OFFICE OF THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ANGELA D. ALSOBROOKS
For Immediate Release:
October 24, 2022
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Gina Ford
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Office of the County Executive
Prince George’s County
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE ALSOBROOKS’ NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY CONFIRMED BY PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL
LARGO, MD – County Executive Angela Alsobrooks congratulated Mr. Todd M. Turner, Esq., after he was confirmed by the Prince George’s County Council today to serve as the new Director of the County’s Office of Ethics and Accountability (OEA). Mr. Turner was nominated by the County Executive to serve as the Director of OEA and has an extensive background in government and law, as well as a proven track record of serving the residents of Prince George’s County.
“We are Prince George’s Proud to congratulate Mr. Todd Turner who was confirmed as the new Director of the Office of Ethics and Accountability,” said Alsobrooks. “Based on his years of service and involvement in Prince George’s County, and his qualifications, both academic and during his career, he is a uniquely qualified individual to lead this office. We know that Mr. Turner will help us hold people accountability for fraud, waste, and illegal acts, and to promote public trust in our County Government.”
Mr. Turner has represented Prince George’s County Council District 4 since 2014. He served as Co-Chair of the County Council in 2018 and Council Chair in 2019 and 2020. Prior to serving in a leadership capacity on the County Council, Mr. Turner chaired the Transportation, Housing and Environment, and Rules and General Assembly Committees, and served as a Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee member. He represented the County Council on the Washington Metropolitan Council of Government’s Board of Directors and the Washington Suburban Transit Commission. In addition, Mr. Turner has been a member of the Maryland Association of Counties Legislative Committee and Large Counties Coalition.
Prior to his election to the County Council, Mr. Turner served as Director of Constituent Services for the County Council from 2002 through 2006 and went on to serve as a Legislative Officer from 2007 through 2014. He is a former Bowie City Council Member, representing the 3rd Council District from 2005 through 2009. During his tenure as Council Member, Mr. Turner served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2007 to 2009, becoming the first African American to hold the position in the history of the City of Bowie. He was then elected to an At-Large Bowie City Council seat in 2011 and reelected to that seat in 2013.
Mr. Turner is a graduate of the 2017 Academy of Excellence in Governance at the Institute of Governmental Service of the University of Maryland. He was also a member of the Leadership Greater Washington Class in 2017 and the Leadership Prince George’s Class in 2012. In addition, Mr. Turner was the recipient of the Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award from the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments in 2014.
“I want to thank County Executive Alsobrooks, those who spoke on my behalf and my former County Council colleagues for their support and confidence in me today in confirming my nomination to be the next Executive Director of the Office of Ethics and Accountability,” says Mr. Turner. “I will undertake these important responsibilities, as I have done in all of my professional roles to date, to the best of my abilities in upholding the mission of the office, our County and community.”
Mr. Turner earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Law from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1989 and received his Juris Doctorate from the City University of New York School of Law in Flushing, New York in 1994.
Mr. Turner will start as the OEA Director on December 5, 2022.
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