Ogle Region

"Member of House of Delegates since January 8, 2003. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2003- (education subcommittee, 2003-04; tax & revenue subcommittee, 2004-06; chair, election law subcommittee, 2007-, member, 2003-06); Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 2007-. Member, Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility, 2003-04. Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-. Chair, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2005-. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (agriculture, environment & energy committee, 2007-).

Member, Task Force to Study the Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration into and out of Maryland, 2004-06; Task Force on Comparable Testing Methods for the Maryland High School Assessments, 2004-06; Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education, 2005-07.

Attended Park School, Brooklandville; Tufts University, B.A. (international relations), 1992; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, M.P.S. (policy sciences), 1996; Baltimore Hebrew University, M.A. (judaic studies), 1996. University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2001 Law clerk to Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., Baltimore City Circuit Court, 2001-02. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2001; District of Columbia Bar, 2002. Attorney. Member, American and Federal Bar Associations, Maryland State Bar Association (section of young lawyers); Baltimore City Bar Association. Spanish teacher and coach, Mercersburg Academy, 1992-94. Community relations associate, Baltimore Jewish Council, 1994-96. Executive Director, Project Judaica Foundation, 1996-98."