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Jheanelle (Jheanelle) K. Wilkins (D-SH20C)
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Capitol: 410.841.3493
FAX: 410.841.3445
District: 240.428.4894
District FAX: 410.841.3445
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Delegate
Room 131 Taylor House Office Building 6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
District Office:
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
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BioAppointed to the Maryland House of Delegates December 29, 2016. Member of the House since January 25, 2017. First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2018. Member of the House of Delegates since January 9, 2019
Current Assignments
2023 Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee (Member, 2017)
2021 Chair, Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
2023 Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
2023 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
2023 Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2017; Parliamentarian, 2020-2022)
2017 Women Legislators of Maryland
2017 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member
Past House Service
House Parliamentarian, 2020-2023; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2023; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2020; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2020; Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020; Opioid Workgroup, 2018.
Public Service
Student Data Privacy Council, 2019-2020; Work Group to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2019; 2020 Maryland Complete Count Committee, 2019-; Task Force on Restraint and Seclusion, 2017; Board of Directors, New Leaders Council Maryland, 2015-; Renters Alliance of Montgomery County, Board of Directors, 2015-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, District 20, 2014-2017; Montgomery County Committee on Hate/Violence (second term in 2014), 2010.
Memberships
Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Associate Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2017-2018; African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County, 2016-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2014-; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 2006-; Montgomery County Young Democrats.
Awards
Legislative Champion Awarad, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2018; Legislative All Star, Maryland Retailers Association, 2018; Empowering Women Award, YWCA of National Capital Area, 2018; Dorothy Davidson Award, Montgomery County Young Democrats, 2015.
Biographical Information
Born Kingston, Jamaica; William Penn High School, New Castle, Delaware; University of Delaware, B.A. (sociology); American University, M.P.A. (social policy), 2011; Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 2011-2014; Fellow, New Leaders Council, 2015; Senior Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 2014 - Present.
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