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Cynthia Willard-Lewis is a public relations consultant and former politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. She was born in 1952 and is 68 years old. She is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of New Orleans. Willard-Lewis served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 2002. She was the first African-American woman to serve as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. She was also the first African-American woman to serve as the chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Willard-Lewis is the founder and president of Willard-Lewis & Associates, a public relations and consulting firm. She is also the founder and president of the Willard-Lewis Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides educational and economic opportunities for underserved communities. Willard-Lewis is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Women Business Owners, and the National Association of Professional Women. She is also a member of the National Council of Negro Women and the National Urban League. Willard-Lewis has received numerous awards and honors for her work in public service and public relations. She was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in 2018. She was also named one of the “100 Most Influential African-Americans” by Ebony magazine in 2019.

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Born , 1952
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2010

She was elected from Senate District 2 in a special election held on October 2, 2010, to replace Ann Duplessis, who resigned to take a position in the administration of Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Displaced by redistricting, Willard-Lewis ran in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, for the District 3 seat in the state Senate. She was instead defeated by another Democrat, the incumbent senator, Jean-Paul Morrell, who polled 11,280 votes (53.3 percent) to Willard-Lewis' 9,911 votes (46.8 percent).

2007

In 2007, when Oliver Thomas was eliminated from an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council because of conviction for bribery, Willard-Lewis attempted to win the at-large seat but was defeated by then-former Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson in a special election which received national attention because the result changed the racial majority of the council.

2006

In 2006, Willard-Lewis, together with then Mayor Ray Nagin supported the opponents of a landfill project led by then-future U.S. Representative Republican Joseph Cao of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. In 2009, Willard-Lewis was back in the news for telling fellow Councilwoman Stacy Head to "sit down with your prop" when Head was displaying a poster critical of the Orleans Parish garbage-collection fees—a discussion which preceded the New Orleans e-mail controversy.

1993

Willard-Lewis also represented District 100 in the Louisiana House from 1993 to 2000, when she was elected to the New Orleans City Council. She left the council in 2010 under term limits. She was succeeded in the House by Pat Swilling, a former National Football League linebacker.

1952

Cynthia W. Willard-Lewis (born 1952) is a Democrat from her native New Orleans, Louisiana, who served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate and for longer periods in the Louisiana House of Representatives and on the New Orleans City Council.