Tenure

Appointed to the Senate September 18, 2013. Sworn in October 1, 2013. First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2014. First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2010. Member of the House 2011-2013.

Current Assignments

2023 Minority Leader

2015 Finance Committee

2023 Rules Committee

2023 Executive Nominations Committee

2023 Spending Affordability Committee

2023 Legislative Policy Committee

2015 Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics

2014 Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology

2023 Commission on Transportation and Infrastructure Needs

2014 Maryland Veterans Caucus (House Member 2012-2013)

Past Senate Service

Minority Whip, 2015-2020; Legislative Policy Committee, 2015-2020; Executive Nominations Committee, 2015-2020; Health Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2015-2019; Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2019-2023; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), 2019-2023; Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2013-2014; Rules Committee, 2016-2021; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2023; Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight, 2014-2023; Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2014; Joint Committee on Access To Mental Health Services, 2014; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017; Marijuana Legalization Work Group, 2019.

Past House Service 2011-2014

Deputy Minority Whip, 2013; Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Banking, Economic Development, Science, and Technology Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Chair, Queen Anne’s County House Delegation, 2011-2014.

Public Service

Alternate Member, Southern States Energy Board, 2019-; Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board, 2016-; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2016-; Workgroup on Rural Health Care Delivery, 2016-2017; Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017; Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission, 2015-2016; Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., Board of Directors, 2015-2018; Board of Directors, Upper Shore Regional Council (member, 2011), 2014-; Maryland Offshore Wind Business Development Advisory Committee, 2013-; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2011-; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2011-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2011-; Economic Development Commission, Queen Anne's County, 2002-2006; Chair, Queen Anne's County Tricentennial Celebration Committee, 2004.

Memberships

President, Queen Anne's County Republican Club, 2002-2004.

Biographical Information

Born, Washington, DC, May 2, 1964; Bowie High School, 1982; James Madison University; Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., B.C.E., Civil Engineering, 1987; George Washington University, M.B.A., 2002; Vice President, Trammell Crow Company, 1999-2003; Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Planning, 2003-04; Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources, 2004-06; Vice President, James Lang LaSalle (commercial real estate), 2006-; Youth Football Coach, 2006-09; Member, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, Centreville; Married.