
Meet Rosa
Legislative
Serves on the seven committees:
Appropriations
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation
Education
Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education
Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
Judiciary II
State Government/State Personnel
Study Commision:
Joint Legislative Commission on Dropout Prevention and High School Graduation
Education
Retired state employee
Former High School Mathematics Instructor
Graduate of Shaw University with a BS in Mathematics
Certified Public Manager
Political
Appointed to the North Carolina House of Representative District 33 on June 18, 2009
Elected four terms to the Wake County Board of Education Member (1999-2009)
Elected chairperson of the Wake County Board of Education for two consecutive years
Candidate for Wake County Board of Commissioners in 1988
Former Chair of the Wake County Democratic Party
Former Chair of the Wake County Board of Elections
Personal
Life-long resident of Wake County
Married to Jimmie Gill
Two daughters: Angie(Carl)Diggs and Natalie(Christopher) Olivier
Two grandchildren: Alexis Christina and Darrien Jemal Olivier
Member of Macedonia New Life Church, Raleigh, NC
Community Involvement
Serve on the Board of Directors of:
Southlight, Inc
Raleigh Wake NAACP
Child Care Service Association
JBLC Alliance
W.E.B. Dubois Community Development Corporation
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. - NC State Director
Honorary Chair of Bright Point Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Member - NC Democratic State Executive Committee
Member - 2nd Congressional District Executive Committee
Member - Raleigh-Wake Citizen Association
Member - Raleigh Precinct #22
Member – Wake County Democratic Women
Member- Wake County Voters Coalition
Member – Lillian's List
Member- Shaw University National Alumni Association & Raleigh- Wake Chapter
Member – NC Black Legislative Caucus
Member – NC House Democratic Women Caucus
Member – African American Caucus
Member - The National Congress of Black Women
Member - NC Retired Governmental Employees Association
Member - NC Retired School Personnel
Former Member- Wake Education Partnership Board of Trustees
Former Member – Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Leadership Roundtable
Former Member –Board of Directors - North Carolina School Board Association
Awards
2009 “Alumni Hall of Fame” – Raleigh-Wake Chapter Shaw University National Alumni Association
2007 “YWCA Academy of Women” – Education
Awarded “The Order of the Long leaf Pine” by Governor Michael Easley June 1, 2005
2003 Eastern Region Outstanding Graduate Soror - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.