Gilda Cobb-Hunter

Gilda Cobb-Hunter (born November 5, 1952 in Gifford, Florida) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 66 in Orangeburg County and living in Orangeburg.[1] She is the first African American woman elected to the State House from Orangeburg County.[2]

School and work

Gilda Cobb-Hunter earned her B.S. from Florida A&M University in 1973. She went on to receive her M.A. from Florida State University in 1978. She then earned her LISW from the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners in 1990.[3]Hunter was a Teacher at Belleville Middle School in 1978. In 1979, she worked as an Instructor at South Carolina State University. She then 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. She currently works as a Social Work Administrator.[4] She is also a member of Branchville's NAACP chapter.[5] She is also part of the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union chapter.[6]

Accomplishments

She was awarded Florida A & M University National Alumni Association 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.[7]

References
  1. "Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter". South Carolina Legislature Online. South Carolina. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. "Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter | Women In Government". www.womeningovernment.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  3. "Gilda Cobb-Hunter". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  4. "Gilda Cobb-Hunter". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  5. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  6. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  7. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-10.


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