Just about every position of power in Prince George’s County is held by a woman of color. Photos from Maryland Matters, Prince George's County government, Prince George's County Public Schools, Prince George's Community College, Prince George's County Pla
When Prince George’s County Planning Board Chairwoman Elizabeth M. Hewlett was beginning her career in the late 1970s, she was almost always the only African-American woman in the room.
Black female lawyers like her were rare in those days. And there were no Black female judges in the county.
Today — in what surely is an extraordinary first for the nation — virtually every position of power in Prince George’s is held by a woman of color:
County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks; her Chief Administrative Officer-designate, Tara Jackson; Alsobrooks’ chief of staff, Joy Russell; State’s Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy; Prince George’s Schools CEO Monica Goldson; Prince George’s Community College President Falecia D. Williams; the Chief Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court, Sheila R. Tillerson Adams; the Chief Administrative Judge of the District Court, Lisa Hall Johnson; the Clerk of the Court, Mahasin El Amin; and Hewlett, now in her second stint as the head of the planning agency in Prince George’s — are all Black women.
