Member, Montgomery County Transportation Policy Task Force II, 2000-01.
Minority Council to Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 2002-03.
Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation, 2003-04. Executive Secretary, Maryland Transportation Authority, 2004-07. Member, Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the Chesapeake Bay, 2004-06.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1945. Attended Catonsville Senior High School, Catonsville, Maryland; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.A. (english), 1967; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A. (english literature), 1970; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1991; Georgetown University, Executive Leadership Coaching Certificate, 2010. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1991; District of Columbia Bar, 1993. Attorney. Associate, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, 1991-96. Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Marriott International, 2000-02 (senior counsel, 1996-99). Managing Partner, GenderStrategy, 2007-. Board of Directors, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association, 1992-2003 (president, 2002-03). Howard County Leadership Program, 1993-94. Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law, 1998-2004. Board of Directors, Columbia Foundation, 1999-2005. Member, Howard County Republican Central Committee, 2006-10. Advisory Board, Women's Giving Circle, 2008-12. Author, Why Must There Be Dragons? Empowering Women to Master Their Careers Without Changing Men, 2008. Maryland Woman of the Year, WTS, Inc. (Women's Transportation Seminar), 2004. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2004. Robert H. Kittleman Life Achievement Award, Howard County Republican Central Committee, 2010. Two children.
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