Fenty Announces Two Key Community Liaison Appointments

WASHINGTON, DC-  Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced two key appointments for community affairs in the Executive Office of the Mayor.  Fenty named Carla Brailey to the position of Director of Community and Religious Affairs and Rodney C. Mitchell as the Director of Ex-offender Affairs.  

Carla Brailey
Director, Office of Community Affairs
Prior to her appointment as the Director of Community Affairs, Carla Brailey served as the Director of the Office of Boards and Commissions for Fenty. In her new position, Brailey will provide direction to the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services and the directors of the Executive Office of the Mayor’s constituent offices, including the Offices of African Affairs, Ex-offender Affairs, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, Women’s Policy and Initiative, and Youth Advisory Council. She will also serve as the mayoral liaison and advisor to the faith community including the Interfaith Council.  

A native of Houston, Tex., Brailey has been a part of the DC community for the past seven years. She is a 1994 graduate of Texas State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.  She received a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology in 1997, and in 2006, she completed a Master of Divinity and Women’s Studies Certificate from Howard University.  She received her PhD in sociology from Howard University in May 2007, focusing on religion and social inequality.  

Along with her academic accomplishments, Brailey served as the Coordinator of Social Services at Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, Tex.  She taught primary, secondary, and postsecondary grade levels and served as an assistant principal at the Harmony Science Academy.   Brailey also served as a lecturer in the Afro-American Studies Department at Howard University.   She is most proud of her experience as an Evans E. C