Each week throughout the 2018 General Assembly, the Recorder will spotlight one of the 14 members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus.
District: Indiana House District 99
Hometown: Indianapolis
Year elected: 1991
Education: Attended IUPUI, received an associate degree from Indiana College of Mortuary Science.
Day job: Coordinator of the National Diabetes Prevention Program at the Indiana Minority Health Coalition and funeral director and embalmer at Summers Funeral Chapel
Topics of interest: Improving Indiana’s infant mortality rate, all children’s issues and the prisoner re-entry program.
Legislative highlights: Summers authored House Bill 1175, a bill to raise awareness about diabetes and pre-diabetes, recently passed the House and Senate.
Committee roles: Family, Children and Human Affairs, ranking minority member; Public Policy, member; Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation, member.
Community involvement: Member of Light of the World Christian Church, NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
