MBM Board Officers
Tracy Gant,
President
Mayor, Edmonston
PG County, MD
Tracy Gant is President of MBM. She was appointed to the Edmonston, MD Town Council in 1992, the first African American to serve on the Town Council. Two years later, she was elected to the Council and, in 2013, served as Vice Mayor. Gant was first elected Mayor in 2014 of the Prince George's "bridging community."
As well, Gant is active with the Maryland Municipal League (MML): former Chair and
Convention Planning Committee member, past Communications Committee Chair, Board Member at-Large, President-elect and currently President.
One of Mayor Gant's first initiatives as President of MML was developing the "Time to Talk” program, supporting building
inclusive communities across the state.
Cynthia Miller,
Vice President
Mayor, District Heights
PG County, MD
Cynthia Miller, was elected City of District Heights Mayor in 2022. She entered into political office in May 2014, when she was elected Commissioner, Ward 1 and was appointed Vice Mayor in June 2021.
Mayor Miller served as Liaison for general government and has 38 years of combined experience working in the federal, non-profit, private and public sectors; she has lived in District Heights for 24 years.
Miller is a 2015 Fellow graduate of UofM's Academy for Excellence in Local Governance, MML. She's Former President (2018-2019), and current Policy Chair, of PG's Municipal Association. She currently serves on the Marlboro Pike Corridor Stakeholders Committee, which focuses on the revitalization of Marlboro Pike area.
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Monica Casanas, Secretary
Mayor, Colmar Manor
PG County, MD
Monica Casañas is Colmar Manor’s first Hispanic Mayor. Born in Bogota, Colombia and raised in Queens, NY, Monica moved to Maryland in 2005.She is deeply passionate and committed to social justice and equity issues: a community activist, influencer and communications professional who works to build and strengthen community.
In 2022, Casañas’s work on building inclusive communities energized her run for Mayor, and expand voting to non-citizens in Colmar Manor.
Casañas has a bachelor’s degree from the UofM and a master’s degree from American University. She serves on the executive board of the Maryland Black Mayors. She lives with her husband, daughter, dog and two cats.
Petrella Robinson, Finance Chair
Mayor, North Brentwood
PG County, MD
Petrella Robinson has been Mayor of North Brentwood, MD (the first incorporated African American municipality in PG County Maryland) since 2007! She grew up in North Brentwood and has raised her own family there, after taking accounting courses at UofM College Park.
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Her activism in North Brentwood in 1977: Councilmember, Clerk, and President of the town Recreation Council. For decades, the Mayor has worked to bring the Town's history and auspices to county and state government.
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Robinson is a member of: North Brentwood Citizens Association, its Historical Society, and the African American Mayors Association. She is a board member of PG's Arts and Humanities Council, and PG County Municipal Association.
MBM Board Directors At-Large
(All currently represent Prince George's County)
Katrina Dodro
Mayor, New Carrollton
