Two businesswomen running for Cedar Rapids mayor
BPC Staff Mar 23, 2021 | 3:40 pm
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102 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsWomen Lead Change CEO Tiffany O’Donnell and Amara Andrews, head of business development and communications for the transportation division at TrueNorth Cos., have announced that they’re running to unseat incumbent Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart in the Nov. 2 election. Before joining Women Lead Change in 2015 and becoming its CEO in 2017, O’Donnell worked as a news anchor at KGAN/KFXA. Andrews currently serves in leadership positions on the boards of the Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success and Advocates for Social Justice. If elected, Andrews would become the first Black person to hold the position of mayor in Cedar Rapids.