Pancakes and Volunteering with District 34 Candidate Lisa Pote

Metro Council District 34 Candidate Lisa Pote is throwing a Volunteer Kick-off Pancake Breakfast this Saturday and the DCYDs are invited. Not just any pancakes, but official Pancake Pantry pancakes! The Pote Campaign is asking any Davidson County Young Democrats in District 34 or the surrounding areas to come out to learn more about Lisa and hopefully volunteer to help this election season.

To RSVP, e-mail the campaign at contact@votepote.com. Check below for a copy of the invitation as well as a little background on the candidate.

A Brief Biography

"At 46 years old, Lisa values the importance of making a difference. After an extensive career in business, government and serving the nonprofit community, Lisa has grown to love her community and understand the importance of having a voice for Nashville's residents. This commitment to the community has resulted in her run for the District 34 Metro Council seat.

In 1994, she and her family moved to Nashville from the Washington, DC area. While finishing graduate school, Lisa started working for Nashville Career Advancement Center (NCAC), a division of the Mayor's Office. As the lead advocate for high-risk job seekers within the workforce development system, Lisa designed and implemented employment support programs for job seekers facing barriers to employment.

Those job seekers with barriers included individuals moving off welfare, people with disabilities, the working poor and disadvantaged youth. Throughout her 9 years at NCAC, Lisa wrote, received and managed up to 6 million dollars of federal grants. She also coordinated an initiative to improve the capacity of workforce development for nonprofit agencies.

In 2005, Lisa accepted a new challenge as director of consulting for Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM). She is now responsible for "making the match" between the CNM consultant pool and nonprofit and government organizations to improve their capacity to meet and exceed performance. Services include strategic planning, board development, resource development planning, team-building, human resources and performance management. Also, she is responsible for delivering facilitation, program design and performance
improvement services to these nonprofits as appropriate.

Lisa is actively involved in her community as member of West End Synagogue, Nashville CABLE, Nashville Women's Political Caucus, League of Women Voters and serves on the Boards of Hands on Nashville and National Association of Social Workers Tennessee Chapter. Married for 22 years to Michael Pote, she and her husband have 2 children. Ben, age 20, attends Washington University in St. Louis and Max, 17, is a junior at Hillsboro High School."