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[photo, Rochelle (Rikki) Spector, City Council, Baltimore, Maryland] ROCHELLE (RIKKI) SPECTOR
Member, City Council (Democrat), 1977-2016

Member, City Council, Baltimore, representing District 5, June 1977 to December 8, 2016. Member, Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, 2007-10; Land Use and Transportation Committee, 2007-10, 2011-14 (highways & franchises subcommittee, 2007-10). Vice-Chair, Health Committee, 2010-11. Vice-Chair, Urban Affairs and Aging Committee, 2010-14 (member, 2007-14). Vice-Chair, Executive Appointments Committee, 2014-16 (member, 2010-14).

Chair, Maryland Children's Program Awards Committee, 1976-79. Member, Planning Commission, Baltimore City, 1996-2016; Commission to Review Landlord-Tenant Laws, 1998; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2002-06.

Born in 1936. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Baltimore Hebrew University; Goucher College (returning women program). Former educator and business owner. President, Maryland Association of Counties, 1995 (board of directors, 2008-16; legislative committee; tax subcommittee). Member, National Association of Counties (community & economic development steering committee). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, 2014-18. Board of Directors, Maryland Science Center; Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc.; Chimes Maryland Foundation; Park West Medical Center. Member, Women's and Children's Advisory Board, Sinai Hospital; Community Advisory Board, Harambee Treatment Center, University of Maryland. Member, Maryland Economic Development Association. Three children, eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.

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