Member of Senate, June 22, 2009 to January 11, 2023. Deputy Minority Leader, 2021-23. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2009-15, 2021-23 (base realignment & closure (brac) subcommittee, 2009-10; environmental subcommittee, 2009-10; special committee on renewables & clean energy, 2009-10; education subcommittee, 2009-15, 2021-; ethics & election law subcommittee, 2011-15; chair, alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2012-15, member, 2021-23). Member, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2011-23; Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders, 2015-21; Joint Electric Universal Service Program Work Group, 2020-23. Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2009-15; Joint Committee on Pensions, 2010. Minority Whip, 2011-13. Member, Executive Nominations Committee, 2015-19; Finance Committee, 2015-20 (health subcommittee, 2015-20).
Chair, County Council, Anne Arundel County, 2005-07, and December 2008 to June 2009 (member, representing councilmanic district 7, 2002-09; vice-chair, 2004-05).
Member, Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs, 2007-08.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, November 28, 1949. Attended Essex Catholic High School, Newark, New Jersey. Iona College, B.B.A. (banking & finance), 1972. Insurance agent. Owner, Reilly Insurance Agency, Crofton. Member, U.S. Jaycees, 1974-. Former president, Anne Arundel Association of Life Underwriters; College Park-Adelphi Jaycees, 1976; St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Council, Crofton, Maryland. Married; four children, ten grandchildren.
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