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VALERIE ERVIN, Member, County Council (Democrat)
Chief of Staff to President, Montgomery County Council, 2002-06. Member, Superintendent's Committee on Gifted and Talented Education, Montgomery County, 2003; Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families, Montgomery County, 2004-06. Board of Education, Montgomery County, 2004-06 (chair, research & evaluation committee). Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2008-. Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2011-. Member, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, Montgomery County, 2012-.
University of Baltimore, B.S. (labor studies), 1999; M.P.A. (public administration), 2001. Project coordinator, Faculty, and Organizing Chair, George Meany Center for Labor Studies (now National Labor College), 1995-2002. Vice-President for Student Services & Operations, National Labor College, Silver Spring, 2001-02. Member, Coalition of Labor Union Women, 1986-2002; United Association for Labor Education, 1995-2002; Montgomery Women, 2000-; Montgomery County Education Forum, 2000- (founding member); Maryland Association of Counties, 2006-; National Association of Counties, 2006-. Founding member, Blacks United for Excellence in Education, 2002. President, Parent-Teacher-Student Association, Montgomery Blair High School, 2003. Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP parents council, 2000-05); National Congress of Black Women, Montgomery County, 2004-06; African American Democratic Club, 2004-06. Faculty, Institute for Change, Service Employees International Union, 2004-05. Educator of the Year, Montgomery County African-American Chamber of Commerce, 2005. Community Leader of the Year, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 2006. Phenomenal Woman Award, Community Bridges, 2007. Wonder Women, Bethesda Magazine, 2007. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2008, 2012. Washington's 100 Most Powerful Women, Washingtonian Magazine, 2011. Member, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Rockville. Two sons; two grandchildren.
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