Paca Region

"Member of Senate since January 10, 2007. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2008-. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2007- (environment subcommittee, 2007-; ethics & election law subcommittee, 2007-; chair, special committee on renewables & clean energy, 2007-); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2007-; Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2007-; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2007-.

Special Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1993 (staff attorney, 1990-92). Counsel, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1993-95. Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1995-96.

Member, Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board, Montgomery County, 2001-03 (chair, public awareness committee). Member, Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education, 2007-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2007-; Maryland School-Based Health Care Policy Advisory Council, 2007-; Statewide Empowerment Zones for Seniors Commission, 2007-.

Born in New York, New York, February 24, 1962. Brandeis University, B.A. (american studies, political science, & legal studies), magna cum laude, 1984; Georgetown University, M.A. (american government), 1988; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1988; LL.M. (with distinction, security law), 1992. Senior articles and notes editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1988. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1989. Attorney in private practice, 1988-90. Adjunct professor, The National Law Center, George Washington University, 1992-93. Attorney, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, L.L.P., 1996-2006. President, District 19 Democratic Club, 1998-2002. Board of Directors, Family Learning Solutions, 2000-02. Member, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2002-06 (chair, issues committee; strategic direction committee). "