Education
Bowie State College, Master of Education (Educational Administration and Supervision).
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Carolyn Howard
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She is the Deputy Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House and a former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. Born in DeLand, Florida. Florida Advertising & Marketing University, Bachelor of Surgery (Home Economics & Education)
Sojourner-Douglass College, Honorary Doctorate (Humanities)
Director Department of Federal Programs, Prince George"s County Public Schools, 2000-
Deputy Speaker Pro Tem, since 2007.
Member, Ways and Means Committee, since 1993 (education subcommittee, 1994.
Vice-chair"s subcommittee, since 1995. Chair, housing & social issues subcommittee, 1995-1996.
Chair, transportation subcommittee, since 1997)
Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1993-
Legislative Policy Committee, 2007-
Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2007-
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2007-
Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1991-1992
Joint Legislative Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994-1995
House Company-Chair, Joint Task Force on Payment Schedule of Property Taxes, 1995
Deputy Majority Whip, 1995-1999
Member, Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-1997
Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-1997
Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997
Speaker"s Advisory Committee on Legislative Redistricting, 2001-2002
Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003, 2007
Chair, Prince George"s County Delegation, 2003-2006 (member, county affairs committee)
Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), since 1988 (chair, 1998-2000. Member, redistricting committee, since 2000)
Women Legislators of Maryland, since 1991 (2nd vice-chair, 1996-1997.
Treasurer, 2000-2001. 2nd vice-president, 2001-2002.
1st vice-president, 2003-2004. Executive board, at large, 2008-2009)
Chair, House Democratic Caucus, 1999-
Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-
Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (education committee, since 2005)
Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, since 2005)
Director, District 3, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (special assistant to President).
Served as a Delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention in 1984, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Legislative Session Accomplishments
Member, Professional Standards and Teacher Education Advisory Board, State Board of Education, 1986-1987
Local Health Services Funding Review Committee, 1993
Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-1999
Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, 1999-2002
Transit Policy Panel, 2000
Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000-2003
Task Force to Study Rent Stabilization for the Elderly in Prince George"s County, 2007
Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, 2010-2012
Company-Chair, Communications Tax Reform Commission, 2012-2013
Member, Region Forward Coalition, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, since 2012.
Membership
Member of House of Delegates, 1988-1990, and since March 7, 1991.
