Wes Moore

Wes Moore
Wes Moore
	Official portrait, 2023
63rd Governor of Maryland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 18, 2023
Lieutenant	Aruna Miller
Preceded by	Larry Hogan
Chair of the National Governors Association
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 1, 2026
Preceded by	Kevin Stitt
Personal details
Born	Westley Watende Omari Moore; October 15, 1978; Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Dawn Flythe (m. 2007)
Children	2
Education	Valley Forge Military College (AA); Johns Hopkins University (BA); Wolfson College, Oxford (MLitt);
Signature
Website	Campaign website
Military service
Branch	United States Army Army Reserve; ;
Service years'	1998–2014
Rank	Captain
Unit	82nd Airborne Division
Conflict	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Bronze Star Medal; Combat Action Badge; National Defense Service Medal; Parachutist Badge;

Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and former U.S. Army officer, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.

Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree from Wolfson College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. After several years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve, he became an investment banker in New York. Between 2010 and 2015, Moore published five books, including a young-adult novel. He served as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation from 2017 to 2021. Moore authored The Other Wes Moore and The Work. He also hosted Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and was executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.

Moore is a member of the Democratic Party. He won the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election, becoming Maryland's first black governor and the third black person elected governor of any U.S. state.