Catherine E. Pugh
| Catherine Pugh | |
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| 50th Mayor of Baltimore | |
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Assumed office December 6, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
| Majority Leader of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office January 14, 2015 – December 6, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | James N. Robey |
| Succeeded by | Katherine A. Klausmeier |
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March 10, 1950 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Morgan State University (BA, MBA) |
Catherine E. Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American politician, and is the 50th and current mayor of Baltimore City, Maryland, U.S. A member of the Democratic Party, Pugh ran for mayor in 2011 and lost the primary to Stephanie Rawlings Blake. She ran again in the 2016 mayoral election and became the Democratic nominee for mayor of Baltimore. Pugh won the mayoral election on November 8, 2016 with 57.1% of the popular vote, and took office on December 6, 2016.
Catherine Pugh earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Morgan State University in Baltimore City, Maryland. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Pugh is the president and CEO of C.E. Pugh & Company, a public relations firm. She served as an independent editor for the Baltimore Sun from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. She also served as the dean and director for Strayer Business College in Baltimore.
In 1994, Pugh worked for WTGW-TV 48 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the host of “Another View,” a weekly public affairs program that focused on policy issues within the African American community and featured interviews with community leaders and public officials. Pugh also authored Mind Garden: Where Thoughts Grow and Healthy Holly, a children’s book series advocating exercise and healthy eating. She is the founder of programs such as the Baltimore Marathon; the Fish Out of Water Project, a program that promotes tourism in Baltimore City to raise money for arts programs for local youth; and the Need to Read Campaign, a program designed to help Baltimore residents improve their reading skills.
Pugh was first elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1999, where she served until 2004. She ran for president of the Baltimore City Council in 2003, but lost to Sheila Dixon in the primary.
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