Member of House of Delegates, January 10, 2007 to January 12, 2011. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 2007-11 (business regulation subcommittee, 2007-11; property & casualty insurance subcommittee, 2007-11; consumer protection & commercial law subcommittee, 2007-11). Vice-Chair, County Affairs Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2007-11. Member, Maryland BioTech Caucus, 2007-; Maryland Educators Caucus, 2007-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2007-.
Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., of Georgia, 2002-07. Senior Counsel to U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, 2001-02. Staff, U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Task Force, 2001-06. Staff/Organizer, Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, 2001-06. Legal extern, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, 2001. Intern, The White House, Clinton Administration.
Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, Montgomery County, 2005-06; Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education, 2007-08; State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 2009-. Senate Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Financial Matters relating to Long-Term Care Facilities, 2011-. Co-Chair, Maryland Youth Advisory Council, 2011-.
Member, Blue Ribbon Task Force on Gun Violence (convened by U.S. Representative Albert R. Wynn), 2007-08; White House Task Force of State Legislators for Health Reform, 2009-.
Born April 26, 1966. Hunter College, B.A. (political science), magna cum laude (member, college senate). Franklin Pierce Law Center, M.I.P., J.D. (intellectual property law). Attorney. Admitted to Maryland Bar; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces; U.S. Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey; Supreme Court of New Jersey. Former classroom para-educator, New York. Board member, Democratic Policy Network, 2002-05. Board of Directors, District 19 Democratic Club, 2002-07. Area Coordinator, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2003-06. Board of Directors, Committee for Montgomery, 2005-06. Community Service Chair, Congressional Jewish Staff Association, 2005-07. President, B'nai B'rith Capital Region Council, 2005-2008. Board of Directors, B'nai B'rith Chesapeake Bay Region, 2008-. Board of Directors, Reaching Out to Others Together (ROOT), 2007-. Member, National Steering Committee, Leadership Conference on Guaranteed Health Care, 2009-. Original signatory, State Legislators for Single-Payer (HR 676), 2009. Member, Rossmoor Kiwanis Club. Board of Directors, AGWG (Allanwood, Gayfields, Willson Hills, Gaywood Estates) Civic Association. Former director and vice-president, Kemp Mill Civic Association. Legislator of the Year, Washington, DC, Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO), 2008. Champion of Working Families, Progressive Maryland Education Fund, 2008. Consumer Rights Hall of Fame, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, 2010. Temple Emanuel, Kensington. Married.
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