Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is an American political consultant and former Maryland Democratic Party Chairwoman. Cummings previously ran for Governor of Maryland and operates a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm. Maya is best known for being the widow of Elijah Cummings, a former popular politician. She resigned as Maryland Democratic Party chair to run for her late husband’s congressional seat in the special election for Maryland’s 7th congressional district in 2020.

What is the Net Worth of Maya Rockeymoore Cummings?

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings has amassed a sizable fortune through her political career. Her estimated net worth has yet to be revealed. Elijah Cummings, her late husband, had a net worth of $1.3 million and an income of $174,000.

What is Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Famous for?

• She is well-known as the late Elijah Cummings’ widow.
• She was the former Maryland Democratic Party Chairwoman.

Where is Maya Rockeymoore Cummings From?

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings was born in Texas, United States, on January 31, 1971. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is his birth name. He is an American citizen. Cummings is of African-American descent, and her zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Thomas Charles Rockeymoore (father) and Hazel Brown Rockeymoore (mother) raised Cummings in a large family (mother). Thomas, her father, formerly served in the Air Force. Maya was reared by her parents and two siblings, Mark and Meredith, in her homeland of Texas. She has seven nieces and nephews as well.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M University after graduating from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas.

She went on to Purdue University to study political science, graduating with a master’s degree in 1996 and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science with a major in Public Policy in 2000.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Career Highlights:

• In 1995, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings began her professional career as an Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Marion County Department of Health in Indiana.
• In September 1997, she became a legislative fellow for the Congressional Black Caucus under former Rep. Melvin Watt.
• She worked for the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee as a professional employee in 1998.
• She started working as the Chief of Staff for former Rep. Charles Rangel in January 1999.
• Cummings left Congress in 2001 to join the National Urban League as a Senior Resident Scholar for Health and Income Security.
• She became Vice President of Research and Programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation two years later, in 2003.
• She founded “Global Policy Solutions,” a policy consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., in 2005.
• Maya earned the Running Start Young Women to Watch Award in 2007 and was awarded an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow in 2004.
• She previously worked for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as the Director of Leadership for Healthy Communities, a nationwide program office.
• Maya founded the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in 2012.
• She ran for Governor of Maryland in the 2018 election in 2017. She backed out of the race after her husband, Elijah Cummings, was hospitalized.
• Rockeymoore Cummings was elected chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party in December 2018.
• Cummings announced her candidacy for her late husband’s congressional seat in the “2020 Maryland’s 7th Congressional District Special Election” on November 11, 2019.
• Cummings is also a co-author of the Toolkit for Action Strategies for Healthy Communities.

Who is Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Married to?

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is the widow of Elijah Cummings, her late husband. Maya Cummings was previously married to Elijah Cummings, who died in a car accident. Elijah was a politician and civil rights activist who served in the US House of Representatives in 2008, representing Maryland’s 7th congressional district. In 1990, the pair met for the first time on Capitol Hill, and they married in 2008.

Elijah died on October 17, 2019, and the pair stayed married. He died at the age of 68 as a result of complications related to long-standing health issues. Maya is the stepmother of Elijah’s three children from his previous wife, despite the fact that the couple never had children together.

Jennifer J. Cummings and Adia Cummings are her stepdaughters, and she has a son.

How Tall is Maya Rockeymoore Cummings?

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is a tall, stunning African-American woman. Cummings has kept his body in good shape. Her skin is dark, and she has black hair and brown eyes.

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