Member of the Maryland Senate since January 13, 2021. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2015-2021.
Current Assignments
2021 Budget and Taxation Committee
2021 Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee
2023 Chair, Pensions Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee (Member, 2021)
2015 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland
2023 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 7, Prince George's County Senate Delegation
2022 Chair, Maryland Veterans Caucus
Past Senate Service
Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2021.
Public Service
Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools, 2022-; Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement, 2021-; Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, 2019-; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 2015-.
Memberships
National Sheriffs' Association; American Legion Post no 275.
Awards
Law Enforcement Person of the Year, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2007; Allied Profession Award, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, 2008.
Biographical Information
Born, Cheverly, Maryland, March 29, 1964; Attended Crossland High School, Temple Hills, Maryland, 1982; DeVry Institution of Technology, B.S. Electronic Engineering/Technical Management, 1986; U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, 1982-1985; Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Police Executive Leadership Program; University of Maryland University College, Adjunct Associate Professor, Business and Applied Profession Programs, 2007 -; DeVry University, Adjunct Associate Professor, Business and Management, 2009 -; Sheriff, Prince George's County, 2002-2010; Director, Executive Development Institute, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, 2011-2014; Special Assistant for Homeland Security, Prince George's County, 2014 - 2016; Deputy Director, Administrative Division, Office of Homeland Security, Prince George's County, 2016-; Married; one child. |