Roni Slavin Pekins - Supervisors of the Checklist

RONI SLAVIN PEKINS - Supervisors of the Checklist
10 Beard's Landing

Education:  
A.B., American Studies, Cornell University, 1978
M.S., Wildlife Ecology, UNH, 1984
Certificate of Completion, Culinary Arts Training Pastry Program,
Chez  Boucher Culinary Arts Training Center, 2008

Occupation:  :  environmental consultant, followed by stay-at-home mother, pastry chef/small business owner, volunteer

Years as Durham Resident:  31 Years

Previous Service on Governmental/Community/Civic Boards & Reason for Interest in Running for Elected Office::
I am running for reelection as Supervisor of the Checklist.  I have served the public in many capacities including Library Trustee, co-chair of the Moharimet and Oyster River High School PTO’s, library volunteer (school and public), founder/board member Oyster River Womenade, Master Gardener, Cooking Matters volunteer.

Reason for Interest in Running for Elected Office:
I feel a necessary commitment to public service with a particular responsibility in ensuring that everyone is afforded the right to vote.  As Alexander Hamilton so aptly wrote: "A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law.”