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[photo, Jay A. Jacobs, State Delegate] JAY A. JACOBS
Republican, District 36, Caroline, Cecil, Kent & Queen Anne's Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 12, 2011. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2011- (agriculture, agriculture preservation, & open space subcommittee, 2011-; natural resources subcommittee, 2011-). Chair, Caroline County Delegation, 2011-; Kent County Delegation, 2011-.

Member, Planning and Zoning Board, Rock Hall, 1976-80. Member, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board, Queen Anne's County, 1990-92 (past president). Mayor of Rock Hall, 1999-2011 (vice-mayor, 1997-99). Member, Strategic Economic Development Advisory Board, Kent County, 2003-04; Workforce Housing Task Force, Kent County, 2006-07. Member, Upper Shore Regional Council, 2007-; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2009-11; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2011-.

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida. Attended Kent County High School. Small business owner. President, Kent County Council of Governments, 2007-10 (member, 1997-2007). Member, Maryland Mayor's Association, 1999-2011 (president, 2003). Member, Maryland Municipal League, 1997-2011 (board of directors, 2002-07; district vice-president, 2002-07). Member, Eastern Shore Association of Municipalities, 1997-2011. Member and administrative officer, Kent County Community Marching Band, 1993-. Firefighter and ambulance driver, Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, 1996- (board of directors, 1997-). Chair, Rock Hall Tricentenial, 2007. Community Service Award, Kent County Chamber of Commerce, 2001. Person of the Year, WCTR, Chestertown, 2007. Member, Wesley United Methodist Church. Married.

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