 THE VOTER
A Publication of The League of Women
Voters of Greater Birmingham
Published June 2007
Member Profile – Yvonne Brakefield
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| Sarah McDonald passing the gavel to Yvonne Brakefield in May 2005 |
This month The Voter has chosen to profile Yvonne Brakefield, the
outgoing President of the LWVGB. Yvonne is a native of Birmingham
and a graduate of UAB where she received a M.S. in Applied
Mathematics. She taught mathematics at UAB before starting a
career with BellSouth. Yvonne currently works as a Project
Manager, but has had various jobs in her interesting 24 year
career. Yvonne’s boss at UAB was the husband of Leslie
O’Neil. Leslie told Yvonne in no uncertain terms that she
needed to join the League and so began Yvonne’s 25 year
involvement with the LWVGB. That was in December 1982 and since then
Yvonne has held many positions. She has served as Secretary for
the state and local league, Treasurer, Voter Editor, Technical Director
for the state and local league and President of LWVGB for
2005-2007. She is currently the Secretary for the LVAL.
Yvonne is a true techie. Remember she is a math major! She
recounts that her most rewarding work has been when she has worked on
technical projects. She really enjoyed her work on
DNET. She feels DNET was an excellent way to educate the
voters and she loved the opportunity to interview the candidates as she
helped to build the database. As a mother of a son soon to be 18
years old, Yvonne is particularly interested in the League reaching out
to the next generation of voters. She feels the League has a
wonderful opportunity for cross-generational learning. The League
is full of wise members who can teach and inspire younger people about
our democracy. It is a win win situation. The League needs
younger members to become members in order for us to remain relevant,
and our most experienced members have much to teach our youth.
LWVGB thanks Yvonne for all she has done in the last 25 years and looks
forward to her future contributions to our community.
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