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Peter A. Shapiro (politician)

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Peter A. Shapiro is an American politician who served in Washington, DC and Prince George's County, Maryland. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the Revenue Authority of Prince George's County.[1] He is also a member of the D.C. Zoning Commission.[2]

He is an executive coach and consultant for MBA, EMBA and senior executive leadership development programs at IMD (Switzerland), SKOLKOVO (Russia) and CEIBS (China) business schools, and was an adjunct faculty member for the University of Maryland’s Master of Real Estate Development Program.[3] Formerly, Shapiro was the Founder and Director of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership's Rawlings Center for Public Leadership at the University of Maryland (USA).[4][5]

Shapiro is a former member and two-term chair of the Prince George’s County Council which also acts as the County’s District Council, governing land use and zoning.[3] In 2014 he was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, District of Columbia ANC 3/4G, for which he served as Treasurer.[6][3] In 2012, Shapiro was a democratic candidate for D.C. Council at Large.[7][8]

Shapiro grew up in Washington, DC, lived in Prince George's County from 1990 until 2009, and then returned to Washington, D.C. He currently lives with his family in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Public leadership roles[edit]

  • Executive Director, Revenue Authority, Prince George's County (January 2013-Present) Largo, MD.[9]
  • Member, Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia (November 2016-Present) Washington, DC[10]
  • Councilmember and Chair, Prince George's County[11] (1998-2004) As Councilmember, he helped create the "Gateway Arts District" [12] which is a comprehensive public/private/non-profit revitalization effort.[13].
  • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (1998-2004)[6]
    • Member, COG Board of Directors[14][15]
    • Chair, Transportation Planning Board[16][17]
    • Chair, Chesapeake Bay Policy Committee[18]
    • Chair, TPB Access for All Advisory Committee[19]
    • Vice-chair, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee[20]

Leadership consulting[edit]

  • Leadership coach and consultant to senior executives at leading international business schools including IMD (Switzerland), INSEAD (France), Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (Russia), and China Europe International Business School-CEIBS (China).[21]

Academic appointments[edit]

  • Faculty, University of Maryland (1994-2008, 2015-2016)
    • Lecturer, Master's Program, Real Estate Development UMD[22]
    • Founder and Director, Community Action School, UMD
    • Founder and Director, Rawlings Center for Public Leadership, UMD[23]

Other elected or appointed positions[edit]

  • Councilmember, Town of Brentwood, Maryland[24]
  • WMATA Governance Task Force (MWCOG/Greater Washington Board of Trade)[25]
  • State of Maryland Special Task Force for Transit-Oriented Development[26]
  • Prince George's County Accountability, Compliance and Integrity Advisory Board[27]

Non-profit board leadership positions[edit]

  • Board Member, Sustainable Community Initiatives/ Community Forklift[28], (July 2012-Present)
  • Member, Founding Circle and Board of Directors, Group Relations International[29] (2009-Present)
  • Board Member, Friends of Chevy Chase Circle (June 2015-January 2017)
  • City Fund (DC) Grant Selection Panel Member
  • Non-Profit Roundtable of Greater Washington
  • Gateway Community Development Corporation
  • Maryland's International Corridor Community Development Corporatoin
  • Hyattsville Community Development Corporatoin
  • Co-Chair, ULI DC Regionalism Initiatives Council, Urban Land Institute (2014-2016)
  • Board Member, Friends of Rhode Island Avenue (FoRIA)[30] (July 2012-January 2013)[31]
  • Board Member, DC Advocates for the Arts (June 2012-December 2012)
  • Board Member, Prince George's Community Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation (1998-2011)
  • Board Member, Partners for Livable Communities (2002-2005)
  • Board Member, Latin American Youth Center (2005-2010)

Education[edit]

  • The University of Hull , East Yorkshire, UK, (2007-2009) Doctoral Candidate, Business School, Leadership, and Organizational behavior
  • International Forum for Social Innovation IFSI, Paris, France (2006-2007) Graduate Certification in Leadership and Organizational behavior
  • University of Maryland College Park (1993-1995) Bachelor of Arts, African-American/Black Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Truman Scholarship for Excellence in Leadership and Public Service[32]
  • Trinity College, Hartford, CT (1981-1984) English
  • Washington International School (1977-1981) International Baccalaureate

Accomplishments[edit]

Honors and awards[edit]

  • St. George’s Day Award, Prince George’s County Historical Society[33]
  • Special Recognition Award, Neighborhood Design Center[6]
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Maryland[34]
  • Newsome Public Leadership Award, Center for Non-Profit Advancement[35]
  • Award for Leadership in the Arts and Revitalization, Hyattsville CDC[36]
  • Public Leadership in the Arts Award, Americans for Arts/NACO

Other[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Prince George's County, MD". www.princegeorgescountymd.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. "About the Zoning Commission | dcoz". dcoz.dc.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "About the Zoning Commission | dcoz". dcoz.dc.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-25. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license.
  4. "Pr. George's keeps voice in the governor's office". Washington Examiner. 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  5. "Prince George's County, MD". www.princegeorgescountymd.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole Committee Report, Office of the Secretary, December 15, 2016. http://lims.dccouncil.us/Download/36541/PR21-0928-CommitteeReport1.pdf
  7. "For DC Council at-large: Peter Shapiro". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  8. "Peter Shapiro". Borderstan. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  9. "Task force issues recommendations for ethics reform in Prince George's".
  10. Goff, Karen. "Former D.C. Council Candidate Peter Shapiro Named to city's Zoning Commission". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  11. "Prince George's County, MD". www.princegeorgescountymd.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  12. DeBonis, Mike (2011-11-16). "Peter Shapiro, former Pr. Geo.'s Council member, eyes D.C. seat". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  13. "About The Gateway Arts District | Gateway Arts District of Prince George's County". mygatewayarts.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  14. "New COG Board Officers Ready to Lead the Region | Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments". www.mwcog.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  15. "Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: At the Center of Change in Our Region, 2003 Annual Report" (PDF).
  16. "Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Septermber 8, 2003" (PDF). onlinepubs.trb.org.
  17. "National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Memorandum" (PDF).
  18. "Chesapeake Bay Policy Committee" (PDF).
  19. "TPB News: A Publication of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board" (PDF).
  20. "Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole Committee Report" (PDF).
  21. "Google Groups". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  22. "The Colvin Institute Newsletter October 2015" (PDF). arch.umd.edu.
  23. "Google Groups". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  24. "A Conversation With the Council's Rookie". Washington Post. 1999-06-30. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  25. "Moving Metro Forward-Report fo the Joint WMATA Government Review Task Force" (PDF). novatransit.org.
  26. "Transit-Oriented Development, Maryland Special Task Force for". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  27. Spivack, Miranda S. (2011-06-13). "Task force issues recommendations for ethics reform in Prince George's". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  28. "Board of Managers". Community Forklift. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  29. "grouprelations". grouprelations. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  30. "Board of Directors | FoRIA". www.friendsofria.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  31. "Board of Directors | FoRIA". www.friendsofria.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  32. "Search Our Scholars | The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation". www.truman.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  33. "Prince George's County Historical Society News and Notes" (PDF).
  34. "Alumni Association Awards Archive". University of Maryland Alumni Association. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  35. "The Phyllis Campbell Newsome Public Policy Leadership Awards | Center for Nonprofit Advancement". www.nonprofitadvancement.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  36. "Hyattsville CDC honors developer for community vision". Hyattsville Community Development Corporation. 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  37. Shapiro, Peter (1994-01-01). A History of National Service in America. Center for Political Leadership and Participation, University of Maryland at College Park. Search this book on


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