MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
October 10, 2024
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 102 of the Racial Equity Achieves Results
(REACH) Amendment Act of 2020, effective March 16, 2021 (D.C. Law 23-181; D.C. Official Code
§ 2-1471.02), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:
Lamont Mitchell
Bangor Street, SE
Washington, DC 20020
(Ward 7)
for reappointment as a member of the Racial Equity Advisory Board, for a term to end December 17,
2026.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
Mayor
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at the request of the Mayor
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10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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15 To confirm the reappointment of Lamont Mitchell to the Racial Equity Advisory Board.
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17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
18 resolution may be cited as the "Racial Equity Advisory Board Lamont Mitchell Confirmation
19 Resolution of 2024".
20 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
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28 Equity Achieves Results (REACH) Amendment Act of 2020, effective March 16, 2021 (D.C.
29 Law 23-181; D.C. Official Code§ 2-1471.02), for a term to end December 17, 2026.
30 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
31 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
32 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
 LAMONT B. MITCHELL
SUMMARY:
Experienced manager and former local small business owner with strong financial and program
management skills and decades-long commitment and reccrd of planning, promoting and
implementing community economic development and social support projects for east of the
Anacostia River communities in Washington, D.C.
EXPERIENCE:
Anacostia Coordinating Council
Board Chair and Interim Operations Director 2019- present; Board Vice-Chair 2004-2019
Vanita’s Pot - President. 2020-present
A801-3c organization dedicated to providing fresh meals to Seniors and unhoused residents in
economically challenged areas in Washington, DC and advocatingforresidents living in focd
deserts.
Imani Catering, Inc. - Own
&Genera
er l Manager 1992 - 2020
District of Columbia Government Executive Office of the Mayor- East of the River
Revitalization Coordinator1999-2001 (Cabinet level)
Served as project coordinator
for all ongoing projects in eastofthe Anacostia river;
Recommended policies for the Executive Office of the Mayor based an Mayoral directives and
Congressional mandates, communities ; coordinated conimunily input on re-development plas.
EDUCATION:
Howard University School of Business, BBA, Accounting, 1988
 Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
Lamont Mitchell
Mr. Lamont Mitchell serves as the Board Chair and Interim Director of
Operations for the Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC). The
Anacostia Coordinating Council was established in 1983 as a volunteer
membership consortium of organizations and individuals involved with
the revitalization of Anacostia and its adjacent neighborhoods. The
ACC is involved in information gathering and sharing, networking,
advocacy, and community organizing. It has welcomed over 100 guest
speakers to its monthly meetings to discuss some of the community’s
most urgent issues.
Mr. Mitchell has also served as the Vice Chair of ACC. In this role, he
was responsible for long range planning and led the ACC monthly information share meeting.
Prior to ACC, Mr. Mitchell was the founder and General Manager of the Imani Café and Catering
Company. In 2020, Mr. Mitchell retired and started to advise food service start-ups. He is also a
current member of the Racial Equity Advisory Board.
A Ward 8 resident, Mr. Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard
University.
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
To: Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: September 16, 2024
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Shareefah Al’Uqdah, David
Coleman, Kelly Crawford, Kenya Hutton, Yolanda Lewis, Vivian Lowery
Derrick, Lamont Mitchell, and Gabrielle Parsons as members of the Racial Equity
Advisory Board
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and
found them to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-
724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
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Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
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The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681