Omar Sterling McGill was born and raised in Schenectady, NY, a city that lights and hauls the world. He attended the Albany Academy for his middle and upper school education. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Morehouse College. While in Atlanta working on his degree Omar spent a lot of his time focusing on community service that highlighted Academic Enrichment and College Readiness for urban city youth. Through this passion he founded a non -profit Educating Progressive Influential Changers, Inc. (EPIC,INC). A non-profit company that provided collegiate readiness, health awareness, and community service to youth and young adults. He moved back to Schenectady where he continued his non-profit service in the Capital District. He hosted enrichments programs which helped students navigate the college admissions process and two community days where he provided over 400 book bags filled with school supplies, health resources, food, and voter registration. He currently works for the New York State Senate as a Journal Clerk. While working with Program and Counsel in the New York State Assembly, he had the opportunity to worked on legislation such as ride sharing expansion, minimum wage, and the opioid crisis. He was nominated and served as 2017 fellow for the New Leaders Council for the Capital District. In 2022 Omar was the first African American elected to the Schenectady County Legislature and the first person of color to represent District 1. In his role on the legislature he chairs the Workforce Development committee as well as serves as the Vice-Chair on both the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee and the Neighborhood Revitalization committee. In 2022 Omar along with two cousins of his started a family-owned property maintenance company Supreme Property Services, LLC which provides a range of services from landscaping, painting, and many others. Last summer he was nominated by the American Council on Germany to participate in their annual Young Leaders Conference in Berlin, Germany. While there Omar discussed many world issues as well as solutions to moving the transatlantic relationship between U.S and Germany forward. He was also named as a board member of the Schenectady County Boys and Girls club. Omar continues to do his part to make his village proud, and to help make the world a better place by being the change he wishes to see
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“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Ghandi
