Member of Senate, 1995-2002, representing District 13 (Howard & Prince George's counties). Resigned from Senate January 7, 2002. Minority Leader, 1998-2001. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-2001. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2000-02 (health & human services subcommittee, 2000-02; pensions subcommittee, 2001). Member, Special Joint Committee on Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, 1995-98; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-98; Finance Committee, 1995-99 (home builders registration work group, 1999; chair, welfare reform subcommittee, 1995-99); Rules Committee, 1995-2001; Spending Affordability Committee, 1998; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-2001; Legislative Policy Committee, 1999-2001 (management subcommittee, 1999-2001); Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1999-2001. Board of Directors, State Legislative Leaders Foundation, 1998-2001.
Member, House of Delegates, 1991-94, representing District 13B (Howard & Prince George's counties). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-94 (workers' compensation subcommittee).
Member, Governor-elect's Executive Council, 2002-03; Transportation Task Force, 2003. Chair, Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2003-07. Member, Task Force on Traffic Capacity across the Chesapeake Bay, 2005-06.
Member, Maryland Humanities Council, 2007-12; Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2011-13; State Ethics Commission, 2014.
Member, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2014-15. Senior Advisor to Governor, 2015-17.
Member, Board for the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company, 2019-.
Born in Washington, DC, May 24, 1949. Iona College, B.A. (economics), 1971. Insurance agent. Member, Prince George's County Republican Central Committee, 1982-83. Board of Directors, Literacy Council of Prince George's County, 1989-90; St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, 1989-; Martin C. Punke Foundation, 1991-. Member, Citizens Against Spousal Abuse (CASA); Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD); Sierra Club; Kiwanis Club of Laurel; Knights of Columbus; Elk Ridge Heritage Society; Clarksville Ridge Citizens Association. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2006. Member, St. Louis Church. Married; four children.
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