James W. Hubbard
MSA SC 3520-12244
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1948. Attended University of Maryland, B.A., 1986.
General Assembly:
Member of House of Delegates, District 23A, Prince George's
County, November 1992-January 14, 2015. Democrat. Assistant
Majority Leader, 2007-15. Member, Health and Government Operations
Committee, 2003-15 (government operations subcommittee, 2003-04; health
occupations subcommittee, 2003-05; minority health disparities
subcommittee, 2005; chair, public health subcommittee, 2004-05, member,
2003-05; chair, public health & long-term care subcommittee,
2005-15); Investigation Committee, 1994-2015; Joint Committee on
Federal Relations, 2003-15. Member, Environmental Matters Committee,
1992-2003 (health & public utilities subcommittee, 1995-99; health
subcommittee, 1999-2003; public utilities subcommittee, 1999-2002;
agriculture, environment, & natural resources subcommittee,
2002-03); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative
Review, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families,
2003-11. House Chair, Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access
to Quality and Affordable Health Care, 2005-07. Chair, House Work Group
to Study Maryland Law regarding Access to Firearms and Sharing of
Health Information, 2007. Vice-Chair, County Affairs Committee, Prince
George's County Delegation, 2013-15, member, 1999-2008, 2013-15
(washington suburban sanitary commission committee, 2008-10,
vice-chair, 2011-12). Co-founder, Maryland Green Caucus, 1996 (member,
1996-2015). Member, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2005-15;
Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-15. Member, National Conference of State
Legislatures (agriculture, environment & energy committee, 2007-08;
agriculture & energy committee, 2008-15; environment committee,
2008-15; health committee, 2011-15; chair, environment & natural
resources committee, 2005-07). Co-founder and Chair, National Caucus of
Environmental Legislators.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Chair,
Commission for Women, Prince George's County, 1981-82. Member, Domestic
Violence Coordinating Council, Prince George's County; Domestic
Violence Task Force, Prince George's County; Task Force on Employment
and Vocational Opportunities for Disabled Youth and Adults of Prince
George's County Council, 1984-87. Member, Child Support Enforcement
Advisory Council, 1983-85; Maryland Commission for Women, 1984-87.
Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Prince George's Private
Industry Council, 1984-. Member, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality
Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 1995-;
Advisory Council on Environmental Justice, 1997-99; Task Force on the
Privatization of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 1998-99;
Commission on Funding and Services for Gifted and Talented Student
Education in Maryland, 2000-01; Children's Environmental Health and
Protection Advisory Council, 2000-; Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue
Ribbon Panel, Chesapeake Executive Council, 2004; Chesapeake Bay
Commission, 2002- (chair, 2007; vice-chair, 2011). Member, Maryland
Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2010, 2011- (co-chair, public
health, safety net & special populations work group, 2010); Joint
Committee on Health Benefit Exchange Financing, 2012.
Executive
Assistant to Deputy Director, Dept. of Corrections, Prince George's
County, 2003-. Former Assistant Sheriff (Lt. Colonel), Prince George's
County. Member, University of Maryland Alumni Association; Alumni and
Program Committee, Leadership Washington Class of 1986-87. Life
Director & Founder, Family Crisis Center of Prince George's County.
Named Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian
Magazine, 1984. Legislator of the Year, Office of Child Support
Enforcement, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1996.
Distinguished Legislator Award, University of Maryland University
College, 1999. Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of
Counties, 2003. Citation, Maryland Healthy Air Act Coalition, 2006.
Legislator of the Year, Maryland Nurses Association, 2009. Municipal
Super Star, Maryland Municipal League, 2010 (certificate of
appreciation, 2007, 2008). Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative
Courageous Leadership Award, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards
Committee, 2010. Dean's Medal, School of Public Health, University of
Maryland, 2010. Consumer Hero, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition,
2013. Lifetime Leadership Award, Maryland Chapter, Sierra Club, 2014.
Legislative Award, Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi), 2014.
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