| Member of the House, 2007 - 2015.
Member of the Senate since 2015.
2020 Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (Member, 2015)
2019 Rules Committee
2021 Joint Committee on Pensions
2020 Executive Nominations Committee
2023 Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer 2023
2019 Legislative Policy Committee
2019 Spending Affordability Committee
2023 Maryland Veterans Caucus
Majority Leader, 2019; Majority Whip, 2016-2019; Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, 2022; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2019; Co-chair, Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act, 2017-2019; Joint Committee on Pensions (Chair 2017-2019), 2015-2019; Joint Audit Committee (Senate Chair 2016), 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2015-2019; Marijuana Legalization Workgroup, 2019; Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, 2015-2016; Joint Covid Response Workgroup, 2020; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2021;
Deputy Majority Whip, 2011-2014; Health and Human Services Subcommittee, Budget and Taxation Committee (Chair, 2019), 2015-2019; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019; Pensions Subcommittee, Budget and Taxation Committee (Chair 2016-2019), 2015-2019; Appropriations Committee, 2007-2014; Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee, 2007-2014; Chair, Public Safety and Administration Sucommittee, 2013-2014; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2013-2014; Education and Economic Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2009-2013; Health and Human Resources Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2007-2008; House Chair, Joint Audit Committee, 2011-2014; Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2011-2014; Chair, Howard County House Delegation, 2011-2014, 2008-2010; House Emergency Medical Services System Workgroup, 2009-2014; House Regional Revitalization Workgroup, 2013-2014.
Public Service
Health Committee, Council of State Governments- Eastern Regional Conference, 2019-; Health and Human Services Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2019-; Complete Streets Program Workgroup, 2018-; Chair, County Executive-elect Transition Team, Howard County, 2018, 2006; Objective Criteria Committee, State Retirement & Pension System Board of Trustees, 2018; Chesapeake Bay Commission (Vice Chair, 2020), 2016-; Board of Directors, Maryland School for the Blind, 2016-; Maryland Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2016-; Early Childhood Education Action Group, 2015-2017; Central Maryland Transit Study Group, 2014; Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland, 2013-2014; P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland, 2010-2015; State Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants & Toddlers], 2010; Girls' Services Strategic Plan Task Force, Dept of Juvenile Services, 2010; Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2007-2009; Interagency Steering Committee for Managing for Results, 2008-2015; Presidential Elector, Maryland, 2008; Howard County Tourism Board, 2007-; Chair, Zoning Board, County Council, Howard County, 2006, 2000; County Council, Howard County, representing Councilmanic District 3, 1998-2006; Chair, County Council, Howard County, 2003-2005, 2001; Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1999-2003; State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Commission, 2000-2002; Maryland Air Quality Control Advisory Council, 1997-2002; Steering Committee, Governor's Smart Codes Strategy Group, 1999; Rural Legacy Technical Review Group, Department of Natural Resources, 1997.
Memberships
Maryland Military installation Caucus, 2017-; Advisory Board, Even-Start Family Literacy Program, 2005-2007; Volunteer, NeighborRide, 2006-; Board of Directors, Community Action Council of Howard County, Maryland, Inc., 2002-2005; Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 1998-2002; Chair, Board of Directors, Kings Contrivance Village, Columbia, Maryland, 1995-1998; Board of Directors, Kings Contrivance Village, Columbia, Maryland, 1994-1998.
Born, Baltimore March 27, 1964; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A, Economics, B.A., Government and Politics, 1986; University of Maryland, College Park, M.P.M., Public Management, MacArthur Graduate Fellow, 1988; Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, Executive Certificate, Juvenile Justice- Multi-System Integration, 2008; Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Bill Nelson of Florida, 1988-91; Special Assistant to Howard County Council Member, Shane E. Pendergrass, 1991-95; Legislative Assistant to Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, Howard County, 1995; State Director, Maryland Chapter, Sierra Club, 1996-98; Howard County Council (District 3) (chair 2001, 2003-05) 1998-2006 |