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STEPHANIE C. RAWLINGS-BLAKE, Mayor (Democrat)
President, City Council, Baltimore, January 22, 2007 to February 4, 2010. Member, City Council, Baltimore, December 1995 to February 2010 (representing district 5, 1995-2004; representing district 6, 2004-07; vice-president, 1999-2007). Former member, Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee (public safety subcommittee). Past chair, Budget and Appropriations Committee.
Chair, Board of Estimates, Baltimore City, 2007-10. Member, Human Services Commission, Baltimore City.
Member, Advisory Board, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2010-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 17, 1970. Attended Western High School, Baltimore; Oberlin College, B.S. (political science), 1992; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1995. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1996; Federal Bar, 1997. Administrative law attorney, Legal Aid Bureau, 1997-98. Staff attorney, Office of Public Defender, 1998-2006. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. Member, Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, 1990-98. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Board of Trustees, Walters Art Museum, 2007-. Board of Directors, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, 2010-. Board of Directors, Visit Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association); Greater Northwest Community Coalition; Living Classrooms Foundation; Maryland Science Center; National Aquarium in Baltimore; Park Heights Community Health Alliance; Parks and People Foundation. Member, Epsilon Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2007. Shirley Chisholm Memorial Award Trailblazer, Washington, DC Chapter, National Congress of Black Women, 2009. Member, Douglas Memorial Community Church, Baltimore. Married; one child.
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