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Steffen
Named
University
Counsel at
ssu
Joseph Steffen
Savannah State University
(SSU) President Earl G. Yarbrough
Sr. has named Joseph J. Steffen Jr. as
university counsel.
As a member of the president’s
leadership team, Steffen will oversee
the university’s legal affairs and
advise the administration on the
legality of contemplated actions;
interpret matters as they relate to
policies and operating procedures;
and oversee the successful perform
ance of equal employment opportu
nity, alternative dispute and risk
management functions.
Raised in Virginia, Steffen
attended Wake Forest University in
Winston Salem, N.C., where he
earned his bachelor’s degree in his
tory, with honors, in 1979.
He earned his law degree from
the College of William and Mary,
located in Williamsburg, Va., in
1982.
Steffen launched his political
career in 1984, leading a seven-can-
didate ticket to become the youngest
person ever elected to city council in
his hometown of Galax, Va. After
serving a four-year term, he won re-
election to the seat.
Steffen moved to Savannah in
1999 to pursue his law career and
began working to help disadvan
taged youth and working families,
serving on the board of directors of
Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA) and Frank Callen Boys and
Girls Club.
A subscribing life member of
the NAACP, Steffen is also a mem
ber of the King-Tisdell Foundation
Board of Directors, Savannah
Economic Development Authority
Advisory Board, Leadership
Savannah Board, Savannah Business
League and the Savannah Historic
Review Board.
He is the former vice chairman
and spokesperson for the Chatham
County Democratic Committee, and
regularly serves as a political com
mentator for local radio and televi
sion stations.
Goodwill Holds Annual
Volunteer Luncheon
L-R: Bill Oakley, President/CEO, Goodwill Industries; Florence Youmans; Melvina Baker, Goodwill Consumer (rec
ognized for achieving program goals) Kathy Wynn, (recognized for maintaining successful employment) Brenda
Pollen, Director of Workforce Development; Katrena Hicks, Program Manager; Dimonique Robinson, (recognized
for obtaining successful employment); Margaret Williams, GIVS President & Goodwill Industries Board of
Directors; Dr. Robert James, President, Carver State Bank
Goodwill Industries of
the Coastal Empire, Inc. held
the 35th Annual GIVS
(Goodwill Industries
Volunteer Services) on
March 20, 2009 at Carey
Hilliard's Restaurant
Banquet Center,
GIVS is an organiza
tion of senior volunteers who
volunteer their time to
Goodwill Industries of the
Coastal Empire, Inc.
The Annual Luncheon
recognizes their past year of
service to the organization as
an opportunity to showcase
their achievements not only
to their membership but to
the community.
Employees and
Consumers of Goodwill
Industries were also recog
nized for successliil comple
tion of program goals, main
taining successliil employ
ment and obtaining success
ful employment
Dr. Robert James,
President/CEO, Carver State
Bank served as Guest
Speaker. Dr. James shared
with those in attendance the
importance of volunteerism
and giving back to the com
munity.
Students Participate In
Career Day At DeRenne
Shown above are 8th grade students of DeRenne Middle School along with instructors Tracy Owen (left
end) and Terri Mobley, (right end). They participated in the media workshop with The Savannah Tribune.
DeRenne Middle
School along with
Skidaway Island
Rotary Club held their
Annual Career Day on
Tuesday, March 24,
2009 at the school.
Graduation Coach
Brenda Roberts coordi
nated the many partici
pants for the event.
Professionals from the
fields of Architecture
and Construction,
Business, Education,
Health Science, Human
Services, Law, Public
Safety and Emergency
Services,
Marketing/Media,
Science, Engineering,
Technology and Math,
Distribution, addressed
the 7th and 8th grade
students on career
opportunities. Mrs.
Marsha Tolbert is the
Principal.
The
Savannah
Tribune
Salutes
Tammy
Stokes
Judge Tammy Cox Stokes
In observance of Women s History
Month, The Savannah Tribune is
reprinting an article that ran in the
September 24 edition about
Recorder s Court Judge Tammy Cox
Stokes.
Stokes is a graduate of Beach
High School and the University of
Georgia School of Law. Her profes
sional experience includes having
been a prosecutor and trial attorney
for Dekalb County Juvenile Court
and the Dekalb County Solicitors
Office.
The first African American
woman judge in Chatham County,
she is the vice chair of the Georgia
Judicial Training Council and is dis
trict representative of the Council of
Municipal Court Judges. Stokes sits
on the boards of the United Way,
Leadership Savannah, and First
City Club, And now, the article
from September 24, 2008.
“At the June business meeting
of Georgia's municipal court judges,
the judges elected the Honorable
Tammy Stokes as their President of
the Municipal Court Judges Council
of Georgia.
Judge Stokes serves as
Chatham County Recorders Court
Judge, having been appointed by the
City Council and Chatham County
Commission in 2004. It is of
note that she is Chatham County's
first African American woman
judge.
She is also the first African
American woman to serve as
President of Georgia's Municipal
Court Judges Council.
Georgia has 400 Municipal and
local courts where the judges con
duct non-jury trials and are author
ized to impose sentences and fines in
accordance with applicable law.
Each year, the Municipal
Courts in Georgia handle more than
1.2 million filings, and its judges
See Stokes, page 14
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