MEET SHELBEY
A VOICE FOR OUR CHILDREN, A VOICE FOR OUR FUTURE.
My motivation to run for Board of Education is education and community service have always been a focus for my family and community. It was impressed upon us that education was our chance to live a better life than our parents, grandparents, and many others who struggled to get an education. My father earned his GED and worked as the Head Chef at a well known resort hotel for over 20 years. My mother went back to school, while raising my sister and me, and earned a teaching degree. She went on to be a substitute teacher within our county school system.
I have been where so many parents are. The struggle is real and I have been there. With the help of my family, instructors, and the Adult Degree program, I worked shift work, full-time at a carpet plant, raised three children, and was a full-time student. I graduated
Summa Cum Laude from Mary Baldwin University. It was not easy but it was
worth it. It was my commitment, my dream, my journey.
All of this has fed my deep sense of serving within my community, reignited my
passion for education and lit my desire to represent our children, parents,
teachers, and school administration to improve our Barrow County School
System and better serve our students.
I believe that everyone deserves a chance at a quality education. Once obtained,
no one can ever take it away from you!
- Shelbey Diamond-Alexander
Qualifications and Experience
● Married, 3 adult children, 3 grandchildren, and a loving dog named Nayla
● Two Associate degrees in Business Management and Administration
● Bachelor degree in Business Management/Operations and Administration - Mary
Baldwin University
● Graduated Summa Cum Laude
● Member of Phi Beta Kappa - Honor Society
● Lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
● Chair of a non-profit organization, Fortitude Foundation, Inc. 501(C)(3), for 8+ years
● Chair of our Barrow County Democratic Committee 3 years | served as 2nd Vice and 1st
Vice Chair
● Chaired and organized Christmas for the Elderly in a Nursing Home
● Community support programs, such as providing scholarships, Gospel Fest, school
bags drive, etc.
● Helped coordinate annual DST Cotillion-Beau-tillion
● Attended National and State DST Conventions throughout the US
● Completed Gwinnett County Delta Sigma Theta Leadership Institute
● Helped organize a uniform drive for a local Middle School students
● System Coordinator, Underwriter, Trainer, Workstation Liaison of State Farm - 25
years - Retired
● Organized State Farm Adopt-a-Family for Christmas in coordination with DFACS
● Special Olympics Volunteer
● Habitat for Humanity - Helped remodel a school (landscaping, painting, classroom set
ups, etc.)
● Member of First Baptist Church of Natural Bridge - Sunday School Teacher,
Choir member, and Usher Board.
● Worked with Teachers and Administration to help troubled students.
● Member of Georgia NAACP
● Voter Protection | Get Out To Vote Advocate
● Election Monitor
● Accounting Assistant for a hotel and resort tourist attractions
● Active member of PTA and School Board
● Juvenile Detention Officer - Boys ages 13 - 21
● Project Management and implementation
