What is Benjamin Jealous?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Ben Jealous by Gage Skidmore.jpg |office2 = President and CEO of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] |term_start2 = September 1, 2008 |term_end2 = November 1, 2013 |predecessor2 = [[Dennis Courtland Hayes]] {{small|(Acting)}} |successor2 = [[Lorraine C. Miller]] {{small|(Acting)}} |birth_name = Benjamin Todd Jealous |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|18}} |birth_place = [[Pacific Grove, California|Pacific Grove]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Lia Epperson|2002|2015|end=div}} |children = 2 |education = [[Columbia University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MSc]])}} }} '''Benjamin Todd Jealous''' (born January 18, 1973) is an American civic leader. He was the Democratic nominee for [[Governor of Maryland]] in the [[Maryland gubernatorial election, 2018|2018 gubernatorial election]], facing [[incumbent]] [[Larry Hogan]]. Jealous is also former president and chief executive officer of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP).<ref>[http://www.southernelectionsfund.org/board Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628123425/http://www.southernelectionsfund.org/board |date=2018-06-28 }}. southernelectionsfund.org</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/former-president-and-ceo-naacp-join-woodrow-wilson-school-visiting|title=Former President and CEO of NAACP to Join the Woodrow Wilson School as Visiting Professor and Lecturer|website=Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=May 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519230812/http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/former-president-and-ceo-naacp-join-woodrow-wilson-school-visiting|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jealous was selected at age 35 as the youngest-ever national leader of the NAAC