Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2006. Member of the House since 2007.

Current Assignments

2015 Deputy Majority Whip

2015 Environment and Transportation Committee

2019 Chair, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Open Space Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee (Member, 2015)

2019 Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee (Chair, 2019)

2015 Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2015 House Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation

2015 Joint Committee on Federal Relations

Past House Service

Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee (Chair, ), 2019; Local Government and BiCounty Issues of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2019; Housing and Real Property Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Environment Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2011-2012; Transportation Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2009-2011; Ways and Means Committee, 2007-2011; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2007-2011; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2007-2011; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2007-2008.

Public Service

Board of Trustees, Maryland Environmental Trust, 2020-; Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Trust, 2018-; Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., Board of Directors, 2015-; Chair, Land Use, Transportation and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2015-; Task Force to Explore the Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design for Learning into the Education Systems in Maryland, 2010-2011; Commission on Civic Literacy, 2007-2012; County Affairs Committee, Montgomery County Delegation (Vice-Chair, 2013-2014), 2007-2014.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Board of Directors, Potomac Area Council, Hostelling International, USA, 2009-2014; Treasurer, Alliance of Rockville Citizens, 2005-2007; Vice President, Americana Centre Condominiums, 2004-2007; Chair, Alliance of Rockville Neighborhood Associations, 2003-2005.

Biographical Information

Born, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1965; St. Albans School, Washington, D.C.; Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, B.A., English, 1987; The George Washington University, M.B.A., 1993; Research Historian, History Associates, Inc., 1987-91; Community Development Officer, Community Development Block Grant Program, Department of Housing and Community Development, 1994-98; Policy Analyst, Department of Legislative Services, 1998-2002; Legislative Analyst, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, Montgomery County, 2003-06.