Deidre Malone is President of the National Women’s Political Caucus. She is the 15th woman to hold this position. Malone has served as 1st Vice President and Vice President of Communications. She is a former elected official . Malone was elected to the Shelby County Commission in 2002 where she served as chair of the budget, community services and housing and economic development committees and vice chair of the education committee. In September 2008, Malone made history becoming the first African American woman to chair the Shelby County Commission and the first female to chair the budget committee. Malone ran for Mayor of Shelby County and is the first woman to win a major party nomination for that position.
Malone is the President/CEO of The Carter Malone Group, LLC (CMG), a public relations, marketing, advertising and government relations firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee and an office in Jackson, MS. Before opening the agency in May 2003, Malone served as Vice President of Marketing Development for ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ALSAC is the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also held the position of Director of Public Relations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Malone is a former broadcast journalist. She served as a news producer for WMC-TV Action News 5.
She has served twice as President of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Tennessee, former Vice President of the Shelby County Democratic Party, immediate past President of the NAACP Memphis Branch, a founding member of the Philanthropic Black Women of Memphis, and is a trustee at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church.
She is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Memphis and in 2001 served as Leadership Memphis Alumni Association President and a member of Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She serves as Vice President of the ownership group for the New Tri-State Defender and is also a partner in M1TV Network. Malone is a graduate of Jackson State University with a degree in mass communications and a minor in marketing.
Deidre and her husband, Dr. Patrick Malone, have two sons, Patrick II and Brian. She is the proud grandmother of Patrick III, Bailee Christian, and Brielle.
