Ronald (Ronald) N. Young (D-SS03)
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Capitol: 410.841.3575
FAX: 410.841.3193
District: 301.682.7339
Senator
Room 316 James Senate Office Building 11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

District Office:
253 East Church Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Elected: 2010    Next Election: 2014
Committee Assignments
MemberSubcommittee on Alcoholic Beverages
MemberSubcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation
MemberSubcommittee on Labor Licensing and Regulation
MemberSubcommittee on Environment
MemberSenate Committee on Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Counties Representing
Frederick / Washington

Bio

Member of Senate since January 12, 2011. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011- (environment subcommittee, 2011-; labor, licensing, & regulation subcommittee, 2011-; alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2012-); Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2011-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (environmental committee, 2011-).

Board of Alderman, City of Frederick, 1970-74. Mayor, City of Frederick, 1974-90.

Deputy Secretary, Department of Planning, 1991-95. Deputy Secretary, Department of Natural Resources, 1995-96. Deputy Secretary, Department of Planning, 1996-2002.

Member, Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing, 2011-; Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2012-.

Past member, Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission; Patuxent River Commission (past vice-chair); Power Plant Research Advisory Committee; Forum for Rural Maryland; Rural Legacy Board.

Born in Frederick, Maryland, October 19, 1940. Attended Frederick High School; Frederick Community College, A.A., 1962; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (history & government), 1967; Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), M.Ed., 1970. Teacher, Frederick County public schools, 1967-73. Consultant, commercial real estate, and college instructor, 1990-91. Newspaper columnist, Frederick, 1990-98. Town Manager, Town of Indian Head, 2001-05. Consultant, commercial real estate sales, 2005-. President, East Frederick Rising, 2006-10. Board of Directors, Goodwill Industries, 2006-. Advisory Board, Maryland Shakespeare Theater, 2008-. Member, Urban Land Institute; American Planning Association; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; 1000 Friends of Maryland; U.S. Tennis Association; Fraternal Order of Elks; Fraternal Order of Owls; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); American Legion. Past president, Frederick Arts Council; Delaplaine Visual Arts Center; Frederick Festival of the Arts. Past trustee, Maryland Art Place. Past member, Board of Directors, Way Station. Distinguished Alumnus Award, Frederick Community College, 1987. Livability Award for support of the arts, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1988. Married; five children; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild.