Christine L. Haider

Christine L. Haider of Flushing, Queens, has been a dedicated, hard-working advocate for the betterment of her neighborhood and surrounding areas. She is active in a wide range of organizations that serve her local community and is honored to serve as the Chair of Community Board 11Q (CB11Q). In addition, she serves on the finance and membership committees and is the Treasurer of the Community Advisory Board of the NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens. Ms. Haider is President of the Harding Heights Civic Association and is a member of the National Notary Association and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, having served as past-President of its Queens County Chapter. She is also a member of the 111th Precinct Community Council and the Saul Weprin Democratic Club.

As Chair of CB11Q, and Co-chair of the North Flushing/East Bayside Zoning Committee, Ms. Haider has successfully addressed such issues as neighborhood zoning, conducting site inspections and renewing variances, all while working to preserve the integrity and quality of life in her local community.

In 1965, Ms. Haider was named Executive Secretary of the National Industrial Conference Board in NYC. In 1978, after working as an executive secretary at Columbia University, she advanced to become administrator of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine. From 2005-2007, Ms. Haider was asked by the military to use her skills as a human resources specialist to assist the area’s New York Army National Guard medical recruiter with activated troops.

Ms. Haider is the recipient of many awards, including: the Community Board Service Award for 25 years of service to CB11Q; the Women’s History Month Award; the Marjorie Matthews Advocacy Award from Health and Hospitals Corporation; the 2004 Administrative Professional of the Year from the American Lung Association; the Karen Cooper Award, “Wind Beneath My Wings,” for outstanding support of New York Military Forces; the Outstanding Citizen Award and the Rosemary Gunney Award.

Married for 49 years to her beloved late husband, CW5 Howard C. Haider, Christine is the proud mother of their son, Howard Jr.