Tenure

Appointed to the House of Delegates, October 2, 2007.

Current Assignments

2016 Appropriations Committee

2016 Chair, Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

2017 Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee

2016 Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

2017 Spending Affordability Committee

2019 House Chair, Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders

2014 Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR)

2011- Joint Committee on Federal Relations

2017 Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission

Past House Service

House Parliamentarian, 2017-2019; Deputy Majority Whip, 2015-2016; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2019-2020; Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007-2016; Chair, Estates & Trusts Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2015-2016; Government Operations & Long Term Care Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2015-2016; Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2008-2010; Government Operations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2008-2014; Health Facilities and Occupations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2011-2014; Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services, 2011-2014; Affordable Care Act (ACA) Workgroup, 2018; Opioid Workgroup, 2018.

Public Service

Workgroup to Study the Laws and Policies Related to the Distribution of Money to Volunteer and Career Companies, 2013; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2012-; Vice Chair, County Affairs Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2011-; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2011-2012; Maryland Commission on Autism, 2009-2012; Chair, Prevention of Underage Drinking Coordinating Committee, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2009-2011; Healthier Maryland Workgroup, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2009; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2008-2015; Committee on Hate and Violence, Montgomery County, 2007-2008; Subcommittee for Office of International Operations, Business and Economic Development Workgroup, Governor-Elect's Transition Team, 2006-2007.

Memberships

Maryland Alliance for Responsible Gambling, 2010-; Treasurer, Washington DC/Baltimore Chapter, Florida International University Alumni Association (President, 1997-2006), 2007; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2006-2007; District of Columbia Bar Association, 2005-; Young Democrats of America (Deputy Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, 2007-2008), 2004-; Montgomery County Young Democrats (President, 2007), 2004-; Young Democrats of Maryland, 2004-; Maryland State Bar Association, 2004-; Montgomery County Bar Association, 2004-.

Awards

The Sidney S. Suntag TEP Man of the Year, Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity, Inc., 2018; Presient's Award, Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association, 2018; Legislator of the Year, Maryland Association of Adult Day Services, 2018; Legislative Champion Award, ARC of Maryland, 2017; Legislative Champion Award, Maryland Association of Community Services, 2017; Legislative Award, MedChi, 2017; Outstanding Legislator of the Year, Maryland Psychological Association, 2016; Distinguished Friend, City of Gaithersburg, 2014; Legislative Award, Maryland Dental Association, 2013; Legislator of the Year, Maryland Chapter, American College of Cardiology, 2012; Health Access Award, Adventist Healthcare, 2010, 2009; Honors College Torch Award, Florida International University, 2009.

Biographical Information

Born, Kiev, Ukraine, August 9, 1974; North Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami, Florida; Florida International University, B.A., International Relations, 1995; The American University, M.A., International Peace and Conflict Resolution, 1998; Washington College of Law, The American University, J.D., 2003; Owner, Saminchilu Martial Arts Academy, North Miami Beach, Florida, 1992-95; Volunteer Martial Arts Instructor, Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Center, Washington, DC, 1995-96; Senior Task Coordinator, Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc., 1996-98; Project Coordinator, Agricultural Cooperative Development International/ Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), 1998-2001; Program Manager, American Councils for International Education, 2001-02; Program Officer, Center for International Private Enterprise, 2002-04; Associate, Weinberg & Jacobs, 2004-05; Contracts Administrator, PADCO, 2005-06; Project Manager, The QED Group, LLC (international trade and development), 2006-2014; Director of Contracts, Training Resources Group, 2014-2017; Senior Program Manager, Macfadden Associates, 2017-; Married; two children.