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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Gladys A. Robinson is a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 28. Robinson is running for re-election in the primary on May 8, 2018. The general election will take place on November 6, 2018.

She was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

Robinson earned her bachelor's degree from Bennett College for Women and her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from North Carolina A&T University. Robinson has worked as a grant writer, executive director and a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Education

  • Bachelors, Bennett College for Women
  • Graduated, University of California Los Angeles/Johnson and Johnson Health Care Executives Program
  • MS, Education and Counseling, North Carolina A&T State University
  • PhD, Leadership Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Professional Experience

  • Bachelors, Bennett College for Women
  • Graduated, University of California Los Angeles/Johnson and Johnson Health Care Executives Program
  • MS, Education and Counseling, North Carolina A&T State University
  • PhD, Leadership Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency, 1982-present
  • Member, State Health Coordinating Council

Political Experience

  • Bachelors, Bennett College for Women
  • Graduated, University of California Los Angeles/Johnson and Johnson Health Care Executives Program
  • MS, Education and Counseling, North Carolina A&T State University
  • PhD, Leadership Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency, 1982-present
  • Member, State Health Coordinating Council
  • Senator, North Carolina State Senate, 2010-present
  • Former Deputy Democratic Leader, North Carolina State Senate
  • Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 28, 2018, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

2nd Vice Chair, North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus, present

Former Member, Commerce Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary I Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Mental Health and Youth Services Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Program Evaluation Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Workforce and Economic Development Committee, North Carolina State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations/Base Budget

Member, Appropriations on Health and Human Services

Member, Commerce and Insurance

Member, Education/Higher Education

Member, Health Care

Member, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Education

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and North Carolina Health Choice

Member, Select Committee on Nominations

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelors, Bennett College for Women
  • Graduated, University of California Los Angeles/Johnson and Johnson Health Care Executives Program
  • MS, Education and Counseling, North Carolina A&T State University
  • PhD, Leadership Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency, 1982-present
  • Member, State Health Coordinating Council
  • Senator, North Carolina State Senate, 2010-present
  • Former Deputy Democratic Leader, North Carolina State Senate
  • Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 28, 2018, 2020
  • Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, present
  • Member, Democratic Women of Guilford County, present
  • Co-Chair, Democratic Women’s Caucus, present
  • Vice Chair, Guilford County Delegation, present
  • Former Chair, High Point AIDS Coalition, present
  • Member, Lillian's List, present
  • Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, present
  • Member, Triad Adult & Pediatrics Medicine Board, present
  • Former Trustee, Bennett College for Women Board of Trustees
  • Member, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina
  • Former Chair, Guilford Coalition on Homelessness Committee
  • Vice President/Founding Board Member, Guilford Community AIDS Partnership
  • Former Chair, Healthserve Medical Center
  • Member, Metropolitan Council of Negro Women
  • Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • Member, National Council of Negro Women
  • Board Member, North Carolina Black Caucus Foundation
  • Member, North Carolina Commission on Education of Minority and At-Risk Students
  • Member, North Carolina Minority Health Advisory Council
  • Member, North Carolina Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
  • Former Board Member, North Carolina Teacher Academy
  • Sunday School Teacher, Providence Baptist Church
  • Member, Setrac Committee, Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Former Member, Women’s Professional Forum
  • Co-Chair, Piedmont Triad Leadership Network, 2003-2004
  • Member, Leadership Greensboro, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, 1993

Other Info

— Awards:

  • 2015 Legislator of the Year Award, NC Association of Local Health Directors; 2015 Defenders of Justice Award for Legislative & Administrative Advocacy; 2015 Recipient of the Luther "Nick" Jerald's Advocacy Award; 2015 Southern Health Association Outstanding Legislator Award; 2012 UNCF Alumni Hall of Fame Award; 2012 Trailblazer Award for Beautiful Butterflies Lupus Foundation; 2010 Sojourner Truth Award; 2009 Leadership Greensboro Community Award; 2006 McDonald's Rhythms of Triumph Award; 2005 Moses Cone Wesley Long Community Health Award; 2000 Woman of Achievement in Health; 1994 NAACP Woman of the Year.

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