District 6

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Samuel H. Dean Prince George's County Council District 6, Democrat 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive County Council 2nd Floor Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Phone: (301) 952-3426 Fax: (301) 301-952.4351 TTY: (301) 925-5167 SHDean@co.pg.md.us

Council Member Samuel H. Dean was overwhelmingly reelected in November 2006, to a second four-year term on the Council by 99-percent of the voters in District 6. He was first elected to the Council, winning 93-percent of the vote, in November 2002. Council Member Dean represents the nearly 90,000 citizens residing in the District 6 communities of South Bowie, Capitol Heights, District Heights, Forestville, Kettering, Largo, Mitchellville, and Upper Marlboro.

Recognized for his strong leadership ability, Council Member Dean was twice elected Council Chairman by his colleagues, serving in that capacity during Legislative Year 2005, and again in Legislative Year 2008. The second term as Chairman in 2008, filled the vacancy left by the resignation of former Chairman David C. Harrington, following his appointment to the State Senate. Council Member Dean served as Council Vice-Chairman in Legislative Year 2004.

For the 2009 Legislative Year, Council Member Dean serves as Chairman of the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee (PZED); member of the Transportation, Housing and The Environment Committee (THE); member of the Council Budget Process Committee; Board Member of the Prince George’s Community College Foundation; alternate member of the Council of Government’s Transportation Planning Board (TPB); and alternate Council Representative to the Dimensions Healthcare System,

In the 12 years prior to his election to the County Council, Mr. Dean served as a civic leader and activist in many Council-related areas. He has been honored as "Volunteer of the Year," by Prince George's County, and the Prince George's County School Board, respectively.

A United States Air Force veteran who served our country for a decade, Mr. Dean retired from the Federal Government as a Senior Manager in the field of Human Resources. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management and Technology from the University of Maryland, University College, in College Park.

Council Member Dean is a member of the prestigious International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) and received its highest honor, the Warren W. Stockberger Achievement Award in 2000. Mr. Dean is a past president of the Eastern Region of IPMA, and formerly served on the Executive Committee.

Council Member Dean is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the historic, 142-year old Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D. C. He is also a Charter Member and Distinguished past secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Mitchellville, Inc.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Dean has been a resident of Prince George's County since 1975. He resides in Mitchellville with his wife, Donna. They have two children, and two grandchildren.