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[photo, Lisa A. Gladden, Maryland State Senator] LISA A. GLADDEN
Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City

Member of Senate, January 8, 2003 to January 11, 2017. Resigned January 11, 2017. Member, Finance Committee, 2003-06, 2016-17. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-06. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-17; Senate Special Commission on Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance, 2004; Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2007-09; Legislative Policy Committee, 2007-11. Vice-Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2007-16. Majority Whip, 2007-16. Member, Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2009-11. Chair, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2011-14 (member, 2003-11). Member, Task Force to Study Court Decision regarding Pit Bulls, 2012; Special Joint Commission on Public Safety and Security in State and Local Correctional Facilities, 2013; Budget and Taxation Committee, 2016. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), 1999-2017 (chair, judicial nominating committee, 2000-03; vice-chair, membership committee, 2000-03; member, drug treatment committee, 2001-03; parliamentarian, 2007-08); Women Legislators of Maryland, 1999-17 (endorsement committee, 2001-03, 2006; co-chair, legislative committee, 2001-03, 2006). Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (human services & welfare committee); Southern Legislative Conference (human services & public safety committee, 2008-17).

Member, Task Force on Lending Equity within Financial Institutions Providing State Depository Services, 2004-05; Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2004-17. Co-Chair, Auto Insurance Task Force to Study Rates in Urban Areas, 2005. Co-Chair, Task Force on Minority Participation in the Environmental Community, 2006-07. Member, Truancy Court Work Group, 2007-08; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2007-16; Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2008-11; Pimlico Community Development Authority, 2008-17; Lead Poisoning Prevention Study Group, 2011; Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council, 2015-17.

Member of House of Delegates, representing District 41, Baltimore City, January 13, 1999 to January 8, 2003. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1999-2003 (criminal justice subcommittee, 1999-2003). Member, Liaison Work Group, Baltimore City Delegation, 1999-2003.

Member, State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1999-2001; Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination, 2001-04; Drug Treatment Court Commission, 2002-06.

Assistant Public Defender, Office of Public Defender, Baltimore City, 1993- (law clerk, 1990-91).

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 6, 1964. Attended Western High School, Baltimore; Duke University, A.B. (history), 1986; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1991. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1991. Law clerk to Judge Mabel E. H. Hubbard, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1991-93. Attorney. Member, American Bar Association (vice-chair, children & the law committee, 1995). Financial consultant, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith, 1988-90. President, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, 1994-95. Toll Fellow, Council of State Governments, 2000. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004, 2008, 2012. Member, Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, 2006-18. Member, Women's International Bowling Congress. Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 2000. Member, First Baptist Church of Baltimore (Sunday school teacher, gospel choir).

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