[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 97 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 CONGRATULATING REBA WARREN ON HER RETIREMENT AND RECORD OF SERVICE TO 
                      HER COMMUNITY AND THE NATION

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE-

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 4, 2021

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Reba 
Warren, a phenomenal woman, and a soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 
Inc., on her retirement after a long and distinguished career as a 
senior Corporate Counsel for a Fortune 500 company.
  After graduating from Howard University in 1981, Reba Warren was 
admitted to Duke Law School, from which she graduated in 1984.
  As a corporate counsel for Reynolds, Reba Warren helped pave the way 
for African-American women to follow in a professional sector, in which 
they are woefully underrepresented.
  This daughter of AKA took to heart the guidance that her fellow 
Howard alum, Vice-President Kamala Harris, received from her mother: 
``You may be the first you may be the first to do many things, but make 
sure you're not the last.''
  For more than two decades, Reba Warren exhibited excellence in her 
professional duties and also mentored and encourage women, especially 
women of color, as they strove to create career paths in male-dominated 
environments.
  A civic-minded community member, Reba Warren has served on several 
non-profit boards, is active in her church, and
  Reba Warren currently serves as a member of the Second Harvest Food 
Bank to end food insecurity for Forsyth County, which is but the latest 
civic engagement in a lifetime of service to her community, which 
includes Big Brothers Big Sisters, Neighborhood Justice Center Board, 
Salvation Army Girls Club Committee, Crosby Scholars Community 
Partnership Board, Novant Health/Forsyth Medical Center Foundation 
Board, Jack & Jill of America, Winston Salem Chapter, Winston Salem 
Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, Girl Scouts of America, and the 
North Association of Black Lawyers.
  Madam Speaker, I wish this phenomenal woman and mother of three sons 
well in her retirement, but I know that her ethic to serve her 
community will continue as we will all be better off for it.

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