HOUSE OF DELEGATES

FORMER DELEGATES

Member of House of Delegates, January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995-98 (transportation & motor vehicles subcommittee, 1995-97; transportation subcommittee, 1998; vice-chair, motor vehicles subcommittee, 1998); Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997; Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (capital budget subcommittee, 2002-03; education & economic development subcommittee, 2002-03; health & human resources subcommittee, 2001; public safety & administration subcommittee, 1999-2000; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-2003; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-2003); Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2001-03. House Vice-Chair, Joint Audit Committee, 2002-03 (member, 2001). Vice-Chair, Transportation Committee, Montgomery County Delegation. Vice-Chair, House Democratic Research Group, 1998-2003. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-2003.

Born in Washington, DC, July 2, 1961. Attended Winston Churchill High School, Potomac; American University (Washington semester program), 1981; Vassar College, A.B. (political science), 1983; graduate study, University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Affairs, 1991-95. Political & marketing consultant to candidates and nonprofit organizations. Director of Development, National Women's Political Caucus, 1986-87. Executive Director, Independent Action, 1989-91. Chief of Staff to U. S. Representative John Cox of Illinois, 1991-92. Lobbyist, Handgun Control, Inc. (now Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence), 1991, 1993. Substitute teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1995-99. Vice-President, Strategic Message Design Group, 1999-2000. Executive Director, Carl M. Freeman Foundation, 2003-07. Professor, Montgomery College, 2008-. Democratic political commentator, Channel 9 (WUSA-TV). Committee Chair, Task Force on Party Operations, Maryland Democratic Party (member, committee studying ballot measures). Co-Chair, John Kerry for President campaign, Montgomery County. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004. Steering committee, Hillary Clinton for President campaign, 2007-08. Directed advanced women candidates' training seminar for Women's Campaign Research Fund, and Center for Political Leadership and Participation. Founding Board member, Faith and Politics Institute, 1991-99. National Board, Americans for Democratic Action, 1981-. Special events coordinator for U.S. Representative Michael D. Barnes (Senate campaign), 1986. Steering Committee, Voices Versus Violence, 1994. Chair, Career Development Committee, Vassar Club of Washington, 1991-93. Chapter Board member, American Jewish Committee, 1999-. Member, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, 2003- (vice-president of board development); Peerless Rockville, 2005- (nominations committee); Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, 2006-08. Co-founder & host, Folk 'N Great Music, 2003-. Secretary, Montgomery County Democratic Trustees, 2009-. Volunteer work on behalf of World Folk Music Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Manna Food Pantry, and Multiple Sclerosis Society. Flemming Fellow, Center for Policy Alternatives, 1996. Leader of the Year, Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1998, 2001. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 1997, 1998. Darden Fellow, University of Virginia School of Business, 1999. Blaustein Fellow, American Jewish Committee, 2003. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2003, 2005. Comay Fellow, American Jewish Committee, 2004-05. Woman of Achievement, Montgomery County Business and Professional Women, 2006. Member, Congregation Har Shalom. Married.

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