Rosemary Corbin

Rosemary Corbin is a longstanding Democrat public figure in Richmond, California. She served on the Richmond City Council from 1985 to 1993, and then as the mayor from 1993 to 2001. [http://www.rosietheriveter.org/trustbd.htm Rosie the Riveter] Corbin was the first female mayor of the city and an exceptional Caucasian in an African-American mayoral lineage. Corbin is still involved in local politics and campaigned against Indian casinos and in support of the failed Measure T.

She ran up against term limits as mayor and was succeeded by her vice mayor Irma Anderson in 2001.

Corbin studied at San Francisco State University for her BA and at University of California, Berkeley for her Master of library science degree.

She serves on the Rosie the Riveter/Homefront World War II National Monument board, [http://www.rosietheriveter.org/trustbd.htm Rosie the Riveter] a project she spearheaded as mayor. She was also behind the largely successful Main Street Project, which has resulted in remodeling MacDonald Avenue, the creation of the Richmond Transit Village and Richmond Shopping Center, and the resurrection of the MacDonald 80 Shopping Center.

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