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Mary E. Singletary

President, National Council of Women of the United States

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  Mary E. Singletary was elected President of the National Council of Women of the United States on 19 June 2003. 

Ms. Singletary has distinguished herself through excellent leadership in her professional and educational endeavors and through her concern for social, political and economic progress of women. 

She is a Registered Nurse, graduate of St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing, in Raleigh, North Carolina and she holds a B.A. degree in Health Education from New Jersey City University.  

Ms. Singletary has served proudly as a leader in family planning and the advancement of business and professional women, locally, nationally and internationally. 

She served as President of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and currently President of the National Council of Women of the United States.

 

As Director of the New Jersey Division for Women, an appointment by Governor Thomas Kean, she created a greater public awareness regarding women’s issues through public outreach and legislation.

 

Ms. Singletary also served as the Director of the Governor’s North Jersey Office an appointment by Governor Christine Todd Whitman and was accepted for continuation by Acting Governor Donald T. DeFrancesco. 

 

In this office Ms. Singletary continued to “make a difference” through constituent relations and special projects regarding women’s issues and concerns.

 

Ms. Singletary’s volunteer service and community involvements are wide and diverse.

 

Among her many endeavors at the United Nations she represents the National Council of Women/USA, International Council of Women, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., and is the International Coordinator for Women of Color Program for the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

 

She is also the former Secretary for the NGO Committee on the Status of Women and Board member of the NGO Committee on UNIFEM.

 

She has served on the Township of Montclair Planning Board, New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women, Girl Scouts of Greater Essex County and the YWCA of North Essex.

 

Ms. Singletary led a delegation of Business and Professional Women to the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing China. During the conference she convened a four-hour symposium entitled “A Global Prospectus - Building Bridges of Education: Sharing and Caring”.

 

 She was the Team Leader for a group of NGO UN Representatives to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophia and Related Intolerance, Durban South Africa and Team Leader for an NGO Delegation to the World Conference on Aging in Madrid Spain.

 

Through Ms. Singletary’s leadership a five-room health center was built in the Village of Apatrapa, Ashanti Region, Ghana, West Africa.

 

She was also responsible for conducting a national Breast Cancer Education and Awareness - Train the Trainer Program in Ghana.

 

Ms. Singletary has received numerous recognitions and honors locally, nationally and internationally for distinguished service regarding women’s issues and concerns.

 

Among them she was cited by the Star Ledger newspaper as “New Jerseyan of the Week”, Minority Business Journal as “One of the Nation’s Most Influential Black Women”, Ebony Magazine as “One of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in America”, Hispanic Women’s Task Force of New Jersey as “A Pioneer for Women in the Executive Branch of State Government”, City News as “100 Most Influential”, New Jersey City University as “Alumni of the Year” and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as the “Citizen of the Year.”

 

Recently Ms. Singletary received the Daisy S. George Award for Distinguished United Nations and International Community Service.