Member, County Council, Montgomery County, At Large, 2002 to December 3, 2018 (president, Dec. 1, 2009 to Dec. 6, 2010, Dec. 1, 2015 to Dec. 6, 2016; vice-president, Dec. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2015). Chair, Transportation and Environment Committee, 2006-08. Member, Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, 2008-18 (chair, 2008-10). Chair, Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee, 2010-18 (member, 2006-14).
Mayor, Garrett Park, 2000-02. Member, Citizens' Advisory Board, Silver Spring.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, September 29, 1951. Smith College, B.A. (american studies), 1973; Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 1976. Founding member, Montgomery Women, 2000- (past president). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008. Chair, Transit Subcommittee, 2010-, Transportation Steering Committee, National Association of Counties (past vice-chair for transit). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2016. Treasurer, County Elected Women of Maryland. Board of Directors, Montgomery Housing Partnership; Jewish Council on Aging; Habitat for Humanity; Strathmore Hall Foundation. Member, Montgomery Parks Foundation; Silver Spring Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Past president, Maryland Citizen Planners Association; Parent-Teacher Assocation, East Silver Spring Elementary School. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2003, 2007, 2011 (Circle of Excellence). Phyllis Campbell Newsome Public Policy Leadership Award, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 2014. Member, Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda, Maryland. Married; three children, two grandchildren.
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