Please see the email below for details about "Duchy @ the Diner" and
then I hope you will consider attending this event for the opportunity
to hear from and chat with Montgomery County Councilmember Duchy
Trachtenberg on Friday morning, March 19th at the Silver Diner on
Rockville Pike.
I am honored to work for Duchy and I am the organizer of this "Duchy @
the Diner" event so I would love to see all of you there and would
further encourage you to bring along your friends and neighbors too! :-)
Please call me, either at work (240.777.7830) or on my iPhone
(240.328.8962), if you need any further details OR to let me know that
you are joining us! :-)
Thank you so much!
Naomi
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Bloch, Naomi
<Naomi.Bloch@montgomerycountymd.gov> wrote:
Hi All,
Come meet Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg at the Silver Diner, on
Rockville Pike, in Rockville, on Friday morning March 19th starting at
8:00 AM to hear the latest update on the Montgomery County's budget
shortfall and bring any questions and concerns you have for
Councilmember Trachtenberg.
See the link below for directions to The Silver Diner on Rockville Pike:
http://www.silverdiner.com/restaurants/rockville-silver-diner
Councilmember Trachtenberg (D-At Large) was elected to the Montgomery
County Council in 2006. She is Chair of the Management and Fiscal Policy
(MFP) Committee, which has jurisdiction over economic and fiscal policy;
spending affordability; County Government administrative departments;
cable and telecommunications issues; technology issues; personnel and
compensation issues; and other matters. Councilmember Trachtenberg also
serves on the Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee.
As MFP Chair, Councilmember Trachtenberg has a particular responsibility
for stewardship of the County's fiscal health. She has made community
needs and results-based practices the foundation of her effort to put
people first as decisions are made over spending and government
priorities. She guides the yearly budget-making process to ensure the
protection of the County's long-term stability and the funding of
essential priorities, with transparency, equity and fiscal responsibility.
As the only Councilmember trained as a public health professional,
Councilmember Trachtenberg has a special interest in the delivery of
health and addiction treatment services, services for victims of
domestic violence and their families, health and wellness policies and
family justice. Her landmark regulation prohibiting the use of
artificial trans fats in Montgomery County restaurants was the first
such action in the United States adopted on a county level.
Councilmember Trachtenberg helped lead the effort to reform the County's
disability retirement to preserve the critical disability retirement
benefit and protect employee access to best medical practices; broaden
coverage for workers with varying degrees of disability; and ensure that
disability retirement procedures are based on a sound public health
foundation.
Councilmember Trachtenberg holds a Masters Degree in Social Work, and
maintained a private practice specializing in adolescent addiction prior
to being elected to office. She is a past Governing Councilor and Chair
of the Alternative Medicine Section within the American Public Health
Association (APHA). Ms. Trachtenberg helped develop a state-wide Court
Watch program which has earned recognition in the domestic violence
advocacy community.
From the outset of her term on the County Council, Councilmember
Trachtenberg has advocated for a Family Justice Center to bring a
coordinated effective means of responding to the victims of domestic
violence. The basis of the Family Justice Center is a one-stop-shop
approach to responding to domestic violence, eliminating the burden on
victims to travel, frequently on poorly scheduled buses, to offices
throughout the County for different services, which can take days or
even weeks to fully engage. The Montgomery County Family Justice Center
recently opened and in these past seven months has served over 1000
families from over 100 countries.
Councilmember Trachtenberg had been an effective grassroots activist for
over twenty years on women's equality, mental health concerns and public
health issues. She offers a strong track record of successful community
networking and believes building coalitions is an effective tool in
bringing about political reform.
Her dynamic leadership style reflects her genuine commitment to full
equality for all women and she sat for several terms on the Board of
Directors of the National Organization for Women as the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Director and also for six years as a Progressive Maryland board
member. During the 2008 presidential election she traveled as a campaign
surrogate for Barack Obama and served on presidential transition task
forces on both mental health and women's issues. Ms. Trachtenberg is the
past co-chair (founding) of the Women's Leadership Network of the
Maryland Democratic Party. She also served as a Women's Issues Advisor
for the Dean Presidential Campaign in 2003-2004.
Councilmember Trachtenberg has received numerous honors and distinctions
including the Spirit Award for Humanitarian Advocate from the National
Center for Children and Families (NCCF), the "Heroes" Award from the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) of Montgomery County, the
"Ally for Equality" Award from Equality Maryland and a Leadership in
Alternative and Complementary Health Practices Award from the American
Public Health Association (APHA).
Councilmember Trachtenberg recently completed the Program for Senior
Executives in State and Local Government at the Harvard University,
Kennedy School of Government.
She lives with her husband, Dr. Alan Trachtenberg, a public health
physician who serves as the Research Director for the Indian Health
Service, in North Bethesda. Ms. Trachtenberg's son, Walter, a recovering
schizophrenic lives in Maryland. Her daughter, Scarlett, a graduate of
Walter Johnson High School and University of California, Berkeley, is
married and lives in downtown Chicago where she serves as the Advocacy
and Communications Director for the Illinois Arts Alliance.
Please invite your friends and neighbors for this opportunity to meet
and chat with Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg! If you have any
questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Hope to see all of you there on Friday, March 19th!
Thank you!
Naomi Bloch
Community Liaison for
Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg
Montgomery County Council
100 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, Maryland 20850
240-777-7964 (main)
240-777-7830 (direct)
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