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BIOGRAPHICAL BRIEF: • Born August 1, 1941,
in Tiffin, Ohio • Sue has 2 children and 3 step-children
• Sue and Ed have 12 grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
• Attended Heidelberg College, 1959-1960; Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters, Heidelberg College, 1995.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: • President/CEO,
Myrick Advertising, 1971-92 Myrick Enterprises, 1992-94.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: • Candidate for
Charlotte City Council, 1981 • Charlotte, NC, City Council,
1983-85 • Candidate for Mayor of Charlotte, 1985 •
Mayor of Charlotte, 1987-1991 • Candidate for US
Senate, 1992 • Member of Congress 1995-present
LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC
INVOLVEMENT: • At-large member, Charlotte City Council,
1983-1985 • Elected Mayor, City of Charlotte, 1987 &
1989 • Past Member, Governor Martin’s Rail Passenger Task
Force • Past member of the Board of Directors, North
Carolina Highway Safety Foundation • Member of the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the Lake Norman Chamber of
Commerce, Gaston County Chamber of commerce, and Union County
Chamber of Commerce,
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT: • Past Member, President George W. Bush’s
Working Group on Iraq
• Past Member, President Bush’s Affordable Housing
Commission • Past Member, Strengthening
America Commission • Past Member of the National
Association of Female Executives; Beta Sigma Phi • Past
Chair, Drug Task Force, U.S. Conference of Mayors • Past
Vice-Chair, Transportation Committee, National League of
Cities • Past Chair, Surface Transportation Sub-Committee,
National League of Cities • Past Co-Chair, Task Force on
Hunger and Homelessness, U.S. Conference of Mayors • Past
Trustee, U.S. Conference of Mayors • Past member, Advisory
Board, U.S. Conference of Mayors • Testified before
Congress for U.S. Conference of Mayors and/or National League
of Cities on: Control of Automatic Weapons, Crime & Drugs,
Hunger & Homelessness, Transportation • Past Chair
Public Safety Committee, U.S. Conference of Mayors • Past
member, Advisory Board, Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
Regional Advisory Council • Past member Advisory Council,
U.S. Small Business Administration
• Member of the Navy League of the United States-Charlotte
CouncilINTERNATIONAL
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS: • Board of Directors, Sister
Cities International • Panel member, 1990 International
Crime Conference, Paris & Strasbourg, France and 1989,
Montreal, Canada • Member, International Women’s Forum
• Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors’ delegation to Israel,
March 1991 • Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors’ delegation
to Taiwan (Republic of China), April 1991 • Chair, U.S.
Conference of Mayors’ delegation to the International
Conference on the Environment, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1991
BUSINESS: • Former President and CEO,
Myrick Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations
COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AFFILIATIONS (PAST &
PRESENT): Arts & Sciences Council Fund Drive—Heart
Fund—Multiple Sclerosis—Cancer Jail-a-thon—Executive Committee
for Muscular Dystrophy Association—March of
Dimes—Jaycettes—Elks Auxiliary—Club Scout Den Mother—Foster
Parent—Sunday School Teacher—PTA—School Booster
Clubs—Principal’s Committee of a Charlotte Jr. High—Advisory
Board, Uptown Shelter—Children’s Theater—Hezekiah Alexander
House—Uptown Homeless Task Force—Vocational Education Advisory
Council—Friendship Force of Charlotte—Friendship Force of
Charlotte—Handicapped Organized Women, National Board—Mental
Health Committee of Associates---Community Involvement
Coordination, Habitat-Miracle on 19th Street—Coordinator of
National Day of Prayer in Charlotte—Public Relations Chair for
the Mecklenburg Republican Executive Committee—Treasurer,
Mecklenburg Ministers---Lay Leader & Speaker, United
Methodist Church—Board Member, National Jefferson Award
Nominations Committee—Founder and Coordinator of Volunteer
Disaster Relief efforts since 1984—Spearheaded foundation of
Homeless Shelter—Founder of Charitable Outreach Society
(COS)—Substance Abuse Council of Mental Health
Authority—Public Awareness Committee—Communications Chair for
the Clean City Committee-Transit Mall Citizen’s Advisory
Committee—Safe Drive Committee—Member of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Citizen’s Forum—Board of Visitors with Opera Carolina—Sister
Cities Honorary Board—The May 20th Society—Advisory
Board for the Allegro Foundation—NC
Hero's Fund Advisory Board—Honorary
Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society—Member of
the Girl Scout's Hornet's Nest Council of Advisors and
Ambassadors—The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Presidential Task Force on Combating the Ideology of Radical
Extremism—Advisory Board for the Citizens Defense Foundation
(CDF)
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