Ange DeVivo

Background

DeVivo, Ange was born on October 20, 1925 in Bay Shore, New York, United States. Daughter of Romeo Zanetti and Karolina (Hodapp) King.

Education

Student, Washington School for Sections, New York City, 1945-1946.

Career

Secretary American Airlines, New York City, 1946-1951. Executive secretary water closet Holzhauer, 1951-1952. District sales manager Emmons Jewelers, Inc., Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1952-1953.

Executive secretary New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1960—1964. District office supervisor 19th Decenniel census United States Department Commerce, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1970. North Carolina representative chair, 5 state and district, Columbia leadership conference, 1971.

Meck county precinct chair, 1971—1973. Meck county representative, precinct chair, 1971—1973. Member, National Academy of Design representative Women Convention Credentials Committee, Washington, 1972.

Member, North Carolina representative executive committee, 1972—1977. Administrative secretary Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1973—1981. President Secretaries, Plus, Conventions, Plus, 1983—1991.

Principal Ange DeVivo & Associates, Inc., 1991—1992. Retired, 1992.

Achievements

• Avocations: politics, community volunteer work. F C.

Membership

First woman chair Mecklenburg County Republican Party, 1976. Administrative secretary National Broadcast Association for Community Affairs, 1987-1990. Active in local politics, New Jersey, 1956-1964, Connecticut, 1964-1968, North Carolina, 1968-1996.

Conducted political seminars, 1973, 74, 76. Panelist Seminar for Teachers, Robert A. Taft Institute Government, 1977. Small business action council Greater Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, 1983-1989, member transpotation committee, 1984, Government action council, 1985, discount committee, 1985, co-chair minority and women owned business directory, 1988, chair Business Opportunity Network and Mixer Exhibit, 1987, chair Carolina Business Fair, 1989.

Active Human Services Council, Charlotte, 1984-1988. Conference manager, 8th National Recycling Congress, 1989. Active Emergency Medical Service Advisory Council, Charlotte, 1981-1992, chairman, 1988-1990.

Active Charlotte Women's Political Caucus, 1972-1996. Chair Mecklenburg County Republican Party, 1976-1977, North Carolina Plan reveiw committee, 1973,1977. Alternate delegate at large, nute representative women, 1972.

Member Mechanical county representative executive committee, 1968-1978, 1981-1987, 1993-1994. Member Mecklenburg Evening Republican Women's Club, Charlotte, 1968-2006, president, 1973-1974, 93-94. Member Mecklenburg County Women's Commission, 1990-1996, newsletter editor, 1979-1983, 86, 93, 94, repulican task froce honorary member, 2000, Women's Roundtable, 1994-1995.

Citizens advisory committee Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1986-1990. Coordinator Women's Equality Day celebration Mecklenburg County Women's Commission, 1990, coordinator, finance chair, 1991-1992, co-chairman, finance chair, 1993-1996, advisory board 1993-1996, vice-chair board, 1995. Fundraiser March of Dimes and Leukemia, Alabama, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008.

Active Republican Women Today Alabama, 1997-2001, telephone committee, 2001. President Cardinal Business and Professional Women's Club, 1979-1981, chair southern regional Business and Professional Women political action conference, chair cardinal policy health conference, 1981-1982, newsletter editor, 1979-1983, vol habitat for humanity, 1993. Site inspector for special events in Jamaica, 1987.

Member of Republican Women of the South (telephone committee 2004-2008, member, achievement committee 2005-2008, board directors 2006, membership committee 2008).

Interests

• Politics, community service.

Connections

Married John Michael DeVivo, December 30, 1950. 1 child, Michael.

Father:

Romeo Zanetti King

Mother:

Karolina (Hodapp) King

Spouse:

John Michael DeVivo

child:

Michael DeVivo