Tenure

Member of the Maryland Senate since June 13, 2024.

Current Assignments

2024 Judicial Proceedings Committee

Past House Service

Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-2024; Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2023-2024; Motor Vehicle and Transportation Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee (Chair, 2023-2024), 2020-2024; Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-2022; Local Government and BiCounty Agencies Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019; Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2023-2024; Chair, Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County House Delegation, 2020-2024.

Public Service

Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings, 2024-; Zero Emission and Elective Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2023-2024; Chesapeake Bay Commission (Maryland Delegation Vice-Chair, 2022; Chair, 2023), 2019-2024; Maryland State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2019-2023; Member, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2019-2022; Law Enforcement Action Project, 2017-2018; NARAL Pro-Choice America C-4 & PAC Boards, 2010-2014; ACLU of Maryland Board (President 2008-2012), 2005-2012; Women's Campaign Forum Board & Executive Committee, 2005-2008; Carderock Springs Elementary School PTA; MCCPTA Delegate, 2010-2012; Girl Scout Leader, 2008-2013.

Memberships

Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Alumni Relations Committee, Princeton University, 2007-2011; Illinois Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Biographical Information

Born, Evanston, Illinois, April 6, 1967; New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois, 1985; Princeton University, B.A., American History, 1989; Northwestern University School of Law, 1992; Law Clerk to Judge Timothy K. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit, 1993-1994; Litigation Associate, Robinson, Curley and Clayton, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-1998; General Counsel, National Women's Health Foundation, 1998-2004; Public Policy Director, ACLU of Maryland, 2012-2016; Two Children; One Rescue Dog.