LWV PORT WASHINGTON-MANHASSET HONORS DR. DEBBIE SHICHTMAN
Dr. Debbie Shichtman, activist and community leader, will be honored by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the Swan Club in Roslyn.
Over the past 46 years Debbie has served as President of the LWV of Great Neck, Co-President of the LWV of Nassau County, on the Board of the LWV of New York State and currently Debbie is on the Board of the LWV of Port Washington-Manhasset. In addition, Debbie has devoted her energies to support gifted and disadvantaged children.
Among her LWV responsibilities, Debbie moderated candidate forums, edited the LWV of Nassau County Voter’s Guide, and chaired studies on Charter Schools, Alternate Energy and Water on Long Island. She worked with the Board of Elections on a new voting machine project and frequently coordinated and monitored the Town of North Hempstead Housing Authority Tenants Election.
Currently a resident at the Amsterdam at Harborside in Port Washington, Debbie continues her fight for the environment. She recently headed a protest, which resulted in preventing the construction of a garbage facility adjacent to the protected marshland in Hempstead Harbor. Debbie also coordinated a petition in support of a Water Compact on Long Island. Debbie was on the Election Committee, currently is on the Public Affairs Committee at the Amsterdam, and soon will become a member of the Resident’s Council.
Debbie earned her BA from Barnard, MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work and Ed.D. from Columbia University Teachers College. She was secretary of the Great Neck/Manhasset Community Child Care Partnership and was a member of the National Society of Gifted and Talented Children. Debbiehelped institute programs for gifted children in Nassau and Suffolk schools.
The LWV of Nassau County honored her for her years of public service and in 2003 The Town of North Hempstead placed her on their Women’s Roll of Honor.
Click on the link below for the Annual Spring Fund Raising Dinner Invitation Honoring Dr. Debbie Shichtman
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