BARCC Leadership

President & Commercial Development Liaison
Mell Monroe
monroe@thebarcc.org

Vice President of Strategy
Safety / Security & Clean and Green

Dr. Keith McCoy
keith@thebarcc.org

Treasurer & Fundraising Director
Pamela Dempsey
pam@bronzevilleproperties.com

Records Chair & Condominium Liaison Director
Angela Higginbotham-Monroe
angie@thebarcc.org

Director of Activities & Marketing
Jonese Burnett
jonese@thebarcc.org

Director of Membership Development
Michelle Brown
michelle@thebarcc.org

Director of External Communications
OPEN

Director of Safety & Security / Chairman
Marie Smith
marie@thebarcc.org

Director of Condominium Development
Iva Funderberg
iva@thebarcc.org

Director of Commercial Development
Akari Muhansi
akari@thebarcc.org

Co-Director of Commercial Development
Teshera Henderson
teshera@thebarcc.org

Asst. Director of Commercial Development
Clarence Carson
clarence@thebarcc.org

Political Liaison
Tyrone Forte
tforte@thebarcc.org

Director of Condominium
Development Outreach

Marvell Turnage
marvell@thebarcc.org

Communications Director
Mechele Elias
mechele@thebarcc.org

Board Member

Phaedra Leslie
phaedra@thebarcc.org



Meet the BARCC Board Members



Pamela Dempsey
Treasurer & Fundraising Director

(312) 560-8498  |  pam@bronzevilleproperties.com

Pam Dempsey is a real estate broker and the owner of Bronzeville Properties LLC, and a member of the Chicago Association of Realtors, the Illinois Association of Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors. Her real estate brokerage firm specializes in residential real estate on the south side of the city, from the South Loop through South Shore, and east of the Dan Ryan, with particular focus on Bronzeville.

Pam is passionate about the issues facing owners of condos, given her close association with condo problems as a broker, as past President of a large South Loop condo association (910 S. Michigan), and as the current owner of 2 condos. Pam teaches a seminar the third Saturday of each month at Chase Bank, 35th & King, focusing on current issues in the local housing market.

Pam retired from CNA Insurance in 2003, after a 20 year career, with her last position that of Vice President and Treasurer. She has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Northwestern University.

Pam lives with her chocolate lab Rocky in an 1890’s brownstone at 3930 S. King Drive, where she also maintains her real estate office.


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