Member, Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2024-; Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings, 2024-.
Member of House of Delegates, January 9, 2019 to June 13, 2024. Resigned June 13, 2024. Member, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-24 (local government & bi-county agencies subcommittee, 2019; land use & ethics subcommittee, 2020-23; environment subcommittee, 2023-24; chair, motor vehicle & transportation subcommittee, 2023-24, member, 2020-24). Member, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2023-24. Chair, Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County House Delegation, 2020-24. Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2019-24; Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-24; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-24.
Member, Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2019-22; Maryland State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2019-23. Vice-Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2023 (member, 2019-24; Maryland delegation vice-chair, 2022 & chair, 2023).
Born in Evanston, Illinois, April 6, 1967. Attended New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois; Princeton University, A.B. (history), 1989; Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993. Law clerk to Judge Timothy K. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit, 1993-94. Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1993; U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois, 1995; District of Columbia Bar, 1999; U.S. Supreme Court, 2000. Attorney. Public Policy Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, 2012-16 (president, board of directors, 2008-12; member, 2005-08). Litigation associate, Robinson, Curley and Clayton, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-98. General Counsel, National Women's Health Foundation, 1998-2000. Legal Director, Clinic Access Project of Feminist Majority Foundation, 1998-2000. General Counsel and Legal Director, NARAL Pro-Choice America, 2002-04. Board of Directors, Women's Campaign Forum and Executive Committee, 2005-08; American Civil Liberties Union, 2005-12 (president, 2008-12). Member, Alumni Relations Committee, Princeton University, 2007-11. Board of Directors, NARAL Pro-Choice America, 2010-14. Girl Scout Leader, 2008-13. Board of Directors, Palisades Neighborhood Association, 2009-12. Delegate, Montgomery County Council of PTAs, 2010-12. Outreach manager, Activity Rocket, 2012. Board of Directors, Law Enforcement Action Project, 2017-18. Member, Carderock Springs Elementary School PTA. Legislators of the Year, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, 2024. Two children. One rescue dog.
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