LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA PRESIDENT IN TAMPA FOR VIRTUAL MEETING

The League of Women Voters of Hillsborough County hosted a ‘Conversation with Cecile Scoon,’ Esquire, President of the League of Women Voters of Florida, at the Children’s Board on September 24, 2021.  She is the first Black woman to hold this office. A graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies, she earned her law degree from the Virginia School of Law in 1984, spent 5 years as an active duty Air Force JAG. She retired from the Air Force reserves as a Major in 2005, and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.   She shared with the group her vision for the League. Shown at the meeting from left are: Laurel Jones, representing Gamma Theta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Cecile Scoon, Esq., Angela Birdsong, League of Women Voters; Dr. Sonjia Brookins, Soil and Water Conservation, Commissioner Gwen Myers, Idelia Phillips, League of Women Voters; and Bryce Bowden, Democratic Party. (Photograph by BRUNSON)