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MARILYNN M. BLAND, Clerk of Circuit Court (Democrat)
Member, County Council, Prince George's County, representing District 9, 2002 to December 6, 2010 (vice-chair, 2007-08; chair, 2008-09). Chair, Health, Education and Human Services Committee, 2006-07. Member, Education, Human Services and Human Resources Committee, 2007-08; Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, 2006-07, 2009-10; Planning, Zoning and Environment Committee, 2007-08. Chair, Rules and General Assembly Committee, 2008-10 (vice-chair, 2007-08). Member, Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee, 2009.
Former legislative aide to Councilmember Isaac J. Gourdine, Prince George's County. Member, Board of Education, Prince George's County, 1996-2002 (past vice-chair; superintendent's evaluation committee; legislative committee; policy review committee; budget & administration oversight committee; superintendent's review and search committee; chair, pupil services committee; chair, budget & administration committee; audit, transfer tax rate task force). Member, Board of Health, Prince George’s County, 2002-10; Health Advisory Committee, Prince George's County, 2006-10; Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs, 2007-08; Task Force to Study Locations in Prince George's County Best Suited for Use by State Agencies, 2008-09; Domestic Violence Task Force, Prince George's County. Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2009-10 (aviation policy committee, 2007-10, committee on noise abatement at national and dulles airports, 2006-07).
Born in Meridian, Mississippi. University of Southern Mississippi, B.S. (nursing). Served in U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps. Staff Nurse, Greater South East Community Hospital, Southern Maryland Hospital Center, and Providence Hospital. Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses; National Forum for Black Public Administrators; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Association of University Women; Leadership Prince George's; Leadership Greater Washington; National Coalition of 100 Black Women; Sisters 4 Sisters, Inc. Member, Cheltenham Estates Homeowners Association; Surratts-Clinton Democratic Club; Democratic Women's PAC of Maryland; American Legion. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Springfield Christian College and Theological Seminary, 2007. Board of Ministers, Allow God Ministries. Member, Mount Ennon Baptist Church, Clinton.
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