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08 LC 95 0695
Senate Resolution 1137
By: Senator Harbison of the 15th

A RESOLUTION


Commending Patricia Russell-McCloud; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Patricia Russell-McCloud has long been recognized by the citizens of this state and her community for the vital role that she has played in leadership; and

WHEREAS, she has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state as evidenced dramatically by her more than 20 years of experience on the lecture circuit, speaking to over 200,000 people per year; and

WHEREAS, she encourages her audiences to overcome every obstacle that stands between them and what could be possible; and

WHEREAS, her client list reads like Who's Who roster of corporate America, including such clients as AARP, the United States Postal Service, McDonald's, Xerox, Proctor and Gamble, General Motors, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and many others; and

WHEREAS, a member of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, she studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned a Juris Doctorate degree at Howard University School of Law in Washington, D. C.; and

WHEREAS, prior to embarking on a speaking career, she was an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D. C.; and

WHEREAS, she is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Patricia Russell-McCloud for her dedication as a community leader and as a motivational speaker and extend to her their most sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Patricia Russell-McCloud.