Bowser names cabinet member to focus on development in overlooked communities

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday named the District’s first deputy mayor for greater economic opportunity, a cabinet post crafted to focus solely on the economic needs of “overlooked communities.”

Courtney Snowden, who most recently served as principal at government relations firm The Raben Group, will serve in the newly created role. Snowden, a resident of the Deanwood community in Ward 7, is a D.C. Public Schools graduate and a former congressional staffer.

“As a sixth-generation Washingtonian,…