Background
Tucker, Janee Michelle was born on April 12, 1946 in New Orleans. Daughter of Walbert Francois and Pauline (Mathieu) Mercadel.
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Janee Michelle Tucker
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Student, Los Angeles City College, 1965; studied with Lee Strasberg, Actors Studio West, Los Angeles, 1966.
Career
Image consultant various political candidates, New Orleans, 1970-1973; staff producer Essence of Life, Kwanza Foundation, New Orleans, 1976; staff producer Essence of Life, Vanderhorst Training Systems, New Orleans, 1983; program coordinator, Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken, New Orleans, 1977-1985; consultant, Tucker & Associations, New Orleans, 1980-1984; president, chief operating officer, Tucker & Associations, New Orleans, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors New Orleans Ballet Association, Daishiki Theater of New Orleans, Louisiana Children's Museum, Preservation Research Center, Gulf South Minority Purchasing Council, Drugs Off the Street. Member Metropolitan Area Committee, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Committee New Orleans, Playground/Nord Revitalization Committee, Louisiana Black Caucus. Member Contemporary Arts Center.
Proclamation by mayor of New Orleans celebrating black women on behalf of Positive Black Talk, Inc., 1991. Member National Association of Female Executives, National Coalition of 100 Black Women (3d vice president Greater New Orleans), Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation through Training, National Business League, Louisiana Association Minority and Women Owned Businesses, Audubon Institute (member scales and tales committee 1991).
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Married Robert Do Qui, April 25, 1969 (divorced 1978). 1 child, Robert; married Robert Houston Tucker, Junior, June 24, 1979. 1 child, Iam.
Education
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1965
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1966
Career
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1976
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1977 - 1985
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1983
Awards
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Named Person to Watch, New Orleans magazine, 1985, One of 10 Outstanding Women of New Orleans in 1988, 1991 Young Women’s Christian Association Role Model. Recipient Best Dressed award Men of Fashion, New Orleans, 1985, proclamations by New Orleans Mayor for charitable work with Sickle Cell Amelia and Kwanza Foundations, for Positive Black Talk Inc., 1991, Achiever's award American Council Career Women, 1991.Named Person to Watch, New Orleans magazine, 1985, One of 10 Outstanding Women of New Orleans in 1988, 1991 Young Women’s Christian Association Role Model. Recipient Best Dressed award Men of Fashion, New Orleans, 1985, proclamations by New Orleans Mayor for charitable work with Sickle Cell Amelia and Kwanza Foundations, for Positive Black Talk Inc., 1991, Achiever's award American Council Career Women, 1991.