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Lizette Parker was born on 31 August, 1971 in Harlem, New York City, is a Lizette Parker was politician and social worker politician and social worker. Discover Lizette Parker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?
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44 years old |
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Virgo |
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31 August, 1971 |
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31 August |
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Harlem, New York City |
| Date of death |
24 April, 2016 |
| Died Place |
Teaneck, New Jersey |
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Lizette Parker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lizette Parker's Husband?
Her husband is Tony Parker
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Tony Parker |
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Lizette Parker Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lizette Parker worth at the age of 44 years old? Lizette Parker’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from . We have estimated Lizette Parker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lizette Parker (August 31, 1971 – April 24, 2016) was an American politician and social worker.
Parker worked as a case worker and social work supervisor at the Bergen County Board of Social Services from 1992 until 2016.
She had served on the Teaneck Township Council from 2006 until her death in 2016.
She was married to Anthony Parker The couple had one daughter, Alyssa, four-year-old at the time of her mother's death.
The choice of mayor in Teaneck is made among council members, and Parker, who served as deputy mayor from 2006 to 2010, the 2010 election was contentious.
Traditionally, the council chose the member with the highest vote total in the election to serve as mayor.
Estina Baker, president of the Bergen County chapter of the NAACP, said the sentiment against choosing Parker was a matter of "race and gender," and Parker made the same allegation in an "unusually impassioned" speech.
After the election, parker and Hameeduddin, who was chosen mayor despite having garnered fewer votes, worked together in a coalition that dominated the City Council.
In 2007, as deputy mayor, Parker performed the ceremony for the first same-sex civil union in New Jersey.
Coincidentally, she succeeded former Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin, who became the first Muslim to become the Mayor of a Bergen County community in 2010.
Parker was born in Harlem, New York City to Dolores-Ann and Lawrence Phillips, and she was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey.
She graduated from Teaneck High School.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Montclair State University.
She also earned a master's degree in administrative science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
She served as the Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, from 2014 until her death in April 2016.
Parker was the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Teaneck, as well as the first black woman to serve as the mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, the state's most populous county.
Parker was re-elected to the council in the Teaneck municipal election on May 13, 2014, receiving the most votes of any member of the council.
On July 1, 2014, the council unanimously elected Parker as the Mayor of Teaneck.
She was sworn into the office at the same meeting.
Parker became not only the first African-American female mayor of Teaneck, but also the first black woman to serve as Mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, New Jersey.
As mayor, she was a member of the New Jersey Black Mayors Alliance for Social Justice which spoke out against then Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's call to ban all Muslim immigration in the United States.
Parker died in office after a respiratory illness at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey, on April 24, 2016, at the age of 44.
She had recently suffered from cancer.
Her current term as mayor would have expired on July 1, 2016.
Teaneck Deputy Mayor Elie Katz became acting mayor upon her death.
She was buried in George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.
600 people attended the funeral.
A street in Teaneck is named in her honor.
A room at the Teaneck library was named in her honor.
The local chapter of the NAACP created the "Lizette Parker Trailblazer Award".
The Urban League of Bergen County created a scholarship fund to pay for the education of Parker's daughter.
