City of Columbus

 Tyson Chosen for Leadership Position with National League of Cities 

(COLUMBUS)–Columbus City Councilmember Priscilla R. Tyson, chair of the Finance, Health and Human Services, and Workforce Development Committees, was appointed vice-chair of the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Community and Economic Development Steering Committee by NLC President Mayor Marie Rogers-Lopez at the Congress of Cities and Exposition in Boston.  

The National League of Cities is the nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance. The NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns, and villages.  The Community and Economic Development Steering Committee is one of several policy and advocacy committees that develop national municipal policy positions for the National League of Cities.  These positions form the basis for NLC's advocacy on matters of interest to municipal governments before Congress, the courts, and federal agencies. 

Councilmember Tyson was also elected second vice president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) during the group’s annual general membership meeting at the Congress of Cities and Exposition. In her role, she will help lead the effort to grow NBC-LEO’s national membership. 

NBC-LEO was created in 1970 to represent the interests of African American elected officials within the National League of Cities. NBC-LEO works to increase African American participation on NLC steering and policy committees to ensure that policy and program recommendations reflect the concerns and needs of the African American community.  The group also works to inform its members on issues being discussed by national leaders, and to devise ways of achieving their community objectives through legislation and direct action. 

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