District 4

Julie K. Hummer is serving her first term on the Council. Ms. Hummer earned a degree in English from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in special education from Old Dominion University. 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) and is the current chair of the Laurel Race Course Impact Fund Advisory Committee.

 

She is a proud sister of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and serves 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 the Russett Community Association, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), American Heritage Girls, and their children's PTAs. Their five children have together logged almost 63 school years across eight different Anne Arundel County Public Schools.