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JAMES W. GILCHRIST
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 219
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3744, (301) 858-3744
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3744 (toll free)
e-mail: jim.gilchrist@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3850, (301) 858-3850
Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Member, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015- (local government & bi-county agencies subcommittee, 2015-18; natural resources, agriculture & open space subcommittee, 2015-18; environment subcommittee, 2015-; chair, land use & ethics subcommittee, 2019-); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2015-. House Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2015-. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2007-11 (education subcommittee, 2007-11; finance resources subcommittee, 2007-08; transportation subcommittee, 2009-11); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2007-11; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2011; Environmental Matters Committee, 2011-15 (environment subcommittee, 2011-15; housing & real property subcommittee, 2011-15). Deputy Majority Whip, 2015-21. Chair, Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2015- (vice-chair, county affairs committee, 2013-14, member, 2007-13). Member, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021-.
Member, Commission on Civic Literacy, 2007-12; Task Force to Explore the Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design for Learning into the Education Systems in Maryland, 2010-11. Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Trust, 2018-. Board of Trustees, Maryland Environmental Trust, 2020-.
Community Development Officer, Community Development Block Grant Program, Department of Housing and Community Development, 1994-98. Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of Legislative Services, 1998-2002. Legislative Analyst, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, Montgomery County, 2003-06.
Born in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1965. Attended St. Albans School, Washington, DC; Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, B.A. (english), 1987; The George Washington University, M.B.A., 1993. Research Historian, History Associates, Inc., 1987-91. Chair, Alliance of Rockville Neighborhood Associations, 2003-05. Vice-President, Americana Centre Condominiums, 2004-07. Treasurer, Alliance of Rockville Citizens, 2005-07. Board of Directors, Potomac Area Council, Hostelling International, USA, 2009-14; Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., 2015-.
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