Carolyn J. B. Howard

Born in DeLand, Florida.

• Florida A & M University, B.S. (Home Economics & Education)
• Bowie State College, M.Ed. (Educational Administration and Supervision)
• Sojourner–Douglass College, Honorary Doctorate (Humanities)

Director Department of Federal Programs, Prince George's County Public Schools, 2000-

• Member of House of Delegates, 1988–90, and since March 7, 1991.
• Deputy Speaker Pro Tem, 2007-.
• Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1993- (education subcommittee, 1994; vice-chair's subcommittee, 1995-; chair, housing & social issues subcommittee, 1995–96; chair, transportation subcommittee, 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, 1991–92
• Joint Legislative Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994–95
• House Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Payment Schedule of Property Taxes, 1995
• Deputy Majority Whip, 1995–99
• Member, Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996–97
• Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996–97
• Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997
• Speaker's Advisory Committee on Legislative Redistricting, 2001–02
• Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003, 2007
• Chair, Prince George's County Delegation, 2003-06 (member, county affairs committee)
• Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), 1988- (chair, 1998-2000; member, redistricting committee, 2000-)
• Women Legislators of Maryland, 1991- (2nd vice-chair, 1996–97; treasurer, 2000–01; 2nd vice-president, 2001–02; 1st vice-president, 2003–04; executive board, at large, 2008–09)
• Chair, House Democratic Caucus, 1999-
• Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-
• Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (education committee, 2005-)
• Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, 2005-)
• Director, District 3, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (special assistant to President).[1]

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, 1986–87

• Local Health Services Funding Review Committee, 1993
• Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998–99
• Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, 1999-2002
• Transit Policy Panel, 2000
• Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000–03
• Task Force to Study Rent Stabilization for the Elderly in Prince George's County, 2007
• Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, 2010–12
• Co-Chair, Communications Tax Reform Commission, 2012–13
• Member, Region Forward Coalition, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2012-

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