PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

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[photo, Deni L. Taveras, County Council, Prince George's County, Maryland] DENI L. TAVERAS, Member, County Council (Democrat)


Member, County Council, Prince George's County, representing District 2, since December 1, 2014 (vice-chair, Dec. 1, 2020 to Dec. 7, 2021). Chair, Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, 2019-. Vice-Chair, Education and Workforce Development Committee, 2020-; General Assembly Committee, 2020-. Member, Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee, 2019-. Member, Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, 2015-16; Transportation, Housing and the Environment Committee, 2015-18 (vice-chair, 2016). Vice-Chair, Health, Education and Human Services Committee, 2016-17. Vice-Chair, Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee, 2017-18 (member, 2015).

Board of Directors (alternate member), Economic Development Corporation, Prince George's County, 2016-. Member, Health Advisory Committee, Prince George's County, 2016-.

Member, Commission on Climate Change, 2016-. Member, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, 2016-20, and National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, 2020-, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Chair, Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee, 2020- (member, 2019-), Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.

Chief of Staff, Senator Victor R. Ramirez, District 47, Prince George's County, 2011-13.

Born in New York, New York, 1957. Barnard College, B.A. (chemistry), 1995; University of Utah, M.S. (chemistry), 1998; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, M.P.A. (public affairs & urban regional planning), 2003. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013. Member, Prince George's County Municipal Association, 2016-. HIP Affordable Housing Champion, Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc., 2019. Powerlist 100, El Tiempo Latino, 2019. Maryland Census Champion, Maryland Department of Planning, 2020. Community Impact Award, Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, 2020. Member, Grace DC Church, Washington, DC.

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