Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002. Member of the House since 2003.

Current Assignments

2003- Ways and Means Committee

2007- Chair, Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2007- Vice Chair’s Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

Past House Service

Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2012-2013; Tax and Revenue Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2004-2006; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2003-2004; Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility, 2003-2004; Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 2007-2014.

Public Service

Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2011-; Chair, Redistricting and Elections Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2011-; Vice Chair, Redistricting and Elections Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2009-2011; Agriculture and Energy Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2008-; Environment Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2008-; Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2007-2008; Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education, 2005-2007; Task Force to Study the Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration into and out of Maryland, 2004-2006; Task Force on Comparable Testing Methods for the Maryland High School Assessments, 2004-2006.

Memberships

Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-; Chair, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-; American and Federal Bar Associations; Maryland State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section); Baltimore City Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association.

Biographical Information

Born, Baltimore, Maryland, January 12, 1970; The Park School, Brooklandville, MD, 1988; Tufts University, B.A., International Relations, 1992; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, M.P.S., Policy Sciences, 1996; Baltimore Hebrew University, M.A., Judaic Studies, with honors, James and Eva Hirshhorn prize for Jewish History, 1996; University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, J.D., with honors, William P. Cunningham Award for Excellent Achievement and Service to the School, 2001; Spanish Teacher and Coach, Mercersburg Academy, 1992-94; Community Relations Associate, Baltimore Jewish Council, 1994-96; Executive Director, Project Judaica Foundation, 1996-98; Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, 1999; Certified Personal Trainer, 1998-2001; Law Clerk, Office of Peter G. Angelos, New York, 2000; Judicial Law Clerk, the Hon. William D. Quarles, Jr., Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2001-02; Attorney, Cardin and Gitomer, P.A., Baltimore; Married.