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John W. Mack was appointed to the Board of Police Commissioners by Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in August of 2005. He held the position of President of the Police Commission for two consecutive years before being elected to the Vice President position on 2007. He served as President of the Los Angeles Urban League from August of 1969, until his retirement in 2005. Mack began his career with the Urban League in Flint, Michigan in 1964 and was appointed Executive Director in 1965. Prior to heading the Los Angeles Urban League, he served on the Urban League’s National staff for six months during the Whitney Young era in Washington, D.C. Mack was a leader in the 1960 student civil rights movement in Atlanta – and Co-Founder and Vice Chairperson of the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Sociology from North Carolina A&T State University. He holds a Master’s Degree from Clark Atlanta University. In 2006, Commissioner Mack was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Management Degree from the Claremont Graduate University School of Education.
Under his leadership, the Los Angeles Urban League has become one of the most successful non-profit community organizations in Los Angeles with an annual budget of $25 million. The Los Angeles Urban League serves over 100,000 individuals each year and operates a number of innovative, result-oriented job training, job placement, education, academic tutorial, youth achievement and business development programs serving African-Americans and other people of color utilizing state of the art computer technology preparing League constituents for the 21st Century. In 1997, United Way presented its Agency of the Year Award to the Los Angeles Urban League.
Mack is a highly respected advocate for equal opportunities in education, law enforcement and economic empowerment for African-Americans and other minorities – and a bridge builder across all racial, cultural, economic, gender and religious lines.
Mack was afforded the unique opportunity to serve as a teaching Fellow in Residence at the prestigious Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics from September through December, 1998. He led a Study Group of Harvard University undergraduate students entitled “The Future of Urban America: Finding Solutions Through Strategic Partnership and Policy Advocacy.”
ORGANIZATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, National Urban League Board of Trustees
Board Member, United Way
Board Member, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Board Member, The California Institute of Technology Board of Trustees
Member of Wells Fargo Bank Community Board
Member of State Farm Bank Advisory Committee
Board of Governors, City Club on Bunker Hill
Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Member of Xi Boule Sigma Psi Pi Fraternity
SPECIAL HONORS
2004 The Magic Johnson Foundation Humanitarian Spirit Award
2005 The City of Los Angeles honored him by celebrating “John W. Mack Day” upon his retirement
2005 The Los Angeles Board of Education named the “John W. Mack Elementary School” in recognition of his retirement and leadership advancing a level playing field and a quality education for African Americans and other youth of color
AWARDS
1992 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Award
1993 Los Angeles Urban League’s Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award recipient
1993 Jewish Federation Council Community Relations Committee’s Hollzer Memorial Award
1997 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Black Women of Achievement’s Special Recognition Award
2000 National Urban League “Legend of the Century” Honoree
2000 Presented Los Angeles NAACP’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”
2000 Presented Clark Atlanta University Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work “Whitney M. Young, Jr. Distinguished Alumnus Award”
2001 The New Leaders “Lifetime of Giving Achievement Award”
2001 Operation Hope “Living Legend Award”
2003 American Jewish Committee’s first C.I. Newman Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Martin Luther King, Jr. President’s Award
2004 NCCJ Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 Thurgood Marshall Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Award
2006 Inducted into the National Black Alumni Association Hall of Fame
2007 Presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Afro American Museum
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