Full Name:
Rushern L. Baker III
Gender:
Male
Family:
Widower: Christa; 3 Children
Birth Date:
10/24/1958
Birth Place:
Valdosta, GA
Home City:
Cheverly, MD
JD, Law, Howard University School of Law, 1986
BA, History, Howard University, 1982
County Executive, Prince George's County, 2010-present
Candidate, Governor of Maryland, 2018, 2022
Candidate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 22, 2014
Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates, 1994-2003
Member, Task Force to Study Locating Businesses in Libraries in Prince George's County, 2013-present
Member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 2011-present
Board Member, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2011-present
Leadership Council, Anacostia Watershed Restoration Partnership, 2010-present
Member, Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2010-present
Member, Task Force to Study Energy Generation in Prince George's County, 2013-2014
Member, Local Government Subcommittee, Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2010-2011
Member, Task Force on Solar Hot Water Systems in Prince George's County, 2011
Member, Task Force on the Education of African-American Males, 2003-2006
Member, Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000-2003
Member, Task Force on the Privatization of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 1998-1999
Member, Implementation Task Force for Child Support Enforcement Procedures, Department of Human Resources, 1997-1998
Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-1997
President/Chief Executive Officer, Baker Strategy Group, present
Former Executive Director, Community Teachers Institute
Former Contract Specialist, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
Former Contract Specialist, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
Board of Directors, Leadership Maryland, Incorporated
Visiting Professor, Bowie State University, 2018-2019
Member, Baker & Perry, Limited Liability Partnership, 1998-2002
Captain, United States Army Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps, 1987-2001
Legal Counsel and Special Assistant, Peoples Involvement Corporation, 1989-1999
Contract complaints officer, Department of Housing and Community Development, District of Columbia, 1987-1989
Senior Congressional Black Caucus Fellow, office of U.S. Senator John Kerry, 1986-1987
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Howard University Alumni Association
Member, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
Chair, Legislative Committee, Gladys Noon Spellman Parent Teacher Association
Member, Maryland Bar Association
Member, Maryland Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, 2002-2004
Awards:
National Leadership Award in Public Service, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, 2012
Mots Innovative Executive of the Year for Minority Business, Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors' Association, 2012