Board of Advisors

The Honorable Charles Barkley

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Maryland State Delegate

 

Member of House of Delegates since January 13, 1999. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2002- (capital budget subcommittee, 2003-; health & human resources subcommittee, 2002-03; oversight committee on personnel, 2002-; chair, public safety & administration subcommittee, 2007-, vice-chair, 2003-06); Joint Audit Committee, 2002- (house vice-chair, 2003-05; house chair, 2005-06). Member, Judiciary Committee, 1999-2002 (gaming law & enforcement subcommittee, 1999-2002); Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1999-2006; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003, 2007. Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 2002-07 (member, county affairs committee, 1999- ). Member, Maryland Educators Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (vice-chair, education committee).


Member, Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically Disruptive Students, 1999-2000; Maryland Mathematics Commission, 1999-; Assessment Task Group, Visionary Panel for Better Schools, 2001-02.

 

Born in Elkins, West Virginia, October 16, 1950. Towson State University, B.S. (mathematics & secondary education), 1972; Western Maryland College, M.Ed. (administration), 1982. Math teacher, Interdisciplinary resource teacher, Team Leader, 1972-99, and Instructional Specialist, Secondary Mathematics, 1999-2002, Montgomery County Public Schools, (retired 2002). Former member, Board of Directors, Montgomery County Education Association (member at large, 1978-88; treasurer, 1988-92; vice-president, 1992-98). Board of Directors, Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union, 1983-87; Maryland State Teachers Association, 1989-90, 1991-95, 1996-2000; Hadley Farms Community Association, 1992-93. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Former secretary, Legislative District 39 Democratic Caucus; former chair, Precinct 1-04, Legislative District 39. Married; two children.


Source: Maryland State House of Delegates Website:
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