Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2010. Member of the House since 2011.

Current Assignments

2019 Majority Leader

2011- Ways and Means Committee

2020 Chair, Revenue Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2020 Racing and Gaming Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2020 House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee

2019 Spending Affordability

2021 State Park Investment Commission

2021 House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Workgroup (Chair, Cannabis Taxation Subcommittee)

2021 Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission

2019 Maryland Veterans Caucus

Past House Service

Chair, Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2020; Vice Chair's Committee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2013-2017; House Chair, Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight, 2013-2017; Chair, Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee (Member, 2011), 2013-2017; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2011-2013; Transportation Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2010-2013; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2020-2021; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; House Study Group to Study Economic Stability, 2019-2021; Workgroup to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2019; Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, 2019.

Public Service

Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2017-; Task Force to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on State Waters, 2014-2015; National Council of State Legislatures, Committee on Elections and Redistricting, 2015-2017; Alternate Member, Governor's Work Group to Consider Gaming Expansion in Maryland, 2012; Maryland Commission on Disabilities, 2011-2020; Bi-County Agency Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2011-2014.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Board of Directors, Sandy Spring Museum, 2013-2015; East County Citizens Advisory Board, 2008-2010; Board of Directors, Montgomery County Education Association, 2005-2010; Board Member, District 14 Democratic Club, 2005-2008; Executive Committee, Montgomery County Sierra Club, 2005-2007, 1997-1998; National Education Association, 2004-.

Awards

ARC of Maryland Legislator of the Year, 2016-2017; Champion for Children Award, Baltimore Child Abuse Center, 2016; Maryland Legislator of the Year, Humane Society of the United States, 2015-2016; Certificate of Recognition, Maryland Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2013.

Biographical Information

Born, Washington, DC, November 13, 1981; Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Government and History, 2002; University of Maryland, College Park, M.Ed., Secondary Social Studies Education, 2004; Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools 2004-2015; Program Coordinator, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, 2015-2017; Adjunct Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017 -; Married; four children.