Member, City Council, Baltimore, representing District 7, December 9, 2004 to December 8, 2011. Chair, Budget and Appropriations Committee, 2010-11. Vice-Chair, Policy and Planning Committee, 2010-11. Member, Education, Housing, Health and Human Services Committee, 2004-07; Taxation and Finance Committee, 2004-07; Land Use and Transportation Committee, 2007-11 (highways & franchises subcommittee, 2007-11); Executive Appointments Committee, 2010-11 (vice-chair, 2004-10); Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee, 2010-11 (community development subcommittee, 2010-11).
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Western High School; Bowie State University, B.S. (education), 1990; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, M.E. (education), 1992. Former guidance counselor and classroom teacher, Baltimore City public schools. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004. Doctor of Humane Letters, Eastern Theological Seminary, 2014. Married; two children.
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