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[photo, Melvin L. Stukes, State Delegate] MELVIN L. STUKES
Democrat, District 44, Baltimore City

Member of House of Delegates, January 10, 2007 to January 14, 2015. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2007-15 (revenues subcommittee, 2007-08, 2011-15; finance resources subcommittee, 2007-15; transportation subcommittee, 2009-10, 2013-15); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2011-15; Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight, 2013-15. Chaplain, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2010-15 (member, 2007-15). Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2011-15.

Member, Task Force to Study Issues Related to Students Subject to Multiple Suspensions, 2008-09; Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2012-15.

Member, City Council, Baltimore, representing 6th Councilmanic District, 1991-2004 (education & human resources committee; judiciary committee; taxation & finance committee; vice-chair, policy & planning committee). Member, Mayor's Task Force on Community Collaboration to Overcome Violence, Baltimore City, 1993-94; Mayor's Gwynn's Falls Greenway Task Force, Baltimore City, 1995-99. Mayor's Commission on Disabilities, Baltimore City, 1995-2004.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 15, 1948. Attended Scott's Branch High School, Summerton, South Carolina. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1965-68. Morgan State University, B.S. (business administration), 1975. Lead Revenue Specialist, Compliance Division, Comptroller of the Treasury, 1992-98 (auditor, sales & use tax division, 1975-92). Special Assistant to Director, Office of Customer Information, Maryland Transit Administration, 1998-. President, Cherry Hill Improvement Association, 1982- (founding member, 1979, member, 1979-; vice-president, 1979-82). Member, Advisory Board, South Baltimore Learning Center, 1993-; Baltimore Education and Cultural Institute, Inc., 2003-. Vice-President, Leon Day Foundation, 2006-. Member, Prince Hall Masons Enterprise Lodge no. 3, Baltimore. U.S. Presidential Award for Volunteerism, 1984. Outstanding Young Men of America Award, "Who's Who in America", 1985. Member, Beechfield United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Maryland. Divorced; two children.

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