Meet our New Board of Directors Chair - an Interview with Deborah Cummings

Deborah cummings and her husband, jeff.

CYC’s Board of Directors is a group of passionate professionals who assist with the growth of our organization. Deborah is an incredible leader and visionary that has big ideas for CYC. Get to know a little more about Deborah and her background in this brief interview.

Can you tell us who you are and what you do?
 
I am Deborah Cummings - born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica but have been in the US for 30+ years. 
I have been a life-long techie - engineer by training with much of my career spent in the digital mapping industry.

About a year and a half ago, I took a new leadership role running several support functions for Apple's Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Operations, which has been a blast. 

I am most proud of my awesome family - my honey-hubby Jeff and my sweet daughter Lola.
 
How did you get involved with CYC?
 
[Board of Directors member] Dan Feeney! Our Governance & Nominating Chair extraordinaire. 
I know Dan though my husband Jeff. After attending a number of CYC events, at Dan's invitation, he asked if I would be interested in getting more involved with CYC. 
I jumped at the chance and now I have this wonderful opportunity to do so much more for this great organization. 
 
What do you hope to apply from your professional experience to CYC?
 
I have already had opportunities to apply my business planning experience, as co-chair of the Equity Committee. 
I would love to kick it up a notch by leveraging my tenure in technology for our kids' programs. We are working on some micro-events now so stay tuned!

CYC is so grateful to all of Deborah’s hard work and dedication over the years. We’re so excited and fortunate to have her as our Chair.

If you’d like to get more involved with CYC as well, click the link below! CYC has opportunities for volunteering at events, hosting a class, and much more.