Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor, January 16, 2004 to January 17, 2007. Responsible for oversight of departments of Agriculture; Business and Economic Development; Environment; General Services; Housing and Community Development; Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Natural Resources; Planning; and Transportation; the Office of Minority Affairs; State Department of Assessments and Taxation; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Maryland Economic Development Corporation; Maryland Energy Administration; Maryland Environmental Service; Maryland Insurance Administration; State Lottery Agency; and Maryland Stadium Authority.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 22, 1971. Attended Gilman School; University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (history), with honors, 1993; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2000 (executive editor, Virginia Journal of International Law). Admitted to New York Bar, 2001; Maryland Bar, 2007. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, 2000-03; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, LLP, Baltimore, 2003. Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, 2007-. Senior research analyst, The Luntz Research Companies, 1993-95. Director of Research, The Polling Company, 1995-1997. Cornerstone Award (for pro bono work on behalf of Harlem firehouse which lost three firefighters on September 11, 2001), Lawyers Alliance for New York.
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