Reverend Joseph Kitchen – a native of Fresno, California, is first elected as President of Young Democrats of Maryland (YDM) in 2013. Since his election, he has emerged as an up-and-coming political activist in Prince George’s County, where he currently resides.
Kitchen is an ordain minister in the Southern Baptist Church and also an active member of First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Md. He works full time as an assistant principal at a private middle school in D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood.
In addition to being the President of YDM, he serves as assistant treasurer for the NAACP’s Prince George’s County chapter, serves on the Executive Committee on the Maryland Democratic Party, and is a member of the board of First Book .D.C., a national group that promotes reading skills for underprivileged children.