Bertha Lewis

Career

Lewis graduated from Hanover College, in Hanover, Indiana. She was appointed to lead ACORN in May 2008. In that position, Mississippi

Lewis oversaw the operations of its 400,000 strong membership, which was active in over 110 cities across the country.

A 16-year veteran of the organization, Lewis was previously the executive director of ACORN’s New York affiliate and is a founding co-chair of the New York Working Families Party. She has opposed the plastic bag ban in New York City.

2004 Citizen Activist Award of the Gleitsman Foundation for her work in public education reform.

Achievements

• 2004 Citizen Activist Award of the Gleitsman Foundation for her work in public education reform 2005 Leon Bogues award for community and political activism, by New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Incorporated. 2006 “Influentials” in politics by New York magazine 2007 100 Most Influential Women of New York, by Crains magazine.

Membership

In early 2014, she was a member of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio"s Transition Team.