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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, Antioch School of Law, 1980
  • BS, Secondary Education, Temple University, 1975

Professional Experience

  • JD, Antioch School of Law, 1980
  • BS, Secondary Education, Temple University, 1975
  • Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of General Counsel
  • Law Clerk, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
  • Chief Executive Officer, East Poplar NAC

Political Experience

  • JD, Antioch School of Law, 1980
  • BS, Secondary Education, Temple University, 1975
  • Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of General Counsel
  • Law Clerk, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
  • Chief Executive Officer, East Poplar NAC
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1988-2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Ranking Minority Member, Commerce Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Represenatatives

Chair, Executive Board, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Chair, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Member, Joint State Government Commission on Real Property

Member, Joint State Government Commission on Stroke Prevention

Member, Speaker's Bipartisan Reform Commission

Former Chair, Urban Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Chair, Pennsylvania House Urban Affairs Committee, 2009

Co-Chair, Information Technology Subcommittee of the House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 1995

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Antioch School of Law, 1980
  • BS, Secondary Education, Temple University, 1975
  • Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of General Counsel
  • Law Clerk, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
  • Chief Executive Officer, East Poplar NAC
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1988-2019
  • Member, Board of Directors, Philadelphia High School Academies
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Lincoln University
  • Chair, Consumers Education Protection Association, North Philadelphia Branch
  • Board Member, Cunningham Community House
  • Founder, East Poplar Community Economic Development Corporation
  • Former Vice President, Philadelphia Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • Member, Saint Phillips Baptist Church
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