b'She is a member of the Committee for the Holocaust Memorial at Marion Square. She has served on the board of Jewish Studies, Inc., which built the Jewish Studies Building at the College of Charleston, and is past president of the Charleston Jewish Federation. My mother was a Holocaust survivor. She taught me the values of faith, family and friends and how important they should be in our lives. I lost her three years ago at 96.RECURRING NEEDS, MORE REPAIRSome of the needs I see in our region existed in the past and they will continue to exist in the future. We have a lot of economic development going on with many different types of companies moving to the Charleston area. We need people to create their workforces and their employees need affordable housing. She circles around. Their children need a quality education supported by a strong literacy curriculum and technology enriched opportunities,Zucker is a distinguished alum of her alma mater, the University of and were still not there, in my opinion. We need to help children beFlorida, where she earned a B.A. in Education. She received a Master successfulto be ready for college or to get a certificate in their fieldof Education from the University of North Florida. She holds honorary of interestto become great citizens who are ready to work in thedoctorate degrees from Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson different careers that will be available in this community as time passes. University, The Citadel, College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina, Johnson & Wales University, Claflin University and Yeshiva People need to be able to get to work. The Chamber must continueUniversity. to drive solutions for infrastructure and an innovative regional transportation system so we can get more cars off the road. Pictured here, President George W. Bush and Anita Zucker receiving honorary doctorate degrees from Yeshiva University in 2014. Shown on And we must make certain that when we work to provide jobs, whenthe right: Anitas partner, David Popowski.we work to provide transportation, when we work to provide affordable housing, we are thinking of all the people in our community who havePrevious page, the Zucker family celebrating Jeffreys Bar Mitzvah. needs. Clockwise from top: Andrea, Jonathan, Anita, Jeffrey and Jerry.28 CHAMBER RETROSPECTIVE250 YEARS'