Wes Moore will officially be sworn in as governor on Wednesday. He is Maryland’s first Black governor in its history.
Moore was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. When his father passed, his family moved to the Bronx to live with his grandparents. He returned to Maryland when he was 14-years-old.
After graduating with an Associates Degree from Valley Forge Military College in 1998, Moore went on to serve as a captain and paratrooper with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne. He also served as a White House Fellow, advising on issues of national security and international relations.
When he returned home, Moore wrote ‘The Other Wes Moore’, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller. Moore wrote other books that touched on issues such as race, equity, and opportunity.
Moore served for four years as CEO of the Robin Hood foundation, an organization whose primary goal is to fight poverty in New York and to support low-income families. He never moved from Baltimore although the foundation was based in New York City.
With all the accolades and success Moore has had, he still wanted to challenge himself to one more goal, becoming governor of Maryland.
Moore won the Democratic primary in July of 2022, beating out a high-profile list of candidates including Tom Perez, the former U.S. labor secretary and ex-Democratic National Committee chair, and Peter Franchot, Maryland’s former comptroller.
