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[photo, Sarah K. Elfreth, Maryland State Senator] SARAH K. ELFRETH
Democrat, District 30, Anne Arundel County


Member of Senate since January 9, 2019. Senate Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2023-25. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019-25 (capital budget subcommittee, 2019, 2021-25; education, business & administration subcommittee, 2019-22; chair, pensions subcommittee, 2020-25, member, 2019-25; chair, public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2023-25). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas, 2019-25; Joint Committee on Program Open Space & Agricultural Land Preservation, 2023-25. Member, Work Group to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-20; Senate President’s Advisory Work Group on Equity and Inclusion, 2020-21; State Park Investment Commission, 2021. Member, Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2019-22. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2020-22; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2020-22 (member, 2019-22). Senate Chair, Anne Arundel County Delegation, 2021-23. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2019-25 (senate executive board, 2022-25); Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-25. Associate member, Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, 2024-25.

Member, State Commission on the Capital City, 2019-25; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2019-24 (chair, 2022-23); Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2020-25; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2020-25. Member, Task Force to Study Solar Tax Incentives, 2023-24; Parks and Recreation Commission, 2023-25.

Student member, Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2009-10.

Born in Barrington, New Jersey, September 9, 1988. Attended Haddon Heights High School, Haddon Heights, New Jersey; Towson University, B.A. (political science), magna cum laude, 2010; The Johns Hopkins University, M.P.P. (public policy, education policy, social policy), 2012. Research assistant, Office of Government and Community Affairs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2010-12. Director, Government Affairs, National Aquarium, 2010-12. Senior Director of University Projects, Margrave Strategies, 2016-17. Emerge Maryland, 2013. Board of Directors, Towson University Alumni Association, 2013-15. Member, Maryland Government Relations Association, 2013-. Vice-President, Ward One Residents Association at Annapolis, 2014-. President, District 30 Democratic Club, 2015-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2020, 2024. Author, The Young Guardians: Students as Stewards of the Past, Present and Future American Higher Education, A Field Guide for Student Board Members (2011). Adjunct Professor, Honors College, Towson University, 2019-. Distinguished Alumnus Award, Towson University Honors College, 2014. Top 20 in Their Twenties, Daily Record, 2014. Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Anne Arundel County Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee, 2017. Dean's Recognition Award, College of Liberal Arts, Towson University, 2019. Open Space Champion Award, Maryland Association of County Park and Recreation Administrators, 2022. Legislator of the Year, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, 2024.

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