STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Office of State Superintendent
State Department of Education
Nancy S. Grasmick State Education Building, 200 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2595
(410) 767-0462; fax: (410) 333-2226
e-mail: llowery@msde.state.md.us
web: www.msde.state.md.us/

Lillian M. Lowery, State Superintendent of Schools, July 2012. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2012-; Children's Cabinet, 2012-. Chair, Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs, 2012-; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2012-; Superintendent's Family Involvement Council, 2011-. Co-Chair, Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature, 2012-; Maryland Council for Educator Effectiveness, 2012-. Member, Advisory Board on After-School and Summer Opportunity Programs, 2012-; Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2012-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2012-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2012-; Climate Change Commission, 2012-; College Savings Plans of Maryland Board, 2012-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2012-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2012-; State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care, 2012-; Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships, 2012-; Education and Workforce Training Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions, 2012-; Education Coordinating Committee, 2012-; Maryland Education Council, 2012-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2012-; Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2012-; Advisory Board, Institute for a Healthiest Maryland, 2012-; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2012-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2012-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2012-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2012-; Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Governing Board, 2012-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2012-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, 2012-; P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland, 2012-; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2012-; Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, 2012-; Maryland School-Based Health Policy Advisory Council, 2012-; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 2012-; Student Transfer Advisory Committee, 2012-; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2012-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2012-. Chair, Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning, 2012-. Board of Directors, Maryland Workforce Corporation, 2012-. Member, Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2012- (executive committee); Advisory Council on Workforce Shortage, 2012-; Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Educators Service Memorial, 2013-; Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth, 2013-; Task Force to Study a Post-Labor Day Start Date for Maryland Public Schools, 2013-. Chair, Governing Board, Maryland Center for School Safety, 2013-. Member, Commission on Special Education Access and Equity, 2013-.

Member, Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Deaf Culture Digital Library, 2012-13; Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety, 2012-13.

Delaware Secretary of Education, 2009-12.

Born in Gastonia, North Carolina. North Carolina Central University, B.A. (english & secondary education), 1976; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, M.A. (curriculum & instruction), 1978; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ed.D. (education & policy studies), 2004. Fellow, Urban Superintendents Academy, Broad Foundation, 2004. Middle school English teacher, Gaston County Public Schools, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1978-84; Alexandria City Public Schools, Alexandria, Virginia, 1984-88. Principal, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, 1999-2002 (minority student achievement monitor, 1998-99; assistant principal, 1995-98; high school english teacher, 1988-95). Area Administrator, Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2002-04. Area Assistant Superintendent, Cluster VII, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, 2004-06. District Superintendent, Christina School District, New Castle County, Delaware, 2006-09. Board of Directors, Delaware Boys and Girls Club of America, Inc.; Delaware Nature Society. Member, American Association of School Administrators. Board of Directors, Kids' Chance of Maryland, 2012-. Member, Phi Delta Kappa (president, george mason university chapter, 1998-99); Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Citizenship Award, Police Department, Fairfax, Virginia, 2001. Outstanding School Representative, Fairfax Youth Community Alliance, 2002. Mayor's Service Award, City of Fairfax, Virginia, 2002. Outstanding Service Award, Fairfax County Board of Education, 2006. Second Mile Award, University of Delaware, 2008. Woman of Distinction, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay, 2011.

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