Christian Dorsey
Christian Dorsey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Dorsey in 2023 | |
| Member of the Arlington County Board | |
| In office January 2016 – December 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Arlington County, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Profession | Politician |
Christian Dorsey is an American politician in Arlington County, Virginia. He served on the Arlington County Board from 2016 to 2023.
Education
[edit]Raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey,[1] Dorsey holds a B.S., International Relations from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.[2]
Career
[edit]Dorsey joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2008. Dorsey worked to build awareness of economic policy matters on a grassroots level with a goal of educating and mobilizing both middle class and disenfranchised communities for equally shared prosperity.[3]
Dorsey also served as the executive director of the Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corporation, and as executive director for The Reading Connection, a Northern Virginia-based non-profit organization that provides literacy programs for children.[4]
In November 2015, Dorsey was first elected to the Arlington County Board for its 2016 term. He served as vice-chair in 2018, and as chair in 2019; and again as vice-chair in 2022 and as chair in 2023 until his resignation from the Board on December 31, 2023.[5]
On October 16, 2019, Dorsey declared personal bankruptcy before being re-elected to the Arlington County Board in November.[6] Running largely unopposed and not required to disclose the filing, Dorsey did not notify the public of his bankruptcy. He later clarified that he "should have had a conversation with the community, no matter how difficult."[6] In November 2019, Dorsey was stripped of his chairmanship of the Washington Metro's Finance Committee for failing to disclose a $10,000 donation from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 for four months. In January 2020, Dorsey falsely stated he had already returned the donation.[6] In February, Dorsey wrote a reimbursement check that remained uncashed for 5 months, apparently lost in the mail. On July 30, 2020, Dorsey reimbursed the donation and submitted a picture of a cashier's check to various news outlets.[7] In December 2020, a judge dismissed Dorsey's bankruptcy case under a fraud statute, finding that Dorsey had made an overt misrepresentation to the court.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zimmerman Wins Democratic Primary", Connection Newspapers, May 14, 2002. Accessed December 21, 2024. "Zimmerman, a six-year veteran of the board now serving as chair, won out over a first-time challenger, political newcomer Christian Dorsey.... Dorsey, 30, grew up in Atlantic City, N.J., moving to the Washington area to attend Georgetown University."
- ^ Christian Dorsey, Economic Policy Institute. Accessed December 21, 2024. "Education: B.S., International Relations, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service"
- ^ "Christian Dorsey's brief bio at Economic Policy Institute Website". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ Miles, Vernon (October 7, 2015). "Arlington: Fight for the Neighborhoods". The Arlington Connection. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "County Board Members, 1932–Present". Arlington County Government. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ a b c Patricia Sullivan (2020-07-23). "A politician's return of a $10,000 donation was never cashed. The transit union says it lost the check". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "Dorsey's Check Saga May Finally be over". 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Arlington official fraudulently misled court in bankruptcy, judge rules". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
External links
[edit]- "Christian Dorsey biography at aaw.arlingtonva.us". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- Christian Dorsey on Fox News's Cashin' In program, 12-29-2009 on YouTube.