Provides Borough Council leadership and along with Mayor Stephen Nolan, oversees the administration of the Borough. For the past two years Elsie has served as Council Chair for the Department of Community Services, Council Liaison for the Arts Commission, Cable Television Advisory Commission, Council on Aging, Highland Park Community Food Bank, and Human Relations Commission.

In July 2002 Elsie, serving as Council President, became the Council Chair for Public Safety, Second Chair of Finance, and Third Chair of Health, Welfare, and Recreation.

Co-founder and former President of the Orchard Heights Community Association, former Secretary of Irving School PTO, Member of Outreach and Missions Committee of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, Executive Member Association of Caribbean-American Officials and Leaders, Founder United Caribbean American Network of New Jersey Officials, and Member of the Caribbean Medical Mission.

Since Elsie joined the Borough Council in November, 2000, she has:

• Organized a Town Meeting on snow removal
• Helped write grants for the purchase of several new pocket parks
• Overseen the revitalization of Karsey Park
• Organized the annual Clean-up Graffiti Day and Arbor Day celebrations
• Overseen the application that won the largest tree-planting grant ever awarded to the Borough. As a result residents will see hundreds of new trees to be planted this spring.
• Helped organize the Boroughs September 11 Candlelight Vigil
• Reached into the community to constructively discuss issues of race and ethnicity, and she has also been instrumental in bringing to Highland Park experts and resources to address these issues. Elsie is also the Legatine Liaison at Civil Service Commission, State of New Jersey.