Jeanne Milliken Bonds

Jeanne Milliken Bonds is an American mayor, lobbyist, consultant, community developer and professor. Milliken Bonds represented the North Carolina Judiciary before the North Carolina General Assembly as the deputy director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. She was the first female mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina. Milliken Bonds later served as the Leader of Community Development for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Jeanne Milliken Bonds
Milliken Bonds in 2004
Mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina
In office
2002–2007
Mayor Pro Tempore of Knightdale
In office
1995–2001
Knigtdale Town Councilwoman
In office
1994–1995
Personal details
Born
Jeanne Milliken

Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
SpouseRobert Alexander Bonds III
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OccupationMayor, professor, consultant, community developer, lobbyist
Website

Early life and education

Jeanne Milliken Bonds was born in Wilmington, North Carolina to Guy Allen Milliken and Margaret Cathey Milliken. Her family descends from Scottish and Irish colonists who arrived in the Province of Carolina in 1697.[1]

She graduated from John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington. Milliken Bonds earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.[2] She later earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]

Career

Public Service

Milliken Bonds was deputy director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, where she worked for Chief Justice Burley Mitchell and lobbied for the court system.[4] In this capacity, she promoted increased funding for the judiciary to increase personnel and improve their technological resources.[4] Bonds was part of a multi-agency team that worked to obtain $30 million for North Carolina's Criminal Justice Information Network.[5]

Milliken Bonds was awarded the Henry Toll Fellowship in 1997 by the Council of State Governments.[3]

Academia and other work

Bonds is a professor of practice, impact investment, and sustainable finance at UNC Chapel Hill. [6][3]

Bonds serves as the Chair of the South Carolina Capital Alliance's board of directors.[7][8] She also served as the Leader of Community Development for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.[9][3][10]

Personal life

She is a member of the Junior League and, as of 2023, serves as the Advisory Board Chair for the Beta Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at Duke University.

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