Cynthia Moore Chestnut

Education

1981 Doctorate of Public Administration
Nova Southeastern University

1971 Master of Science - Speech Pathology
Florida State University

Further study University of Florida in Education Administration

1970 Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology
Florida A & M University

1997-present Director, Shands Eastside Community Relations and Education Coordination
1982-1997 Director Student Services, Alachua County School Board
1979-1982 Affirmative Action Coordinator, City of Gainesville
1974-1978 Clinical Supervisor/Instructor in Speech Pathology, University of Florida
1972-1974 Speech Pathologist -Taachale formerly Sunland Training Center

Spirit of the Community Award, Shands Black History Committee, 2007
Black Woman of Influence, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 2007
National Association of Counties - Health Steering Committee, 2006 to present
Alachua County NAACP - Pioneer Award for passage of CHOICES, 2006
National Easter Seals - Municipal Elected Official Award for Choices, 2006
Elected Official of the Year, Gainesville-Ocala Unit of the National Association of Social Workers, 2005
"A Woman of Distinction," Santa Fe Community College, 2003
"Women who Make a Difference," Girl Scouts-Gateway Council, 2003
"The Agricultural Community Award," Alachua County Farm Bureau, 2003
Glen Commission on Math and Science appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, 2000
Selected one of the " 100 Most Influential FAMUans of the Century," by Florida A & M University, 1999
University of Florida Cynthia Moore Chestnut Lecture Series, "Teaching and Learning Across the Racial Divide," 1999
Ida B. Wells Award, Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, 1997
Cynthia Moore Chestnut Service Learning Award, Santa Fe Community College, 1996
Service to Families Award, Florida Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, 1999
Honorary Co-Chair March of Dimes- Walk America, 1997
Person of the Year in Government, Gainesville Sun Newspaper, 1995

National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1993
United States Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1993
National Conference of State Legislatures: Assembly on the Legislature, Jackson, Miss., 1993
Stennis Center for Public Service: Southern Women in Public Service, June 1994

" Florida Health Access Forum, Panelist," National Association of Counties 2008 Legislative Conference, St. Augustine, Fl. November 2007.
"47 million Uninsured and Growing: Solutions for Your County, Symposium," The National Association of Counties Annual Convention, Richmond, Va. July 2007.
Successful Citizens' Sales Tax Campaign to Provide Care for the Working Uninsured, Association for Community Health Improvement, Tampa, March 2005
"Citizens Campaign to Provide Health Care for the Working Uninsured,"American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa. December 2005
"Improving Access to Health Care Services," Shared Care, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 2005

CHOICES, championed and led the charge on behalf of the Alachua County Commission for the second sales tax in the State of Florida to provide Health care for the working uninsured, August 2004. Total collected to date, 27 million, anticipate 70 million at the end of the collection period in 2011.
Co-Project Director, Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Minority Health Demonstration Grant, $300,000, 1998
Turner Foundation, Atlanta, Ga. - $39,400 awarded to Community Partners, 1998
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. St. Louis - $40,000 award 2001-2003, to provide preventive health education to the community

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