Member, Baltimore City Council, representing District 5, 1999-2004 (chair, taxation subcommittee on economic development; vice-chair, land use & planning committee; urban affairs committee). Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, 2001-. Member, Maryland Aviation Administration Small and Minority Business Council, 2005-. Former member, Baltimore Metropolitan Council Advisory Committee.
Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Morgan State University, B.S. (business administration), 1973, M.B.A., 1977. President and CEO, C. E. Pugh & Company (a public relations consulting firm), 1988-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Former dean and director, Strayer Business College. Member, Ashburton Community Association, 1990-; Hampden Family Center, 2002-; Baltimore Reads, 2002-; Moveable Feast, 2003-. Chair of Development, Associated Black Charities, 2005-. Minority Business Advocate of the Year, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1994. Notable Black Woman of Maryland Award, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1990. Benjamin L. Hooks Keeper of the Flame Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2000. Legislator of the Year, Baltimore Police Department, 2003. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005.
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