Tenure

First elected to the House of Delegates in 2014. Member of the House since 2015.

Current Assignments

2022 Chair, Ways and Means Committee

2019 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee

2019 Legislative Policy Committee

2022 Spending Affordability Committee

2018 Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

2015 Women Legislators of Maryland

2015 Legislative Black Caucus

2015 Howard County House Delegation (Chair 2016-2017; 2019-2020)

Past House Service

Deputy Majority Whip, 2017-2019; Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee (Member, 2015), 2019-2021; Chair, Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019-2021; Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2021; Family Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee (Chair 2017-2018), 2015-2021; Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2015-2019; Chair, Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, 2015-2016; Workgroup to Study Child Custody Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations, 2019-2020; Marijuana Legalization Work Group, 2019.

Public Service

Task Force to Study Maryland Orphans' Court, 2021-2022; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2016-; Neshante and Chloe Davis Domestic Violence Prevention Task Force, 2016-2017; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2015-2016.

Memberships

Maryland State Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; "The Links, Inc. " (Vice-President); Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Maryland National Organization for Women; Montgomery County Commission for Women (Past President); National Association Commission for Women; Leadership Montgomery, Class of 2010; Leadership Maryland, Class of 2012.

Awards

Policymaker of the Year, American Gambling Awards, 2024; Champions Circle Standing Ovation Leadership Award, Maryland State Childcare Association, 2024; WRAPPY Award for Public Service, Washington Regional Alcohol Program, 2024; Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Maryland Daily Record, 2023, 2020; Legislative Champion Award, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2018; 25 Women to Watch, The Baltimore Sun, 2018.

Biographical Information

Born, Columbia, Maryland, June 24, 1975; Atholton High School 1993; College of William and Mary, B.A., Government 1997; Villanova University School of Law, J.D. 2000; Law Clerk to Judge David W. Young, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 2001-02; Attorney Associate, Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, CHTD, 2002-07; Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Assistant Attorney General 2007-2009; KRA Corporation, Corporate Counsel 2009 -; Three children.