> member of the Estes Hills School Improvement Team (SIT)for 4 years, 2 as chair, and have a <br /> deep knowledge of the capital needs for schools across the two districts. I have attended many <br /> CHCCS and Orange County Board of Commissioners meetings over the past 10 years and <br /> understand the series of events that has led to the bond referendum. I also understand political <br />