Tenure

First elected to the Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019.

Current Assignments

2019 Finance Committee

2019 Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Finance Committee

2019 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds

2020 Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders

2019 Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review

2019 Joint Commmittee on Federal Relations

2019 Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee

2020 Joint Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) Workgroup

2019 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member

Past Senate Service

Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders, 2019.

Public Service

Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Transportation Access, 2019-; Prince George's County Workgroup on Alcohol Outlet Density Zones, 2019-; Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2019-; Board of Directors, Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA), 2015-2018; Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015-2018; Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 2015-2018; Executive Board, Progressive Cheverly, 2014-; Chair, Prince George's County Cable Commission, 2012-2015; Advisory Board, Saint Ambrose Catholic School, Cheverly, MD, 2012-.

Memberships

Kappa Alpha Psi.

Biographical Information

Born, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 10, 1969; Pittsford Mendon High School, 1987; Harvard College, A.B. Government, 1991; Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Operations Support Analyst, 1991-1993; Alliance Telcom, Co-Founder, Managing Director, 1993-1995; Eltrex Industries, Executive Vice President, Customer Relations, 1996-2003; Gyde Communications, Principal, 2002-present; Intra-Mail Network, Director,of Business Development, 2006-present; Married; two children.