Julie Hummer

About

Julie Hummer is serving her first term on the County Council. She is currently in her second year as Chair of the Council after serving as Vice Chair in 2024. Julie was graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in English and from Old Dominion University with a master's degree in special education. Her varied career history includes roles in the education field as a special education teacher and in the financial realm as an assistant vice president with First Union Bank.

Her educational background and advocacy work as PTA president at her children's elementary school led to her appointment to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education from 2015-2020. During her tenure as both vice president and president, the Board was twice awarded the MAGNA Award from the National Association of Boards of Education (NSBA) for outstanding equity programs. She also served on the Board of Directors and as Legislative Chair of the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE).

She is the current chair of the Laurel Race Course Impact Fund Advisory Committee and a member of the Maryland Comptroller's Local Government Advisory Council. Julie serves on the Education Subcommittee of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) and  the State Advisory Council on Health and Physical Education. She is a Sister of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and is in her second term as a Trustee of the national Alpha Xi Delta Foundation.

She and her husband Jon, an Army veteran, have lived in District 4 since 2003 and have been active volunteers with their church, the Russett Community Association, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), American Heritage Girls, and their children's PTAs. Their five children logged 65 school years across eight different Anne Arundel County Public Schools and are now proud graduates of Annapolis, Glen Burnie, and Meade High Schools.