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[photo, Bill Ferguson, Maryland State Senator] BILL FERGUSON
Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City


Member of Senate since January 12, 2011. Vice-Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019- (member, 2015-; pensions subcommittee, 2015-18; chair, education, business & administration subcommittee, 2019-, member, 2015-). Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2011-; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2015-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2015-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2019-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2019-; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2019-; Blueprint for Maryland's Future Funding Formula Work Group, 2019-. Co-Chair, Marijuana Legalization Work Group, 2019-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-14. Member, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2011-14. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-15 (education subcommittee, 2011-15; environment subcommittee, 2011-15; labor, licensing, & regulation subcommittee, 2011-15). Member, Work Group to Review Disclosure Requirements of the Public Ethics Law, 2012-13; Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform, 2012-13. Chair, Executive Nominations Committee, 2017-18.

Member, Wetlands and Waterways Program Funding Work Group, 2011; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2011-12; Task Force to Study High-School Dropout Rates of Persons in the Criminal Justice System, 2011-13; Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2011-13; Early Childhood Development Advisory Council, 2011-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2011-15; Neighborhood Stabilization and Homeownership Work Group, Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2014; Task Force to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on State Waters, 2014-15; Council on Open Data, 2014-. Chair, Local [Video Lottery] Development Council, Baltimore City, 2014- (public safety & services subcommittee, 2016-). Member, Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept, 2016-17; Work Group to Study the Implementation of Universal Access to Prekindergarten for Four-Year-Olds, 2017-18; Task Force to Study Tax Sales in Maryland, 2017-18; Work Group on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities, 2018-; Work Group on Educational Development Specifications, 2018-; Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, 2019-; Maryland Tourism Development Board, 2019-.

Part-time community liaison, President's Office, Baltimore City Council, 2005-06. Special Assistant to Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools, 2009-10 (graduate intern, 2007-09).

Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 15, 1983. Davidson College, B.A. (political science & economics), 2005; School of Education, The Johns Hopkins University, M.A.T., 2007; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2010. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2011. Director of Reform Initiatives, School of Education, The Johns Hopkins University, 2012-. Teach for America high school teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools, 2005-07. Member, Canton Community Association, 2006-15. Signatory member, Education Equality Project (national advocacy organization), 2010-. Ambassador, Envision Baltimore, 2010-. Board of Directors, Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance, 2013-16. Member, Baltimore EdTech Advisory Board, 2013. Member, Patterson Park Neighborhood Association, 2015-. Distinguished Presidential Citation, Baltimore City Council President, 2006. Cunningham Award for Public Service and Academic Achievement, University of Maryland School of Law, 2010. Member, St. Casimir Catholic Church, Baltimore. Married; two children.

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