Member of House of Delegates, January 10, 1979 to January 8, 2003. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1979-85; Ways and Means Committee, 1986-2003 (chair, transportation subcommittee, 1994-96; chair, education subcommittee, 1997-2003). House Co-Chair, Joint Transportation Financing Committee, 1994. Member, Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995-96; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-97. Former member, Special House Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Member, Liaison Work Group, Baltimore City Delegation.
Member, Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, 2004-10; Task Force on the Membership and Operation of the Baltimore County Board of Education, 2011.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 14, 1947. Attended Severna Park High School; University of Baltimore, B.A. (psychology), 1969; University of Maryland School of Social Work, M.S.W., 1976. Social worker. Active in community affairs. School and Community Outreach Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins University. Board member, Maryland Food Committee; Fellowship of Lights. Advisory Board, University of Maryland School of Social Work, 2006-07. Past president, Advisory Board, Salvation Army of Central Maryland. Author of articles in Baltimore Sunpapers on the elderly, community organizations in Baltimore, and zero-base budgeting. Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 1993.
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