Tuesday, January 13, 1970

Wes Moore

Wes Moore

  • Birth:    October 15, 1978
  • Death:    
  • Nationality:   Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
  • Education:  
    •  Valley Forge Military Academy and College (AA)
    • Johns Hopkins University (BA)
    • Wolfson College, Oxford (MLitt)
  • Author URL: https://wesmoore.com/
  • Books Written
    • The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates, New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010. ISBN 9780385528191
    • The maker, North Carolina : Provectus Media, 2011. ISBN 9781450711135
    • Discovering Wes Moore : My Story, New York : Ember, 2013. ISBN 9780385741682
    • The work : searching for a life that matters, New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2015. ISBN 9780812983845
    • Wes Moore; Shawn Goodman, This way home, New York : Delacorte Press, 2015. ISBN 9780385741699
    • Wes Moore; Erica L Green, Five days : the fiery reckoning of an American city, New York : One World, 2020. ISBN 9780525512363
  • Biography

n American author, entrepreneur, television producer, and United States Army veteran. From 2017 to 2021 Moore served as the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation. He is currently the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. If elected, Moore would be the first African-American governor of Maryland.

Moore is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.

Moore is the founder and CEO of BridgeEdU, a social enterprise dedicated to helping students in their transitions to the freshman year of college.

 A Baltimore Banner interview with former BridgeEdU students found that the program supported them in their first year, helping them to progress toward graduation. From Wikipedia

July 22, 2022 APNews article on Wes Moore winning the Democratic nomination for Maryland's governor

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