Mayor Small's Director of Constituent Services Kashawn "Kash" McKinley has been named to Front Runner New Jersey's 30 Under 40 Top Young African American Leaders of South Jersey Class of 2023.

Per Front Runner New Jersey:

McKinley is director of constituent services and special projects with the City of Atlantic City and Mayor Marty Small’s point man for growing the resort town’s cannabis industry. A Pleasantville native and former high school and college basketball standout, McKinley is in charge of being the face of city in addressing specific issues among residents. Before taking on his expanded role, he worked as Small’s confidential aide/assistant. Today, McKinley tackles problems to individual neighborhood issues to addressing concerns along the city’s internationally famous Boardwalk area. In November, he was elected to a term on the Atlantic City Board of Education. Knowing how marijuana laws has disproportionately affected the Black community as an African American male, McKinley has promised “social equity” in Atlantic City’s policies guiding future cannabis endeavors. “I have an opportunity to do things the right way with the cannabis industry,” he has said. “We are encouraging and providing tools and resources for locals to have a stake in ownership. I have a vision and a plan and under the mayor’s administration and I am executing it.”

City Councilwoman LaToya Dunston also made the list: https://frontrunnernewjersey.com/2023/02/01/class-of-2023-30-under-40-top-young-african-american-leaders-of-sj/