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[photo, Malcolm L. Augustine, Maryland State Senator] MALCOLM L. AUGUSTINE
Democrat, District 47, Prince George's County


Member of Senate since January 9, 2019. President Pro Tem, 2023-. Member, Education, Energy and the Environment Committee, 2023- (environment subcommittee, 2023-; chair, energy subcommittee, 2023-). Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2021-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2023-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2023-; Joint Federal Action Oversight Committee, 2025-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2019-22. Member, Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders, 2019, 2020-21; Finance Committee, 2019-22 (energy & public utilities subcommittee, 2019-22); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2019-22; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-22; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2019-22; Joint Electric Universal Service Program Work Group, 2020-22. Chair, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2023. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2019-. Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.

Member, Work Group on Alcohol Outlet Density Zones in Prince George's County, 2019-20. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Transportation Access, 2020-22. Member, Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2019-23; Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance, 2021-24; Apprenticeship 2030 Commission, 2023-; Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence Advisory Group, 2023-; Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, 2023-; Energy Industry Revitalization Working Group, 2023-, of Commission on Climate Change. Member, Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2024-.

Board of Directors, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 2015-19. Member, Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 2015-19.

Chair, Cable Television Commission, Prince George's County, 2012-15.

Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, March 10, 1969. Attended Pittsford Mendon High School, Pittsford, New York; Harvard University, A.B. (government), 1991. Business executive. Principal, Gyde Communications, LLC, 2002-. Director of Business Development, Intra Mail Network, 2006-. Operations support analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1991-93. Co-founder and managing director, Alliance Telecom, Inc., 1993-95. Executive Vice-President, Eltrex Industries, Inc., 1998-2003 (general manager, office products & office equipment divisions, 1996-98; general manager and corporate vice-president, 1996-98). Owner, MDiagnostix, LLC, 2005-13. Member, Executive Committee, Progressive Cheverly, 2014- (co-chair, 2012-). Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015-18. Board of Directors, Maryland Patient Safety Center, 2024-. Founder, Think Health Now. Life member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 1989-. Member, Advisory Board, St. Ambrose Catholic School of Cheverly, 2012-. Senator of the Year Award, Maryland Black Caucus Foundation, 2023. Distinguished Community Service Award, Fairmont Heights High School Alumni Assocation, 2023. Achievers in Service Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 2024. Advocate of the Year, Maryland Association of Chain Drug Stores, 2024. Maryland Outstanding Legislative Award, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 2025. EPR Legislative Leader Award, Product Stewardship Institute, 2025. Member, St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Cheverly, Maryland (parish pastoral council, 2009-14). Married; two children.

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