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Senator Sarah K. Elfreth

Elfreth, Sarah K.
District
30
County
Anne Arundel
Committee Assignment(s)
Budget and Taxation Committee
Annapolis Info
104 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone 410-841-3578 | 301-858-3578
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3578
Fax 410-841-3156 | 301-858-3156
Interim Info
104 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone 410-841-3578 | 301-858-3578
Fax 410-841-3156 | 301-858-3156
Contact
sarah.elfreth@senate.state.md.us
Party
Democrat
District 30
Elfreth, Sarah K.
Tenure
First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019
Current Assignments
2019 Budget and Taxation Committee
2023 Chair, Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee
2021 Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee
2019 Pensions Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee (2020, Chair)
2023 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Program Open Space & Agricultural Land Preservation
2019 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area
2019 Women Legislators of Maryland
2022 Executive Board Member, Maryland Veterans' Caucus (Member 2019)
2024 Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, Associate Member
Past Senate Service
Education, Business, and Administration Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019-2023; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019; Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2019-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, 2020-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions (Chair 2020-2023), 2019-2023; Workgroup to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-2020; Co-Chair, State Park Investment Commission, 2021.
Public Service
Parks and Recreation Commission, 2023-; Task Force to Study Solar Incentives, 2023-; Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland, 2023-; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2019-; Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2020-; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2020-; State Commission on the Capital City, 2019; District 30 Democratic Club, President, 2015-2017; Ward One Residents Association, Annapolis, Vice President, 2014-; Towson University Alumni Asociation Board of Directors, 2013-2015.
Memberships
Bay Paddle; Ward One Residents Association; District 30 Democratic Club; Towson Univeristy Alumni Association; Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women.
Awards
Open Space Champion Award, Maryland Association of County Park and Recreation Administrators (MACPRA), 2022; Deans' Recognition Award, College of Liberal Arts, Towson University, 2019; Joseph R. Biden Student Ally Award, National Campus Leadership Council, 2019; Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee, 2017; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Towson University Honors Committee, 2014; Top 20 In Their Twenties, The Daily Record, 2014.
Biographical Information
Born in New Jersey, September 9, 1988; Haddon Heights High School, 2006; Towson University, BA, Political Science, magna cum laude, 2010; University System of Maryland, Board of Regents, Student Regent, 2009-2010; Johns Hopkins University, MS, Public Policy, 2012; Reserach Assistant, Johns Hopkins Institutions, Office of Government and Community Affairs, 2010-2012; Government Affairs Director, National Aquarium, 2012-2016; Senior Director of University Projects, Margrave Strategies, 2016-2017; Project Leader, Marine Conservation District, 2017-2018; Publications: The Young Guardians: Students as Stewards of the Past, Present, and Future of American Higher Education, A Field Guide for Student Board Members, March 2011; Adjunct Professor, Towson University Honors College, 2019-present.
Last Updated: 4/22/2024 2:32 PM
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