​Mansoor Shams is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, public servant, and community advocate running in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County Executive to address a crisis of affordability and access in Baltimore County.

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Mansoor currently serves Baltimore County as the first-ever Community Engagement and Outreach Officer for the Department of Recreation and Parks, working to ensure county programs are work well for all residents. ​

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Mansoor's wife works as substitute teacher in the Baltimore County Public schools, where all four of his children attend or have graduated from. His son serves as a cadet for the Baltimore County Police. Mansoor believes the government has a responsibility to help everyone living and working across the county, not just donors and developers. 

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Mansoor is nationally recognized for his work bringing people together and fighting prejudice as the founder of MuslimMarine.org.​ He holds a master’s degree in government with an emphasis on national security studies, as well as an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

 

He has previously worked as an assistant to two Chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission, he is a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he has both owned and operated an export company as well as two retail businesses.