A longtime labor, civic and community activist, Colleen Puckett is a former VISTA volunteer and labor organizer for the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Dept. Colleen was president of the board of Queen Village Neighbors Association, where she served from 1995-2005. She was appointed by Mayor John Street to the Mayor’s Gaming Advisory Task Force and served on the Licenses and Inspections mayoral transition team of Mayor Michael Nutter. Colleen founded and chaired the Coalition of Philadelphia Neighborhood Associations (1995-2000), a 24-member coalition of city neighborhoods formed to fight riverboat gambling, which later segued to focus on zoning, L&I, urban development and other quality of life issues. She has been a 2nd Ward Dems elected committee person since 2018 and was elected ward leader in January 2020.