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Rushern Baker III's Biography

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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

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