Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
| Stephanie Rawlings-Blake | |
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| Secretary of the Democratic National Committee | |
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In office January 22, 2013 – February 25, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Alice Germond |
| Succeeded by | Jason Rae |
| President of the United States Conference of Mayors | |
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In office 2015–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Mick Cornett |
| 49th Mayor of Baltimore | |
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In office February 4, 2010 – December 6, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sheila Dixon |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Pugh |
| President of the Baltimore City Council | |
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In office January 17, 2007 – February 4, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sheila Dixon |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Young |
| Personal details | |
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March 17, 1970 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kent Blake |
| Relations | Pete Rawlings (Father) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
Oberlin College (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD) |
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake (born March 17, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who was the 49th Mayor of Baltimore from 2010 to 2016, the second woman to hold that office. She has also served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Born Stephanie Rawlings on March 17, 1970, in Baltimore City, Maryland to Nina and Pete Rawlings, Rawlings-Blake grew up in the city's Ashburton neighborhood. Her mother is a retired pediatrician and her father is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, where he represented the 40th district, Baltimore City.
Rawlings-Blake currently lives in Baltimore with her husband, Kent Blake, and their daughter.
Rawlings-Blake attended Western High School, the oldest public all-girls high school in the United States. In 1984, she was elected vice president of her class. She graduated in 1988.
Rawlings-Blake attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 1992 with a B.A. in political science. She later returned to Baltimore to attend the University of Maryland School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1995. She was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1996 and to the federal bar in 1997.
Rawlings-Blake is an alumna of the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Epsilon Omega chapter. She is a former at-large member of the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys.
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