Jeanne Milliken Bonds
Jeanne Milliken Bonds | |
|---|---|
 Milliken Bonds in 2004 | |
| Mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Mayor Pro Tempore of Knightdale | |
| In office 1995–2001 | |
| Knightdale Town Councilwoman | |
| In office 1994–1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeanne Milliken Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse | Robert Alexander Bonds III |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Occupation | politician, professor, consultant, community developer, lobbyist |
| Website | [1] |
Jeanne Milliken Bonds is an American politician, lobbyist, consultant, community developer and professor. Milliken Bonds represented the North Carolina Judiciary before the North Carolina General Assembly as the deputy director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. She was the first female mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina. Milliken Bonds later served as the Leader of Community Development for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Early life and education
[edit]Jeanne Milliken Bonds was born in Wilmington, North Carolina to Guy Allen Milliken and Margaret Cathey Milliken. Her family descends from Scottish and Irish colonists who arrived in the Province of Carolina in 1697.[1]
She graduated from John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington. Milliken Bonds earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.[2] She later earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]
Career
[edit]Politics and public service
[edit]Milliken Bonds was appointed to the Town Council of Knightdale, North Carolina in 1994. While serving on the council, she was deputy director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, where she worked alongside Chief Justice Burley Mitchell and lobbyied for the court system.[4] In this capacity, she promoted increased funding for the judiciary to increase personnel and improve their technological resources.[4] Bonds was part of a multi-agency team that worked to obtain $30 million for North Carolina's Criminal Justice Information Network.[5]
In 1995, she was elected as the town's Mayor Pro Tempore, and was re-elected in 1999. In 2002, she was appointed as the mayor of Knightdale, becoming the town's first woman mayor.[3]
Milliken Bonds was awarded the Henry Toll Fellowship in 1997 by the Council of State Governments.[3]
In 2010, she unsuccessfully ran for the 39th District seat as a Democrat in the North Carolina House of Representatives.[6] She spoke in support of ending capital punishment, legalizing same-sex marriage, and supported reproductive rights.[6]
She led the campaign, as chief strategist, for Bill Faison when he ran in the 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election.[7]
Academia and other work
[edit]Bonds is a professor of practice, impact investment, and sustainable finance at UNC Chapel Hill. [8][3]
Bonds serves as the Chair of the South Carolina Capital Alliance's board of directors.[9][10] She also served as the Leader of Community Development for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.[11][3][12]
Personal life
[edit]She is a member of the Junior League and, as of 2023, serves as the Advisory Board Chair for the Beta Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at Duke University.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jeanne Milliken Bonds - Invest to Sustain". 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "2010 HONOREES - Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation". Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b c d e "Jeanne Milliken Bonds". Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Media Advisory". Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b "Jeanne Milliken Bonds". 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Personnel file: Faison names campaign team for governor's race | Under the Dome". Archived from the original on 2014-03-08.
- ^ "Jim Johnson and Jeanne Milliken Bonds Offer Insights on Reputational Equity in Triangle Business Journal Article". Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "South Carolina Community Capital Alliance Bringing 2023 Community Capital Conference to Rock Hill". 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "E04: Promoting Inclusive Community Development - A Conversation with Jeanne Milliken Bonds". 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "The University of North Carolina: A Multi-Campus University | Jeanne Milliken Bonds | Emerging Issues Forum | PBS NC". Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Bonds, Jeanne Milliken | Public Policy". Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- Living people
- 1962 births
- 20th-century American women politicians
- 21st-century American women politicians
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- Deputy mayors
- Federal Reserve Bank people
- Members of the Junior League
- North Carolina Democrats
- People from Knightdale, North Carolina
- Politicians from Wilmington, North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
- Women city councillors in North Carolina
- Women mayors of places in North Carolina