15th District

Years served: 2003 - Present

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Higher Education; Revenue (Vice-Chairperson); Elections; Education (Chairperson); Revenue Subcommittee on Amendments; Revenue Subcommittee on Prop. Taxes (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on Charter Schools.

Biography: Pastor of Salem Baptist Church; born August 4, 1956 in Chicago; Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Religion and Philosophy from Bishop College in Dallas, Texas; Executive Vice President of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; married (wife Jamell), has four children.