Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown has a distinguished career in public service to his community, the State of Maryland, and our nation.

Since his inauguration on January 17, 2007, Anthony has established a full partnership with Governor Martin O’Malley. To implement their shared vision of Maryland’s future, Governor O’Malley asked Anthony to chair the Governor’s Subcabinet on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). As BRAC Chairman, Anthony leads the State’s efforts in planning and coordinating the workforce creation, higher education, transportation and other infrastructure needs associated with the anticipated arrival of 28,000 BRAC households and 45,000 BRAC jobs during the next several years. In addition to these priorities, Governor O’Malley has asked Anthony to focus his efforts on the Administration’s health care and broader higher education and workforce creation policies.

Prior to his election as Maryland’s 8th lieutenant governor, Anthony was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Rising through the ranks and eventually being appointed Majority Whip by Speaker Michael Busch, he became a respected voice of leadership on veterans’ affairs and advocacy, health care, foster care and adoption and medical malpractice. During his eight years in the General Assembly, Anthony also championed various economic development initiatives, including overhauling Maryland’s Enterprise Zone Program.

Anthony’s commitment to higher education developed during his years of service on the Board of Trustees of Prince George’s Community College. While serving as the Chairman of the Board in 1998, Anthony promoted the college’s role in workforce training and lead the college’s planning efforts for a new technology building.

Anthony attended Harvard College. He joined the Army ROTC program at MIT and earned a bachelors degree in Government. Upon graduating with honors in 1984, Anthony was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, serving a tour of duty in Germany as a helicopter pilot with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.

After five years of active military service, Anthony returned to Cambridge to enroll at Harvard Law School. He graduated in 1992 and clerked for the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Anthony practiced law in the Litigation Group of the prominent firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where he honed his advocacy skills and received the Pro Bono Publico Award in 1999 for providing quality legal services to indigent clients.

In 2005, Anthony deployed with the 353rd Civil Affairs Command in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a senior military advisor in the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office of the United States Embassy, Anthony served with distinction in Baghdad, Fallujah, Kirkuk and Basra, working alongside local, military and diplomatic officials to bring humanitarian assistance to the people of a war-torn country. Anthony continues to serve our country in the United States Army Reserves and was recently selected for promotion to Colonel.

Lt. Governor Brown lives in Prince George’s County with his wife Pat and their children, Rebecca and Jonathan.