Tenure

First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2015-2019.

Current Assignments

2023 Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment

2024 Education Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment

2023 Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas

2019 Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

2024 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup

2023 Apprenticeship 2030 Commission

2019 Maryland Veterans Caucus (House Member 2015-2018)

Past Senate Service

Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy and the Environment, 2023-2024; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Alcohol Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Workgroup to Study Child Custody Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations, 2019-2020; Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, 2019; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2019-2023; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-2022.

Past House Service 2015-2019

Appropriations Committee, 2015-2019; Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2015-2019; Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee, 2015-2019.

Public Service

Governor's Family Violence Council, 2023-.

Memberships

Ocean City Chamber of Commerce; Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association.

Awards

Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, 2019; Certificate of Appreciation, Lebanon Emergency Repatriation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006; Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Servicde, 2003.

Biographical Information

Born, Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 1961; Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin, Maryland, 1979; The Catholic University of America, B.A.. Political Philosophy, 1983; M.A. American Government, 1983; Harvard Senior Managers Government Program/Summer 1994; U.S. Senator William Cohen, Press Secretary 1984-1986; U.S. Congressman Mike DeWine, Chief of Staff, 1986-1990; U.S. Congressman David Lee Hobson, 1990-2000; U.S. Department of Defense, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for House Affairs, 2001-2003; Office of Governor Robert Ehrlich, Deputy Chief of Staff, 2003-2007; U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff, 2007-2009; U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee, 2009-2010; U.S. Representative Steve Stivers, Chief of Staff, 2011-2012; Founder, MBS Consulting, LLC, 2013-2014; Member, Maryland House of Delegates 2014-2019.