Background
Kitchen, Yvonne Rae was born on November 20, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Melvin and Ernestine (Warner) Mitchell.
Kitchen, Yvonne Rae was born on November 20, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Melvin and Ernestine (Warner) Mitchell.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Southern Illinois University, 1974.
Reporter, Florida Sentinel Bulletin, Tampa, 1974; community editor/reporter, Citizens Newspaper Chain, Chicago, 1975; managing editor, The Lawndale Drum, 1976-1978; from staff writer to editor media relations, Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Illinois, 1979-1986; director communications, Mayor Harold Washington, Chicago, 1986-1988; assistant press secretary, Mayor Eugene Sawyer, Chicago, 1988-1989; public relations director, Malcolm X College, Chicago, 1990-1991; public affairs director, Children's Bureau Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1992. Assistant research director Pyramidwest Development Corporation, Chicago, 1976-1978. President Raediant Communications, since 1989.
Vice president Westside Cultural Arts Council, Chicago, 1990-1991. Member Governor James E. Thompson's Arson Advisory Board, Illinois, 1982. Board directors Illinois Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention, 1981-1986, newsletter editor, 1981-1986.
Member Mayor's Arson Prevention Planning Committee, East St. Louis, 1981. Member National Association Media Women (past president Chicago chapter), Black Public Relations Society Los Angeles (co-chair scholarship committee 1992-1993), National Association Black Journalists.
Married Willie JOnes, February 15, 1977 (divorced September, 1980). 1 child, Kwesi; married Maurice Kitchen, June 22, 1991. 1 child, Kai.