Member of Senate, January 11, 1995 to August 10, 2007. Vice-Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2003-07, member, 1995-2007 (health, education & human resources subcommittee, 1995-99; pensions subcommittee, 1999-2007; capital budget subcommittee, 2003-07; chair, education, business & administration subcommittee, 2003-07, member, 2000-07); Joint Audit Committee, (formerly Joint Committee on Budget and Audit), 1995-2007; Spending Affordability Committee, 1999-2007; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1999-2007; Legislative Policy Committee, 2003-07. Chair, Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 2007 (member, 1995-2007); Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2007 (member, 2000-07). Member, Joint Task Force on Payment Schedule of Property Taxes, 1995-96; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1995-2003; Senate Committee on Redistricting, 2001-02; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003, 2007. Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2003-06. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-05. Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 2007. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-07. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (budgets & revenue standing committee; communications, technology & interstate commerce committee; past state coordinator, legislators' back-to-school program).
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Government Relations, University System of Maryland, 2007-.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1962. Attended Mt. Lebanon Senior High School, Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Indiana University, Indiana, Pennsylvania, B.S. (marketing), 1989. Owner of Cycle Sport, Inc., a retail sporting-goods store, 1985-90. Computer consultant, 1995-2007. Distinguished Legislator Award, University of Maryland University College Alumni Association, 1999. Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 1999. Married; two children.
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