Tommy Wells

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Councilmember Tommy Wells

Tommy Wells (b. February 27, 1957^[1]) is a politician from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. He is currently a member of the Council of the District of Columbia where he serves as a Democrat representing Ward 6.

Wells was born in Austin, Texas in 1957 and received his B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1979. He then pursued a master's degree in social work, earning an M.S.W. from the University of Minnesota in 1981. In 1991, he received his J.D. from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law.

Wells began his Washington, D.C. career in 1985 as a social worker in the District’s child protective services agency. After six years with the agency, Wells became the director of the D.C. Consortium for Child Welfare, an organization of 20 nonprofit agencies that serve the city's children and families, until his election to the Council of the District of Columbia in 2006.^[1] He also served as a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6B from 1995 to 2000 and Chair of ANC 6B from 1999-2000. He was elected to serve Wards 5 and 6 on the DC Board of Education from 2001-2006.

In the city council, Wells is the Chair of the Committee on Human Services and currently sits on the Committee on Economic Development, the Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs, and the Committee on Health.^[2]

Wells has been married to Barbara Wells since 1988 and is a member of Christ Episcopal Church.