Inductees | Ccwhof

Effie-Maud Aldrich Morrison, Millville – Former Deputy director of the Cumberland County welfare board. She was responsible for the building and management of the first senior housing project in the United States. Roosevelt Park in Millville was a 10-cottage community that Morrison envisioned and for which she secured a $24,000 grant from the United States government. Construction began in 1934, and the first cottages were rented to elderly pensioners for $5-$7 a month. Effie had a world-changing idea, which was shared with Eleanor Roosevelt, who in turn passed it to President Roosevelt, pursued it, and dedicated the rest of her life to making it a success. Effie passed in 1957. There are now more than 16,000 housing projects for the elderly nationwide.

Robin Walton Voorhees – Sr. Vice President, External Affairs and Chief Philanthropy Officer, Inspira Health. She has broken barriers, expanded access to health care, and inspired a generation of women through her visionary leadership, advocacy, and unwavering commitment to equity and community empowerment across South Jersey. Robin is the first African American Woman to lead the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey since its founding in 1876. She secured $3,000,000 in state funding to establish Inspira’s first autism diagnostic centers in Bridgeton and Woodbury, among many other achievements. She was named one of the Top 50 Women in Business in New Jersey.

Jennifer-Webb-McRae, Vineland – Cumberland County Prosecutor. She has redefined the role of prosecutor by pioneering and sustaining innovative youth justice initiatives, including the Cumberland County Positive Youth Development Coalition, a community-wide, transformative organization to reduce youth violence, and the Cumberland County Crime Victims Assistance Program, the first of its kind in New Jersey. Prosecutor Webb-McRae instituted the first gun safety awareness program in Cumberland County and headed the first gun buyback program, among many other initiatives. She is President-Elect of the National District Attorneys Association. She didn’t coin the phrase, but is fond of repeating this quote, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”