Judith A. Blackwell hails
from Cleveland, Ohio and has
gained experience and
prestige through a plethora
of illustrious positions. Her
background includes high
level posts including her
appointment as the first
black associate for New York
based Thacher, Proffitt and
Wood Law Firm; Vice President
of the Connecticut based
investment banking firm known
as U.S. Securities; being the
youngest member of the
finance committee for former
New York Mayor David Dinkins;
and working on Wall Street as
a municipal and corporate
finance attorney. Most
recently, Ms. Blackwell
served as the Chief Financial
Officer for the City of
Atlanta. She had eliminated
the city's $40 million
deficit and nurtured the
city's operational budget to
a $35 million surplus when
she was recruited by Mayor
Willie Brown to become City
Purchaser and Director of the
newly created Office of
Contract Administration
(OCA). As City Purchaser and
Director of the OCA, Ms.
Blackwell has used the "power
of the purse" to advance the
city's social agenda embodied
in the Minimum Compensation
Ordinance (MCO); the Health
Care Accountability Ordinance
(HCAO); and the Prevailing
Wage Ordinance. She is
committed to making the OCA
accessible and user friendly
to the many individuals and
companies who do business
with the City and County of
San Francisco.