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Gilda Cobb-Hunter | |
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Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 95th district | |
Assumed office January 28, 1992 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gifford,Florida | November 5,1952
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Terry Hunter (m. 1975) |
Education | Florida A&M University,(BS) Florida State University,(MA)) |
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (born November 5,1952,in Gifford,Florida) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She is the first African American woman elected to the State House from Orangeburg County. [1] Cobb-Hunter is the former representative for South Carolina's 66th district. Following redistricting and the 2022 general election,Cobb-Hunter now represents South Carolina House District 95 and David L. O'Neal represents South Carolina's 66th district. [2] [3]
Cobb-Hunter serves as 1st Vice Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. [4]
Gilda Cobb-Hunter earned her B.S. from Florida A&M University in 1973,and her M.A. from Florida State University in 1978. She earned her LISW from the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners in 1990. [5]
Hunter was a teacher at Belleville Middle School in 1978. In 1979,she worked as an instructor at South Carolina State University. She worked as a caseworker for the Orangeburg Department of Social Services from 1979 to 1984. She has been executive director of CASA Family Services since 1985. [6] She currently works as a social work administrator. [7] She is also a member of Branchville's NAACP chapter. [8] She is part of the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union chapter. [9]
She was awarded Florida A &M University National Alumni Association 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award. [10]
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