PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

COUNTY EXECUTIVES

County Executive, Prince George's County, December 6, 2010 to December 3, 2018. Board of Visitors, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 2010-18.

Member, Local Government Subcommittee, Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2010-11; Leadership Council, Anacostia Watershed Restoration Partnership, 2010-18; Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2010-18; Task Force on Solar Hot Water Systems in Prince George's County, 2011. Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2011-18. Member, Task Force to Study Energy Generation in Prince George's County, 2013-14; Task Force to Study Locating Businesses in Libraries in Prince George's County, 2013-14. Chair, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Corporation, 2016-18. Member, Prince George's County Environmental Justice Commission, 2018; Prince George's County School Construction Master Plan Work Group, 2018.

Member of House of Delegates (Democrat), representing District 22B, Prince George's County, August 11, 1994 to January 8, 2003. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1994; Judiciary Committee, 1995-98 (family & juvenile law subcommittee, 1995-98); Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1995-99; Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2002-03; public safety & administration subcommittee, 2001-02; health & human resources subcommittee, 1999-2000; oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-2003; vice-chair, capital budget subcommittee, 2001-03); Spending Affordability Committee, 2001-03. Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 1999-2003 (law enforcement & state-appointed boards committee; vice-chair, bi-county committee, 1994-96). Member, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1994-2003 (member, law & justice committee, 2000-03).

Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-97; Implementation Task Force for Child Support Enforcement Procedures, Department of Human Resources, 1997-98; Task Force on the Privatization of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 1998-99; Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000-03.

Member, Task Force on the Education of African-American Males, 2003-06.

Born in Valdosta, Georgia, October 24, 1958. Howard University, B.A. (history), 1982; Howard University Law School, J.D., 1986. Attorney. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Captain, U.S. Army Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps, 1987-2001. Senior Congressional Black Caucus Fellow, office of U.S. Senator John Kerry, 1986-87. Contract complaints officer, Department of Housing and Community Development, District of Columbia, 1987-89. Legal Counsel and Special Assistant, Peoples Involvement Corporation, a nonprofit community development and social services organization, 1989-99. Senior Partner, Baker & Perry, LLP, 1998-2002. Former executive director, Community Teachers Institute, Lanham. Member, American Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association. Board of Directors, Leadership Maryland, Inc., 1999-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2024. Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, 2002-04. President, County Executives of America, 2014-15. Member, Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2017- (legislative committee, 2011-). Chair, Legislative Committee, Gladys Noon Spellman Parent Teacher Association. Member, Maryland Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Howard University Alumni Association. Mots Innovative Executive of the Year for Minority Business, Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors' Association, 2012. National Leadership Award in Public Service, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, 2012. Phyllis Campbell Newsome Public Policy Leadership Award, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 2012. Outstanding Service Award, University of Maryland College Park Foundation, 2013. Public Officials of the Year, Governing magazine, 2015. Housing Leadership Award, Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition, 2016. Potomac Champion Award, Alice Ferguson Foundation, 2016. County Executive of the Year, National Organization of Black County Officials, Inc., 2018. Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2018. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2019. Thomas Kennedy Award, House of Delegates, 2024. Married to Christa Beverly, Esq., who died September 18, 2021; three children.

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