Background
Born in DeLand, Florida. * Florida A & M University, B.S. (Home Economics & Education) * Bowie State College, M.Ed. (Educational Administration and Supervision) * Sojourner-Douglass College, Honorary Doctorate (Humanities) Director Department of Federal Programs, Prince George's County Public Schools, 2000-In the legislature
* Member of House of Delegates, 1988–90, and since March 7, 1991. * Deputy Speaker Pro Tem, 2007-. * Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1993- (education subcommittee, 1994; vice-chair's subcommittee, 1995-; chair, housing & social issues subcommittee, 1995–96; chair, transportation subcommittee, 1997-) * Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1993- * Legislative Policy Committee, 2007- * Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2007- * Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2007- * Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1991–92 * Joint Legislative Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994–95 * House Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Payment Schedule of Property Taxes, 1995 * Deputy Majority Whip, 1995–99 * Member, Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996–97 * Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996–97 * Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997 * Speaker's Advisory Committee on Legislative Redistricting, 2001–02 * Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003, 2007 * Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 2003-06 (member, county affairs committee) * Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), 1988- (chair, 1998-2000; member, redistricting committee, 2000-) * Women Legislators of Maryland, 1991- (2nd vice-chair, 1996–97; treasurer, 2000–01; 2nd vice-president, 2001–02; 1st vice-president, 2003–04; executive board, at large, 2008–09) * Chair, House Democratic Caucus, 1999- * Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005- * Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (education committee, 2005-) * Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, 2005-) * Director, District 3, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (special assistant to President). Legislation (Sponsored and Co-sponsored, 2007-2012)
Additional
Member, Professional Standards and Teacher Education Advisory Board, State Board of Education, 1986–87 * Local Health Services Funding Review Committee, 1993 * Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998–99 * Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, 1999-2002 * Transit Policy Panel, 2000 * Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000–03 * Task Force to Study Rent Stabilization for the Elderly in Prince George's County, 2007 * Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, 2010–12 * Co-Chair, Communications Tax Reform Commission, 2012–13 * Member, Region Forward Coalition, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2012-Website
References
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