 Mindell Lewis Penn was a city council member in the city of Richmond, California between 1999 and 2005. is a graduate of the UC Davis Financial School of Management, and is affiliated with the "powerful" Bay Area group Black Women Organized For Political Action.She served on the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park project committee.Mindell Penn was succeeded by the appointment of Tony K. Thurmond upon her resignation.