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Betty Ann Bonura | ||
| Home | Betty Bonura was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana. She attended St. Francis Xavier Grammar School and graduated from Riverdale High, and has been a resident of the City of Kenner since 1985. Ms. Bonura's family members have been lifelong residents of Jefferson Parish. | ||
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| Ms. Bonura received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Louisiana State University and her Masters of Social Work, majoring in Community Organization and Planning, from Tulane University. She is a graduate of the Kenner Citizens Police Academy, and has been a Louisiana licensed real estate salesperson since 1983. | |||
| A former Social Worker for the State of Louisiana, Ms. Bonura worked in a specialized foster care unit in five parishes for children physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed and mentally retarded before doing clinical substance abuse counseling at the New Orleans Mental Health Clinic. | |||
| Ms. Bonura served the City of Kenner from 1982 through 1993, serving under three City Mayors (Larry Hooper, Aaron Broussard, and Louis Congemi) in the capacity of a grant writer, planning director, mayoral assistant for special projects and events, city-sponsored educational programs, community affairs liason, economic development, and public administrator. | |||
| Ms. Bonura currently served as a Grants Writer/Administrator and Community Liason with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department, a position she started in April 1997 to January 2004. | |||
| Ms. Bonura was elected as Councilman-at-Large for the City of Kenner in March 1994, thus representing all of Kenner. In 1992, she was elected to the Republican State Central Committee and, in 1991, was elected to the Jefferson Parish Republican Party's Executive Committee-at-Large. She was reelected in 1995 and served as Vice Chairperson for the Jefferson Parish Republican Party. | |||
| Elected in 1990 to the Jefferson Parish School Board, Ms. Bonura served as District 9 Representative (which consists of all of North Kenner, and sections of South Kenner and Metairie). This represented over 50,000 Jefferson Parish residents. | |||
| EDUCATION | |||
| M.S.W. 1981, Community Organization and Planning, Tulane University, New Orleans, La. | |||
| B.F.A, 1970, Painting, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. | |||
| CAREER HISTORY | |||
| Grant Officer, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (since 1997) | |||
| Community Affairs Liaison, City of Kenner (1984) | |||
| Assistant to the Mayor, City of Kenner (1981) | |||
| Social Worker, Office of Human Development, New Orleans (1970 to 1980) | |||
| ELECTED POSITIONS | |||
| Council President, City of Kenner (March 1995, June 1997, June 2000) | |||
| Council-at-Large, City of Kenner (March 1994) | |||
| Board Member, Jefferson Parish Public School System, District 9 (March 1998) | |||
| Executive Committee-at-Large, Jefferson Parish Republican Party (Re-Elected 1996) | |||
| Republican State Central Committee, Distr. 92 | |||
| CIVIC RECOGNITION | |||
| Citizen of the Year, 1987, Univ. Park Lions Club | |||
| Kenner Business Woman of the Month, 11/1990 | |||
| Certificate of Appreciation, 1991, State of Louisiana, Dept. of Culture, Recreation & Tourism | |||
| Certificate of Merit, 1981, 1991, 1993, City of New Orleans | |||
| Who's Who, National Italian Americans, 1993 | |||
| 1996 Role Model, La. Philharmonic Orchestra | |||
| MEMBERSHIPS | |||
| Two dozen professional, civic, and educational memberships throughout the community and the country. | |||
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