Member, City Council, Baltimore, 1987-95, representing District 2, and March 8, 2010 to December 8, 2016, representing District 12. Chair, Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee, October 2010 to December 2016 (community development subcommittee, 2010-11). Member, Public Safety and Health Committee, 2010. Vice-Chair, Education Committee, 2010-11. Member, Policy and Planning Committee, 2010-11; Public Safety Committee, 2010-11 (recreation & parks subcommittee); Health Committee, 2010-16. Council staff for Task Force on Baltimore City Public/Private Development Financing Efforts, 2011. Member, Executive Appointments Committee, 2011-16 (vice-chair, 2010-11); Housing and Community Development Committee, 2012-16. Chair, Recreation and Parks Committee, 2014-16.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 1950. Attended Loyola High School, Towson, Maryland; Loyola College. Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Bluford Drew Jemison Math Science Technology Academy in East Baltimore, 2007-. Former vice-president of Business Development, Mid-Atlantic Health Care, Inc. Chair, Maryland Education Coalition. Charter member and interim chair, New Board of Trustees, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore. President, Dallas Street Community Development Corp.; Board of Directors, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. Board of Directors, Village Learning Place. Co-Founder, Association of Sickle Cell Services Education Research and Treatment; Baltimore Basketball Association. Former President, Mondawmin Merchants Association Former board member, Institute of Notre Dame; Loyola High School; Maryland Chapter, American Diabetes Association. Member, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland (pastoral council; head-start board).
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