T HE G OLDEN L IGHT Loyal Lady Pamela Gallimore Managing Editor, THE DOVE & THE QUILL Volume 2
Universities and with Philadelphia and Delaware County Community Colleges. She also served in the administration of Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania as the Bureau Director for Postsecondary Services, Pennsylvania Department of Education. She was the first African American to hold this position. Her community service has included, but is not limited to: Big Sister match in Big Brothers Big Sisters, Board of Directors of the West Chester Area School District and President of the School Board, Board member Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, Board member Maternal and Child Health Consortium, member American Association of University Women, member Black Women in Higher Education, member American Association for Women in Community Colleges, member Black School Educators, NGO representative to the U.N. Year of the Woman in Moscow, Board member and Board President Philadelphia Youth Network and a patron of the First World Theatre Company. In addition to a being a member of the Order of the Golden Circle, she is the Worthy Matron of Ida W. Brooke Chapter 83, Order of Eastern Star, Inc., Deborah Grand Chapter, Prince Hall Adopted, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a Charter member of Amen Ra Court No. 225 of the Daughters. She is an avid reader and has an interest in and plans return travels to the Middle East and East African destinations. Although retired, she is currently an adjunct faculty member at Delaware County Community College in the Department of Business and Computer Sciences. She resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania and is the extraordinarily proud parent of Dr. Zachary Mondesire. Her enthusiasm and dedication are to the success and longevity of Scottish Rite Masonry and the Order of the Golden Circle! She loyally, and as a lady, wears her Crown!
Loyal Lady Pamela Gallimore, who hails from Mary E. Gould Assembly, No. 61, Valley of Ambler, Orient of Pennsylvania, followed the membership opportunity created by her Father being a Scottish Rite Mason and member of Martin Luther King, Jr., Consistory, No. 86, and proudly joined the Order of the Golden Circle in the spring of 2008. Her service began with Ways and Means as a State Grand Assembly Queen followed by her path to becoming the Loyal Lady Ruler in 2013. She continued the long-standing collaboration with Martin Luther King, Jr. Consistory, No. 86 in service to their local community with successful, family-focused outreach projects. Her cornerstone charity as the Loyal Lady Ruler was “Pamoza International” where one of their initiatives is consistent with LL Gallimore’s national and global commitment to provide secondary educational opportunities for all girls. Her involvement in Statewide activities includes having served in 2019 and 2022 as the Coordinator for Loyal Lady Activities for the United Supreme Council held in Philadelphia. She also served as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Grand Assembly in 2019- 2020 and as the Recording Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Grand Assembly in 2020- 2022. She currently serves as the State Grand Loyal Lady Outer Guard. A graduate of Howard University with a BS in Psychology and Villanova University with a MBA in Systems Design, she has over 40 years of experience in Finance, Higher Education Administration and Education Policy. She began her career in Finance with the former brokerage firm of Butcher and Singer, Inc. Her commitment, however, has been higher education administration and education policy. She served in several leadership, administrative, policy and adjunct faculty positions with Temple and West Chester
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