Tenure

Appointed November 8, 2013, and sworn in on November 19, 2013

Current Assignments

2015 Economic Matters Committee

2026 Economic Development Committee of the Economic Matters Committee

2026 Housing and Real Property Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2015 Workers' Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2019 Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2019 Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee

2014 Chair, Queen Anne's County Delegation

2014 Eastern Shore Delegation (Chair, 2019-2022)

Past House Service

Deputy Minority Whip, 2017-2021; Appropriations Committee, 2014; Alcoholic Beverages Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2025; Consumer Protection and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Property and Casualty Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2023; Joint Audit Committee, 2015-2019.

Public Service

Workgroup to Study Issuance of Alcoholic Beverage Licenses to Tobacconists, 2024-; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2013-; Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2013; County Commissioner, Queen Anne's County, 2010-2013; Upper Shore Regional Council, 2010-2013; Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2010-2013; Queen Anne's County Economic Development Commission (former Chair), 2007-2010; Queen Anne's County Chamber of Commerce (former Chair), 2005-2006; Board of Directors, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2006.

Biographical Information

Born in Hollywood, California, April 17, 1951; Allegheny Community College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Control Data Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Newbury Junior College, Brookline, Massachusetts; Owner and operator of Hemingway's Restaurant and Lola's Sunset Grill, Stevensville, MD, 1996-2010; Realtor, Long & Foster, 2003 -; Married; two children.