The University of Maryland is working with former Prince George’s County executive Rushern L. Baker III on a leadership program to help newly elected local government officials learn the ropes, Maryland Matters has learned.
A former state legislator who left office in December after two terms, Baker said the program will fill a void.
“There is no program, once you become county executive, where you go and learn the ins and outs from people who’ve done it before,” he said in an interview.
The new program will be modeled loosely after the training that new members of Congress receive at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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