Member of House of Delegates, January 9, 1991 to June 30, 2003. Minority Whip, 2002-03. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1991-2003 (environmental & natural resources subcommittee, 1995-99; agriculture, environment & natural resources subcommittee, 1999-2003; public utilities subcommittee, 1999-2003; ethics subcommittee, 2003; motor vehicles & transportation subcommittee, 2003; natural resources subcommittee, 2003); Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1992-2003. Deputy Minority Whip, 1994-97. Member, Department of Natural Resources Special Funds Work Group, 2002-03; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003. Chair, Talbot County Delegation. Chair, Eastern Shore Delegation, 2003. Member, American Legislative Exchange Council (task force on energy, environment, & natural resources).
Member, Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-98; Solid Waste Management Task Force, 1998; Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-03; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-03. Chair, Public Service Commission, 2003-. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1969. Attended St. Michaels High School; Salisbury State University, B.S. (biology), 1992; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1998. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1999. Attorney. Member, Maryland State and Talbot County Bar Associations. Former waterman and grocer. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1992. Delegate to Poland and Hungary, American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1993. Member, Ducks Unlimited; National Rifle Association; Maryland Ornithological Society; Nature Conservancy. Charter member, Talbot County Young Republicans. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Participant, Boys State (leadership action program), sponsored by American Legion of Maryland. Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1987. Outstanding Academics Award, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1989-90 (national leadership school, 1988, 1989). Outstanding Greek Scholar, Salisbury State University, 1989-90. Married; three children.
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