Representative Cheryl Pasteur Contact information
Here you will find contact information for Representative Cheryl Pasteur, including email address, phone number, and mailing address.
| Name | Cheryl Pasteur |
| Position | Representative |
| State | state representatives Maryland |
| Party | Democratic |
| Email Form | |
| Website | Official Website |
Representative Cheryl Pasteur
Cheryl E. Pasteur is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in 1948 or 1949, making her 74-75 years old as of 2024. She resides in Pikesville, Maryland.
Education: Cheryl Pasteur graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English education in 1971. She later attended Morgan State University, where she earned a Master of Science in urban education in 1975.
Career: Cheryl Pasteur is a former teacher at Lake Clifton Eastern High School and Old Court Middle School. She also served as a principal for Old Court Middle School and Randallstown High School. From 1983 to 1988, she worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Pasteur retired from teaching in 2012.
Political Involvement: In November 2018, Pasteur was elected to the Baltimore County School Board in Councilmanic District 2, receiving 66.1 percent of the vote in the general election. In December 2019, Pasteur challenged incumbent board chair Kathleen Causey in the election for chair of the Baltimore County School Board. Pasteur received six votes for the chair position, while Causey received five. Despite this, Causey continued to serve as the board’s chair, as board policy requires a candidate to receive seven votes to become chair. In December 2021, the school board selected Pasteur to serve as its vice chair.
In June 2019, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Miller Jr. and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones named Pasteur to serve on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Funding Formula Workgroup. In January 2020, the Baltimore County School Board voted to endorse the recommendations of the Kirwan Commission. In February 2022, Pasteur filed a declaration supporting a lawsuit challenging Baltimore County’s new council districts for diluting the power of Black voters.
Pasteur resigned from the school board on February 11, 2022, to run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 11A. In June 2022, Governor Larry Hogan appointed retired middle school teacher Felicia Stolusky to serve the rest of her term. Pasteur was the only candidate to run for the district.
Legislative Career: Cheryl Pasteur was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023. She is a member of the House Judiciary Committee.