PUBLIC SERVICE
Member of U.S. Senate since January 3, 2025. Member,
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
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, 2025-;
Environment and Public Works Committee
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, 2025-;
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
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, 2025-; and
Special Committee on Aging
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, 2025-.
Chair,
Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission
, 2025-.
County Executive, Prince George's County, December 3, 2018 to December 2, 2024. Resigned December 2, 2024.
State's Attorney, Prince George's County, January 3, 2011 to December 3, 2018. Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1997-2002.
Education Liaison, Prince George's County Executive, 2002-04. Executive Director, Revenue Authority of Prince George's County, 2004-10.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Suitland, Maryland, 1971.
Attended Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, Washington, DC; Duke University, B.A. (public policy), 1993; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1996. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1996.
Law clerk to Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1996-97. Attorney.
Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024. Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2019-. Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Co-Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2025.
Citizen of the Year, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 2011, 2012. Voice of Courage Award, YMCA of Greater Washington, 2012. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2012. Community of Hope Award, Community of Hope African American Episcopal Church, 2013. Gertrude Rush Award, National Bar Association, 2014. Rita C. Davidson Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 2014. Virginia Mahoney Memorial Award, State Board of Victim Services, 2014. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2014, 2016, 2021. Civic Leadership Award, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, 2015. Power 100 List, Daily Record, 2021. Distinguished Graduate Award, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, 2024.
Member, First Baptist Church of Glenarden.