Cyril is a husband, father, and Champion for Youth currently serving on the High Point City Council. For more than a decade, he has dedicated his civic and professional work to advancing the causes of youth development and education. As Principal Consultant at Change Often, LLC, he regularly consults and coaches youth-serving institutions on effectiveness and enhancement of services. Though he has received numerous community-based awards and honors, the greatest to date came when the residents of Ward One made him the youngest African-American to ever sit on the High Point City Council.
Council Member Jefferson is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and he holds a certification in Non-Profit Management from High Point University. Living the words of Winston Churchill, he and his wife Raven teach their two sons that “To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often”.