Lottie Shackelford - Definition and Overview

Lottie H. Shackelford is a United States civil servant, politician and vice chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. A resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, President of the United States Bill Clinton appointed Shackelford to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in 1993. Previous to her term there, she was Deputy Campaign Manager for the Clinton-Gore Presidential Campaign and Co-Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Clinton Transition Team in 1992. She was the first Black woman elected mayor of the city of Little Rock in 1987.