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June 7, 2012

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick

Former U.S. Rep. Kilpatrick Joins Joint Center's Board

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, who represented Michigan's 13th Congressional District, has joined the board of the directors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank for black elected officials.

Kilpatrick joined the joint center's board with Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D., a philanthropist. Klein is an expert on issues of discrimination and diversity. Both women will serve on the board three years.

“The joint Center is fortunate to have attracted strong leaders like the Honorable Carolyn C. Kilpatrick and Dr. Klein to join our board of governors,” said Cynthia G. Marshall, chair of the Joint Center's Board of Governors.

Kilpatrick represented her district in Detroit from 1996 to 2010. The district included all of Wayne County, half of Detroit and Gross Pointe.

She was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a member of the House Appropriations Committee. She was defeated for for reelection in the Democratic primary in August 2010. Kilpatrick now owns J&A Global Partners LLC, a consulting firm with offices in Detroit and Washington, D.C. She is also the mother of Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit.

Dr. Klein founded the Level Playing Field Institute to help eliminate barriers faced by people of color in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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