Member of House of Delegates since January 1991. Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (health insurance subcommittee, 2003-; long-term care subcommittee, 2003-; chair, health facilities, equipment & products subcommittee, 2003-); Joint Committee on the State’s Emergency Medical Response System, 2003-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-2003 (workers’ compensation subcommittee, 1994; chair, health insurance subcommittee, 1995-2003); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1993-2002; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97. Deputy Majority Whip, 1995-99. Member, Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Legislative Redistricting, 2001-02. Chair, Washington County Delegation, 1995-98. Vice-Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 1995-.
Member, City Council, City of Hagerstown, 1989-90. Member, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 1991-; Maryland Civil War Heritage Commission, 1992-96; Citizens Advisory Board for Western Maryland Center, 1992-; Task Force to Study Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms, 1996; Task Force on Broadband Communications Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas, 2003-. Born in New York, New York, May 24, 1957. Attended St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown, Maryland; Catholic University of America, B.A. (political science), 1981. Financial Advisor, Legg Mason. Past president, Washington County Unit, American Cancer Society. Member, Knights of Columbus (4th degree). Married; four children.