Carolyn dedicated her entire career in Washington, DC to representing the Interests of sixteen U.S. cities in seven states. She boasted an extremely loyal client base, some of whom she represented for over 30 years. Carolyn was a City Representative at the National Center for Municipal Development, the first, and for many years, the only organization providing federal advocacy and information services to local governments from throughout the United States. She also served as a lobbyist for both the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, specializing in the areas of community development and housing assistance. Later, Carolyn co-founded CapitalEdge (formerly known as Carolyn C. Chaney & Associates) where she served, until her retirement at the end of 2013, as a trusted liaison between her clients and Congress and the Executive Branch, providing advocacy assistance and strategic advice on issues ranging from transportation, public safety, human services and the environment. In recent years, Carolyn gained extensive experience in steering flood control projects through the Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Carolyn was a loyal parishioner of Holy Catholic Church in Davidsonville where she was a former member of the parish's Finance Committee and often served as its representative on the Pastoral Council. She was also a member of Women in Government Relations and the Women's Transportation Seminar International.
Carolyn was preceded in death by an aunt, Helen "Aunt Bobby" Halbig and a niece, Christine M. Novarra. She is SURVIVED BY her husband of 40 years, STANLEY LEE CHANEY; her son, DAVID RICARDO LEE CHANEY of Riva; two brothers, MICHAEL A.(DENISE D.) CUSHMAN of Mandeville, LA and DAVID F. (GLORIA R. CUSHMAN of Forest, Va.; two sisters-in-law, GLADYS FREEMAN of Prince Fredrick and PEGGY STANTON of Waldorf; an aunt, LOIS ERNEST of Kansas City, MO. and eight nieces and nephews, Michael J. Cushman, Gretchen A. North, Carrie K. Cushman, Topher T. Cushman, Heather C. Mason, Mike Dickerson, Bobby Kotlarsic and Steven Kotlarsic.
Interment will be at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville, MD.
Information on the site of George P. Kalas Funeral Home P.A., Edgewater, MD. Also Published in The Capital on March 29, 2014
Note: Carolyn's "Aunt Bobby" information:
Helen Anne Halbig 11/22/1914-3/10/2010 #54710377 (F) Ralph E. Cushman 8/3/1918-7/10/1990 #97977626
(M) Florence H. Cushman 8/9/1913-12/6/1992 #97977627
All three are buried at the Resurrection Cemetery in P.G. County, MD.
Carolyn dedicated her entire career in Washington, DC to representing the Interests of sixteen U.S. cities in seven states. She boasted an extremely loyal client base, some of whom she represented for over 30 years. Carolyn was a City Representative at the National Center for Municipal Development, the first, and for many years, the only organization providing federal advocacy and information services to local governments from throughout the United States. She also served as a lobbyist for both the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, specializing in the areas of community development and housing assistance. Later, Carolyn co-founded CapitalEdge (formerly known as Carolyn C. Chaney & Associates) where she served, until her retirement at the end of 2013, as a trusted liaison between her clients and Congress and the Executive Branch, providing advocacy assistance and strategic advice on issues ranging from transportation, public safety, human services and the environment. In recent years, Carolyn gained extensive experience in steering flood control projects through the Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Carolyn was a loyal parishioner of Holy Catholic Church in Davidsonville where she was a former member of the parish's Finance Committee and often served as its representative on the Pastoral Council. She was also a member of Women in Government Relations and the Women's Transportation Seminar International.
Carolyn was preceded in death by an aunt, Helen "Aunt Bobby" Halbig and a niece, Christine M. Novarra. She is SURVIVED BY her husband of 40 years, STANLEY LEE CHANEY; her son, DAVID RICARDO LEE CHANEY of Riva; two brothers, MICHAEL A.(DENISE D.) CUSHMAN of Mandeville, LA and DAVID F. (GLORIA R. CUSHMAN of Forest, Va.; two sisters-in-law, GLADYS FREEMAN of Prince Fredrick and PEGGY STANTON of Waldorf; an aunt, LOIS ERNEST of Kansas City, MO. and eight nieces and nephews, Michael J. Cushman, Gretchen A. North, Carrie K. Cushman, Topher T. Cushman, Heather C. Mason, Mike Dickerson, Bobby Kotlarsic and Steven Kotlarsic.
Interment will be at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville, MD.
Information on the site of George P. Kalas Funeral Home P.A., Edgewater, MD. Also Published in The Capital on March 29, 2014
Note: Carolyn's "Aunt Bobby" information:
Helen Anne Halbig 11/22/1914-3/10/2010 #54710377 (F) Ralph E. Cushman 8/3/1918-7/10/1990 #97977626
(M) Florence H. Cushman 8/9/1913-12/6/1992 #97977627
All three are buried at the Resurrection Cemetery in P.G. County, MD.
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