1. Charlene Mickens Dukes was born on August 12,1954 and is an American academic administrator serving as the first vice chair of the Maryland Democratic Party since 2023.
18 Facts About Charlene Dukes
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Charlene Dukes was president of Prince George's Community College from 2007 to 2020.
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Charlene Dukes was the second oldest of nine children and was raised in a two-bedroom house for the first fifteen years of her life.
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Charlene Dukes attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a year before leaving due to racism and wanting to learn more about herself.
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Charlene Dukes moved to New Jersey and worked for the Bell Telephone Company and later Chase Bank in New York.
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Charlene Dukes's dissertation was titled, Factors Contributing to the Process of Transferring by African-American Students from an Urban Community College to a Four-Year College.
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Charlene Dukes was an admission and financial aid officer at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown from 1980 to 1981.
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Charlene Dukes later joined the Community College of Allegheny County in 1981 as an assistant director of admissions.
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Charlene Dukes was promoted to director of admissions in 1985 and director of minority affairs in 1991.
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From 1995 to 2007, Charlene Dukes was the vice president for student services at the Prince George's Community College.
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Charlene Dukes served on the Prince George's County Board of Education, and was appointed by the governor to the Maryland State Board of Education.
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Charlene Dukes served two terms as the vice-chair before being voted as board president.
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Charlene Dukes served as board chair of the Meyer Foundation and secretary of the Greater Washington Community Foundation.
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Charlene Dukes was succeeded by Jermaine F William in 2022.
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Charlene Dukes is vice chair on the board of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
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Charlene Dukes is serving the remainder of James Coleman's five-year term that began on July 1,2022.
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Charlene Dukes became the first vice chair of the Maryland Democratic Party on November 18,2023.
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Charlene Dukes had run unopposed and was endorsed by governor Moore.