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FRANK M. KRATOVIL, JR. (Democrat), U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District (Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester & Somerset counties; & parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore & Harford counties), Maryland, 2009-11
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, January 6, 2009 to January 5, 2011. Member, Agriculture Committee, 2009-11 (conservation, credit, energy & research subcommittee, 2009-11; horticulture & organic agriculture subcommittee, 2009-11; livestock, dairy & poultry subcommittee, 2009-11); Armed Services Committee, 2009-11 (air & land forces subcommittee, 2009-11; readiness subcommittee, 2009-11); Natural Resources Committee, 2009-11 (insular affairs, oceans & wildlife subcommittee, 2009-11).
Member, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Queen Anne's County, 1999-2001. Vice-President, Local Management Board, Queen Anne's County, 2000-09. Board of Directors, Arts Council, Queen Anne's County. Vice-chair and secretary, Community Partnerships for Children, Queen Anne's County. Chair, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Queen Anne's County (member, 2004-09).
Criminal Justice Adviser, Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, 2001-02. Member, State Board of Victim Services, 2003-07. Co-Chair, Public Safety, Corrections and State Police Work Group, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2006-07. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2006-09; Task Force to Combat Driving under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol, 2007-09.
Western Maryland College, B.A. (political science), 1990; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1994. Law clerk for Judge Darlene G. Perry, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 1994-95. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1994. Attorney. President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 2005-07. Board of Directors, National District Attorneys Association, 2005-07. President, Young Democrats of Maryland, 1997-98. Member, After-School Program, Queen Anne's County Middle School, 1998; Middle School Task Force, Combating Underage Drinking Coalition, Queen Anne's County, 1999-2001. Coach, Character Counts, Queen Anne's County, 2003-. Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Maryland, 2004-08; Mid-Shore Mental Health Systems, 2004-; Special Olympics Maryland, 2004-. Head coach, Kent Island Youth Soccer League, 2003; Piranha Youth Football League, 2004-. Alumni Community Service Award, Western Maryland College, 2001. Prosecutor of the Year Award, Daniel O'Connell Law Society, 2003. Life Saver Award, Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, 2006. Golden Triangle Award, National Farmers Union, 2009. Member, Christ Episcopal Church, Stevensville. Married; four children.
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