[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MICHELLE DENISE BROWN

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                        HON. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2016

  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Michelle Denise 
Brown on her retirement from the Cypress Hills Local Development 
Corporation (CHLDC) in Cypress Hills Brooklyn, NY, where she started 
more than two decades ago on March 15, 1993.
  As a long time community resident and prior to joining CHLDC, 
Michelle served as President of the P.T.A. at Public School 65 for 
three years. She was an active parishioner of Blessed Sacrament Church 
where she served as a volunteer religious education teacher for 6 
years. Michelle had been attending Kingsborough Community College 
pursuing a Business Administration degree when she learned about the 
CHLDC job opportunity at the new school-based community center Beacon 
Program. Motivated to return to the workforce after 12 years, she 
applied for the position and was hired. For five years, she served as 
the Administrative Assistant at the Beacon School Based Community 
Center and the Beacon Family Place at IS 302, dividing her time with 
two programs. She was instrumental in the start-up of these programs 
which are now neighborhood institutions. Michelle set the tone of 
safety and caring at the Beacon while establishing intake, health and 
safety procedures and managing enrollment and scheduling for thousands 
of young people and their families.
  Her exemplary work caught the attention of Ms. Neugebauer, the 
Executive Director who then promoted Mrs. Brown to serve as her right-
hand Senior Administrative Assistant which she proudly did for the past 
18 years. In addition to her administrative role, Mrs. Brown also 
serves as a Liaison with the Board of Directors and as the Coordinator 
of the Communications Committee of the organization--ensuring that the 
board members are aware of all CHLDC happenings and that agency's 400-
plus staff and 17 offices know each other and the array of programs 
offered by the CHLDC and Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation.
  Michelle has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will surely be 
missed by all who have had the pleasure to work with her, but I am 
certain that she is looking forward to this exciting next chapter in 
her life and will enjoy spending more time with her husband of 37 
years, Mr. Beaufus Lee Brown, her three sons, daughter and 11 
grandchildren.
  I thank Michelle Denise Brown for her community service and longtime 
dedication to the Cypress Hill LDC community. I wish her all the best 
and congratulate her on her retirement.

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