Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins
| Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins | |
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| Central Ward Council Member Newark Municipal Council |
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| Assumed office July 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Darrin Sharif |
| Council Member-at-Large Newark Municipal Council |
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| In office 1995–2006 |
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| Born | Template:March 21, 1957 Newark, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Newark, New Jersey |
| Website | http://rasjbaraka.com/team-baraka/name/gayle-cheneyfield-jenkins/ |
Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins (born 1957) is an American politician in Newark, New Jersey.[1][2][3] on the Municipal Council of Newark. She had previously served from 1995 to 2006, and ran on the slate of Ras J. Baraka, a candidate in the 2014 Newark mayoral election, for the city's Central Ward.[4] and faced incumbent Darrin Sharif in a run-off.[5][6] Preliminary results released the night of the run-off election on June 10, 2014 showed that Chaneyfield-Jenkins won the seat. She was sworn in on July 1, 2014.[7]
Chaneyfeld-Jenkins was born in Newark and raised in the Hayes Homes projects by her parents who had moved from South Carolina in the 1940s.[8] She is married to Kevin Jenkins, who has also acted as her chief of staff.[9]
Chaneyfield Jenkins, along with late Councilman Donald Tucker, were enstooled as ‘Nana’ in Newark 's sister city Kumasi in South Ghana. ‘Nana’ is a term signifying royalty in the West African nation.[10] She was founder of Women with Hats for the Cure, an unregistered cancer charity.[11] After leaving the municipal council she started Jericho LLC, a firm which sought to consult the city on development.[12]
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