Philip Pannell is a 45-year resident of the District of Columbia and since 1995 has served as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Anacostia Coordinating Council. In 2011 he received the President of the United States Call to Service Award, and in 2012 received the DC Federation of Civic Associations’ award for the Outstanding President of a Member Association and the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum’s Community Service Award. He has served as president of the Congress Heights Community Association and the Anacostia/Bellevue/Congress Heights AARP Chapter #4870. He has served as a DC Human Rights Commissioner, a member of the DC Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, Ward 8 Democrats president, ANC 8E chairman and as treasurer of the Ballou High School PTSA. Mr. Pannell served ten years as member of the board of trustees for the DC Public Library and the vice chairman of the board of the Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School. Mr. Pannell is a native of Newport News, Virginia. He did undergraduate and graduate studies at Fordham University and Howard University respectively.
Photo Credits: Anacostia Coordination Council (ACC) and Maurice G. Fitzgerald