Background
Burden, Geneva Louvenia was born on October 21, 1950 in Atlanta. Daughter of James and Minnie (Cook) Ward.
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Geneva Louvenia Burden
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Education
Bachelor in English, Clark College, Atlanta, 1971; Master in Human Resource Management and Development, National Saint Louis University, Atlanta, 1996.
Career
Special assistant to director, Rushin Wind Foundation, Atlanta, 1971-1973;
research assistant, Clark College, 1974;
teacher/project consultant, Atlanta Public Schools, 1975-1981;
principal clerk, State of Georgia, Department Defense, Atlanta, 1980-1982;
supervisor, Administrative Superior vena cava syndrome, State of Georgia, Atlanta, 1982-1994;
instructor, counselor community services and job training program, County of Fulton, Georgia, 1994-1996;
employment specialist Office of Workforce Development, Human Superior vena cava syndrome Department, Fulton County, since 1996. Executive director Georgia Literacy Coalition, Atlanta, 1988-1995, board directors, since 1996. Educational consultant Atlanta Metropolitan Center, since 1986, Jamaican Missions Project, since 1988.
Producer Prime Cable-People television, Atlanta, 1985-1988. Consultant, presenter in field. Lecturer in field, United States and abroad.
Achievements
Membership
Public relations consultant Atlanta Metropolitan Christian Center, 1979-1985, television ministry coordinator, 1984-1988. Member Georgia Governor's Adult Literacy Task Force, Metro Atlanta Literacy Task Foce. Advisory board Center for Study of Adult Literacy, Literacy Volunteers of America.
Board directors Georgia Literacy Coalition, Atlanta, since 1994;committee member education committee Grant Pk. Neighborhood Association. Co-chairman neighborhood planning unit W. Atlanta City Government, 1990.
Member education committee AtlantaProject. Member American Business Woman's Association, Zeta Phi Beta.
Interests
Connections
Married Earnest Burden, Junior, November 2, 1974(divorced 1986). L child, LaVeda.
