Tenure

Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2014-2016. Appointed to the Maryland Senate on December 13, 2016. Member of the Maryland Senate since December 21, 2016.

Current Assignments

2017 Judicial Proceedings Committee

2017 Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR)

2017 Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas

2015 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2015 Women Legislators of Maryland

2015 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member

2017 Senate Chair, Maryland Veterans Caucus (Member 2015 - , Executive Committee, 2016)

Past House Service

Judiciary Committee, 2015-2016; Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2015-2016; Family Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2015-2016; Death with Dignity Work Group, 2015.

Public Service

Task Force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment, 2017-; Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee, 2017-; Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (White House appointee), 2011-2013; Vice Chair, Washington Metro Area Committee, 2015-; Advisory Council on Determination of Impact of Regulations on Small Business, 2015-; Justice Reinvestment Workgroup, 2016-; Law Enforcement Officer's Bill of Rights Work Group, 2016; Board of Directors, IMPACT Silver Spring, 2013-; Board of Trustees, The Barrie School, 2012-2014; Board of Directors, The Gandhi Brigade, 2013-; The Victim Services Advisory Board of Montgomery County, Chairman; NAACP, Montgomery County (Executive Committee - 2013), 2011-2013; Board of Directors, The GapBuster Learning Center, 2011-; Chair, The Community Development Block Grant Board of Montgomery County, 2008-2012.

Memberships

The Maryland Bar Association; The U.S. District of Maryland; The Montgomery County Bar Association; The Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association; The J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Awards

National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Joint Service Achievement Medal; Thurgood Marshall Award (Public Service in the Law) William and Mary Law School; W. Taylor Reveley III Award (Citizen Lawyer Award), William and Mary Law School; William and Mary Law School Election Law Society Alumnus of the Year Award; Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility Leadership Award.

Biographical Information

Born, Silver Spring, Maryland, February 6, 1982; The Barrie School, 2000; The College of William and Mary, B.A., (government) 2004; Americorp Graduate, Project Change, 2005-06; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., (government) 2006; Marshall Wythe Law School, College of William and Mary, J.D., 2009; Intelligence officer, U.S. Naval Reserves, 2009; Naval Officer, U.S. Naval Reserves, 2010 -; Admitted to Maryland Bar, Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association;; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association; Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association; Married.