Background
Thurmond was born in Monterey, California and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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He earned dual Masters degrees in Law and Social Policy and Social Work (Master of Social Work) from Bryn Mawr College.
Career
He is a Democrat elected to represent the 15th district, encompassing parts of the East Bay in the San Francisco Bay region. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, he was a former Richmond city councilmember and social services administrator. He is a graduate of Temple University (Bachelor in Psychology), where he was student body president
Thurmond’s first experience in elective office was as president of the student body at Temple University.
Thurmond was the council liaison to the West Contra Costa County Unified School District and the West Contra Costa County Education Fund. Thurmond ran first for the District 15 Assembly seat in 2008, coming in second out of four candidates.
He ran again in 2014, this time winning 54.3% of the vote. Thurmond has held leadership positions with several nonprofit social service organizations.
In the mid-2000s, Thurmond was the Executive Director of Beyond Emancipation, a social service agency providing aftercare services to youths leaving the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in Alameda County.
At the Golden Gate Regional Center, he was a program manager leading service provision to individuals with developmental disabilities. In 2012 he began to serve as the Senior Director of Community and Government Relations at Lincoln Child Center. Much of his social service work has focused on improving service provision to current and former foster youth and directing educational programs that provided job training to at-risk youth in the East Bay area.
Thurmond has served as an advisor to the Richmond Youth Commission.
He was chair of Richmond"s 2005 Summer Youth Program which employed 200 local teens. In recognition of his social service leadership, Thurmond has been a Fellow in the Annie East. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship program
Thurmond’s State Assembly committee assignments reflect his legislative priorities, informed by his prior public service, nonprofit social service leadership and academic training. Budget Committee
Budget Subcommittee Number 1, Health and Human Services, Chair
Budget Subcommittee Number 6, Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation
Education Committee
Health Committee
Human Services
Labor and Employment
Select committees.
Membership
Before being elected to the California State Assembly in 2014, Thurmond was a member of the West Contra Costa School Board from 2008 to 2012 and the Richmond City Council from 2005 to 2008. Thurmond is a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus.
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