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Statement
Collins Roth
Candidate for 2nd VP
VISION:
The
CPCA is a wonderful platform for helping contribute to the well being
and life of Cleveland Park that does not currently fulfill its
potential.
My vision for CPCA is more process than position oriented.
The CPCA should do more to try to represent the whole of Cleveland
Park. It should communicate better and more
frequently, seek more diverse views, and encourage
participation. By examining its bylaws, its recruiting, and
its methods CPCA should consistently be asking itself whether it is in
a position to feel the pulse of the community as a whole.
The use of social networking technology, online polling and other
communication can help achieve this and should be
implemented. It can also make the CPCA fun and relevant to a
new generation of residents. If the organization can achieve
these goals, the proper policies to pursue will become clear, and the
CPCA will be able to claim it truly speaks for the
neighborhood.
BIOGRAPHY:
My
wife
Jessica and I have lived on Newark Street
near Connecticut Avenue since 2004.
Prior to that we
lived in
the Chesterfield
on Wisconsin Avenue
across from the Giant.
I am
a
third generation Washingtonian, born in
the old Columbia
Hospital
for Women.
Both
Jessica’s and my parents live in the DC
area.
I have four
children, the oldest 7
years old and the youngest 7 months old. We
walk our two
oldest daughters to Beauvoir each day, and my eldest son
will attend NCRC this year.
I have spent
my life living in “walkable” cities and relying on
public transportation in DC, London
New
York,
Hong Kong, and Jakarta. I
hold a masters degree in public policy from
the Kennedy School at Harvard where I focused and wrote my
thesis-equivalent
on
transportation issues.
I
am a partner of an
international investment firm based in DC, and my wife is a licensed
social
worker in Washington. I
serve as the de facto Chair of the
Neighborhood Standing Committee for NCRC, helping to first establish
then
continue good communication and dialogue between the pre-school on Highland Place
and
its neighbors (of which I am one) during the contentious renovation of
the
School.
We have been
financial
supporters of FONZ, ROMP, Rosedale
and members
of the Cleveland Park Club.
I am also a
board member of Miriam’s Kitchen, a homeless organization in
Foggy Bottom, and
my wife is a former board member and recipient of this year’s
annual Champion
award from Fair Chance, a youth development group focused east of the
river in
DC, and a board member of the Black Student Fund and NCRC.
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