Family: Married: Rachel; 3 Children: Nathaniel Jr., Byron, Devon Dodson

Born: 08/03/1946 Philadelphia, PA

Home: Baltimore, Maryland

Religion: Baptist

Education: MS, History & Social Sciences, Morgan State University, 1972 AB, Geography & History Education, Morgan State University, 1968 Attended, Baltimore City College

Profession: Facilitator, Lake Clifton/Eastern Senior High School, 1998-present Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools, 1968-present Work-Based Learning Manager, Baltimore City Public Schools, 1997-1998 Coordinator of Educational Opportunity Program, Lake Clifton and Eastern Senior High School, Baltimore, 1988-1994 Sojourner-Douglass College, Coordinator of Community Affairs, 1985-1988 Principal, Dunbar Adult Evening School, 1979-1982 Head of Social Sciences Department, Lombard Junior High School, 1975-1982 Teacher, Dunbar High School, 1968-1975

Political: President Pro Tempore, Maryland State Senate, 2007-present Senator, Maryland State Senate, 1994-present Majority Leader, Maryland State Senate, 2003-2007 Baltimore City Council, 2nd District, 1982-1987

Congressional Membership: Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2004-present Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2002-present Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination, 2001-present State Council on Cancer Control, 2001-present Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery's History and Legacy in Maryland, 2000-present Council on Management and Productivity, 2000-present Joseph Fund Board, 1999-present State Use Industries Management Council, 1999-present Member, Baltimore Mentoring Partnership, 1997-present Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 1995-present Committee of 100 Associated Black Charities, 1994-present Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, Baltimore City, 1994-present Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2002-2004 Special Commission on Legislative Prayer, 2003 Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003 Co-Chair, Study Panel on Funding Needs of Trauma Centers, 2001-2003 Baltimore Region Rail System Plan Advisory Committee, 2001-2002 Task Force on Charitable Giving, 1996-2001 Task Force to Study the Maryland Enterprise Zone Program, 2000 Juvenile Offender Aftercare Assessment Team, 1999-2000 Study Panel to Review Economic Development Financing Programs, 1999 Vice Chair, Task Force to End Smoking in Maryland, 1999 Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-1999 Member, Governor's Task Force on African-American Entrepreneurship in Baltimore City, 1996-1999 Partnership Policy Council on Block Grants, 1998 Privatization Advisory Panel, Mass Transit Administration, 1997-1998 Small Business Development Center Network Advisory Board, 1997 Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Secondary Education, 1985-1990 Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Member, Maryland State Central Committee

Organization Membership: Board Member, Committee of 100 Associated Black Charities, 1997-present Member, Prince Hall Masons, 1996-present Member, 100 Black Men of Maryland, 1994-present Advisory Board, Youth Fair Chance, 1994-present Member, Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity Incorporated, 1986-present Advisory Committee, Department of Secondary Education, Morgan State University, 1985-present Eastside Neighborhood Association, 1983-present Member, Baltimore Urban League, 1982-present Lakewood Chase Improvement Association, 1982-present Board of Directors, East Baltimore Community Corporation, 1971-present Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1970-present Advisory Board Member, Youth Fair Chance, 1994-2000 Board of Directors, 1 to 1: The Baltimore Mentoring Partnership, 1997 Board of Directors, RAISE, Incorporated, 1994-1997 Chairman, Urban Services Agency, Baltimore City, 1985-1988 Board of Directors, Helping Unite Baltimore, 1985-1987 Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins Medical Plan, 1985-1987 Advisory Committee, National Youth Sports Program, The Johns Hopkins University, 1984-1987 Board of Overseers, Baltimore Polytechnic High School, 1984-1987 King David Lodge 18 Member, Southern Baptist Church

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