Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous brought Google representatives to meet with local leaders in Baltimore and Prince George’s County Thursday, in hopes of bringing more tech investment to the state.
Jealous, who announced his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last May, said he wanted to show the Google executives Maryland’s diverse tech workforce and capacity for generating startups. He said previously he doesn’t think Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is doing enough to support a health technology ecosystem in Maryland, and that he wanted to attract major tech players like Facebook to the state. Jealous is a former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a partner at California-based venture firm Kapor Capital.
David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development for Google parent company Alphabet, and Bradley Horowitz, VP at Google, accompanied Jealous on the Maryland tour.