Adam Ortiz is the Mayor of Edmonston, a small working class town in Prince George's County, MD. Under his administration crime has been cut in half, years of flooding have ended through the construction of a state-off the art flood control system, and the east coast's Greenest Street is being built, an award-winning project that will reduce stormwater pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
A volunteer position, he has been Edmonston's Mayor since 2005. He also serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown overseeing communications and policy. He is the President of the Maryland Mayor's Association, as President of the Port Towns Community Development Corporation and is a board member of the Anacostia Watershed Society. He was born and raised in New York and has a B.A. with Honors from Goucher College in Towson, MD.
Here is some more information on your mayor's current and past experience:
Professional background:
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland (August 2009 - present)
Special Assistant to the Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (July 2007 - August 2009)
Deputy Director, Rawlings Center for Public Leadership, University of Maryland (August 2005 - July 2007)
Policy and Public Relations Consultant (February – August 2005)
Maryland Field Director, Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign (September - November 2004)
Soros Criminal Justice Fellow, American Bar Association (May 2002 - February 2005)
Midwest Region Deputy Director, Amnesty International USA, (January 2000 - April 2002)
Advocacy Director, Citizens for Global Solutions (February 1998-January 2000, Assistant to director, March 1997-February 1998)
State Field Manager, Maryland Public Interest Research Group (November 1996-March 1997)
Maryland Governor's Summer Internship Program (Summer 1995)
Current Volunteerism and Affiliations:
President, Maryland Mayors Association
First Vice President, Port Towns Community Development Corporation
Board Member, Anacostia Watershed Society
Member, Prince George's County Municipal Association
Member, Maryland Democratic Latino Caucus
Member, Greater Marlboro Democratic Club
Member, Amnesty International USA
Member, ReWired for Change
Member, Prince George's County Young Democrats
Founding sponsor, Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Foundation
Member, Voto Latino
Past Volunteerism and Affiliations:
Public Safety Committee Chair, Greater Prince George's Business Roundtable (2005-2008)
Precinct Captain (16-01), Maryland Democratic Party (2003-06)
Civil Rights Advisory Team, John Kerry for President (2004)
Prince George's Young Democrat of the Year (2004)
Adult Reading Teacher, Academy of Hope; (2003-04)
49th Ward Democratic Party volunteer, Chicago (2002)
School construction volunteer, Volunteers for Peace, Ghana (1995)
Education:
Goucher College, Bachelor of Arts, 1996; Baltimore, MD
Dean's List, Honors in Political Science.
Arlington High School, Regents Degree, 1992; New York
301-699-8806 (office)
301-277-6052 (home)
adamortiz@gmail.com
