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[photo, Pokuaa (PK) Owusu-Acheaw, Deputy Chief of Staff, Maryland Governor's Office] POKUAA (PK) OWUSU-ACHEAW, J.D., Deputy Chief of Staff


Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor, since January 10, 2024. Supports Governor's legislative portfolio. Responsible for oversight of Governor's Office of Community Initiatives, Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Office of First Lady, as well as following independent agencies: Office of Administrative Hearings; Commission on African-American History and Culture, including Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum;; State Archives; State Department of Assessments and Taxation; Commission on Civil Rights; Maryland School for the Deaf; Government House Trust; Maryland Insurance Administration; Maryland State Library ägency; State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; People's Counsel; State Prosecutor; Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission; Office of Public Defender; Public Employees Relations Board; Subsequent Injury Fund; State Workers' Compensation Commission.

Chief of Staff, Office of Lt. Governor, 2023-24.

Legislative Director, 2015, and Chief of Staff, 2016-17, for Senator Joanne C. Benson, District 24, Prince George's County. Regional Director for U.S. Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., of Maryland, 2017-18. Intergovernmental Affairs Officer, Office of County Executive, Prince George's County, 2018-20.

Member, School Board Transformation Task Force, Prince George's County, 2021.

Born in Washington, DC, November 7, 1990. Attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland; University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 2012; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2015. Managing Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Maryland State Education Association, 2020-22. Member, Junior League of Washington. Very Important Professionals Successful by 40 Award, Daily Record, 2020. Leading Women under 40 Award, Daily Record, 2021.

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