Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002. Member of the House since 2003.

Current Assignments

2007- Environmental Matters Committee

2011- Agriculture, Agriculture Preservation, and Open Space Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee

2011- Local Government and Bi-County Agencies Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee

2011- Chair, Housing and Real Property Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee

2013- Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review

Past House Service

Deputy Majority Whip , 2007-2010; Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee , 2007-2010; Environment Subcommittee of the Environmental Matters Committee , 2007-2010; Chair, Ground Rent Workgroup of the Environmental Matters Committee , 2007; Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee , 2004-2006; Child Welfare Workgroup of the Appropriations Committee , 2004-2006; Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee , 2003-2006; Appropriations Committee , 2003-2006; Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee , 2003.

Public Service

Vice Chair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2011-; Maryland Foreclosure Task Force, 2011-; Lead Poisoning Prevention Study Group, 2011-; Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2010-; County Affairs Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2008-2010; Commission to Study the Title Insurance Industry in Maryland, 2008-2010; Chair, Task Force on the Establishment of Vocational and Technical Education High School Academies in Prince George's County, 2007-2009; Co-Chair, Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force, 2006-2009; Truancy Court Workgroup, 2007-2008; Legislative Effectiveness Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2007-; Maryland Home-Ownership Preservation Task Force, 2007; Task Force to Study Identity Theft, 2005-2007; Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2005-2007; Bi-County Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2006-; Chair, Bi-County Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2003-2005; Community Revitalization Subcommittee, Governor's Commission on Housing Policy, 2003-2004; Board of Education, Prince George's County, 1996-2002; Police Advisory Board, Mount Rainier, 2001-; Economic Development Advisory Committee, Prince George's County, 1985-1992; City Council, Mount Rainier, 1983-1987.

Memberships

Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-; Board of Directors, Maryland Citizen Action Coalition, 1982-1994; Board of Directors and Chair, Community Advisory Board, Leland Memorial Hospital, 1990-1993; President, Freeze Voter National Education Project, 1986-1990; Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 1986-1990; Maryland State Bar Association; Board of Directors, Prince George's Pool.

Awards

Consumer Legislator of the Year, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition , 2008.

Biographical Information

Born, Grand Island, Nebraska, March 19, 1947; Northwestern High School, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1965; University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Regents Scholar, 1965-67; University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government, with high honors , Phi Beta Kappa, 1969; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of Coif, Editor, Maryland Law Review, 1997; Teaching Fellowship, Graduate School of Government, University of Texas, 1970; Managing Editor, Atlanta Cooperative News Project, 1973-76; Research Director, Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger, 1975-76; Managing Editor, In These Times, 1976-78; Editor and Researcher, Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives, National Center for Economic Alternatives, 1978-79; Project Director, The Youth Project, Community Jobs Clearinghouse, 1979-81; Membership and Communications Director, Rural America, 1981-83; Vice President and Senior Writer, The Kamber Group, 1983-86; Director, Corporate Communications, ULLICO, Inc., 1986-94; Doyle Niemann Communications, 1994-2001; Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1998- (Economic Crimes Unit, 2001-).