Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, MA, Ph.D.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, MA, Ph.D., is the former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party and author of the forthcoming book "RAGEISM: Race, Age, Gender, Exclusion, and the Politics of Health Equity" (Routledge Press). She is also the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Global Policy Solutions LLC, a social change strategy firm, and the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a nonprofit think and action organization. Rockeymoore Cummings has directed successful research and developed advocacy strategies for multiple nonprofit, philanthropic, academic, and corporate clients. In addition, she has written extensively about health and healthcare issues. She was a co-author of the Action Strategies for Healthy Communities Toolkit and has published articles in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the National Association of State Boards of Education’s State Education Standard. Rockeymoore Cummings is currently running for Congress in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District.