Tenure

Member of the Maryland Senate since January 13, 2021. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2015-2021.

Current Assignments

2021 Budget and Taxation Committee

2021 Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee

2023 Chair, Pensions Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee (Member, 2021)

2015 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2023 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 7, Prince George's County Senate Delegation

2022 Chair, Maryland Veterans Caucus

Past Senate Service

Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2021.

Past House Service 2015-2021

Chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee, 2020-2021; Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee (Member, 2015), 2020-2021; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2020-2021; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2020-2021; House Chair, Spending Affordability Committee, 2020-2021; House Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions (Member, 2017), 2020-2021; House Chair, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology, 2019-2021.

Public Service

Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools, 2024-; Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools, 2022-; Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement, 2021; Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, 2019-, 2019-; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-2021; Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, 2018-2020; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 2015-.

Memberships

National Sheriffs' Association; American Legion Post no 275.

Awards

Law Enforcement Person of the Year, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2007; Allied Profession Award, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, 2008.

Biographical Information

Born, Cheverly, Maryland, March 29, 1964; Attended Crossland High School, Temple Hills, Maryland, 1982; DeVry Institution of Technology, B.S. Electronic Engineering/Technical Management, 1986; U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, 1982-1985; Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Police Executive Leadership Program; University of Maryland University College, Adjunct Associate Professor, Business and Applied Profession Programs, 2007 -; DeVry University, Adjunct Associate Professor, Business and Management, 2009 -; Sheriff, Prince George's County, 2002-2010; Director, Executive Development Institute, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, 2011-2014; Special Assistant for Homeland Security, Prince George's County, 2014 - 2016; Deputy Director, Administrative Division, Office of Homeland Security, Prince George's County, 2016-; Married; one child.