Commissioner Jack C. Sims was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania and graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High School (CASH) in 1968. Afterwards, he attended Cheyney State Teacher’s College in Cheyney, PA from 1968 to 1971. Commissioner Sims is a University of Maryland College Park Fellow-Academy for Excellence in Local Governance (2001).

The honorable Jack C. Sims serves as a City Commissioner in District Heights, Maryland.

His was elected as Commissioner in May of 1992. He has served as Vice Mayor in 1994 and Police and Code Enforcement Commissioner from 1993 to 1995. He served two terms as Mayor of the City of District Heights from 1997-2003.

He is the Executive Director of District Heights Community Development Corporation; Founding Director of the District Heights Citizen Action Patrol (neighborhood watch program); and he started the District Heights Mayoral Scholarship Award. He is the Founder of the Central Prince George’s County Rotary Club. He serves as South County Economic Development Association (Chairman International Committee). He is also a member of the Maryland Municipal League (MML) and has served in the following capacities: MML Election Committee Chairperson, MML Representative to the National League of Cities Human Development Policy Committee and Prince George’s County Municipal Association Board of Directors.

Commissioner Sims is also a former member of: The World Conference of Mayors (served as a Vice President and Chairperson, Trade and Economic Development Committee); U.S. Conference of Mayors; Maryland Mayors Association; National Conference of Black Mayors (Vice Chairman, International Committee); Past President of the Maryland Black Mayors Association; National League of Cities; National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO); Micro-enterprise Council of Maryland (Board of Directors); Maryland Institute for Governmental Service Advisory Board. He served on the Board of Directors for the East Orange VAMC Credit Union and the Washington DC VAMC Credit Union. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police 2F-DC; Knights of Columbus; Honorary Naval Aviator; and St. Mary’s Parish.

In 2000, he retired as Chief, Environmental Management Service from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC, after working 25 years. In 2002, he founded The Atrium Group, Inc. He and his spouse are partners in Discovery Information Consultants as “public records research specialists.”

Commissioner Sims is married to Mary and they have two sons, Jack C., III and Justin.