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[photo, Nancy J. King, Maryland State Senator] NANCY J. KING
Democrat, District 39, Montgomery County


Member of Senate since September 5, 2007. Majority Leader, 2020-. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2007- (chair, 2019; member, health, education & human resources subcommittee, 2008-10; chair, capital budget subcommittee, 2008-18, member, 2020-; chair, education, business & administration subcommittee, 2014-18, 2021-, member, 2011-18, 2020-21). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2008-18 (member, 2007-18, 2023-); Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight, 2013-18 (member, 2019-). Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government, 2015-; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2017-; Spending Affordability Committee, 2017-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2019-; Rules Committee, 2019-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2019-. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2007-09. Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023. Vice-Chair, Senate Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, 2011-12. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2011-13. Member, Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-14. Assistant Deputy Majority Leader, 2014-18. Member, 21st Century School Facilities Commission, 2016-17; Joint Covid-19 Response Legislative Work Group, 2020-21. Senate Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 2014-18 (member, 2007-; vice-chair, 2011-14). Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-; Steering Committee, Maryland Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-. President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2013-14 (member, 2003-; executive board, at large, 2008-09; secretary, 2009-11; 2nd vice-president, 2011-12; president-elect, 2012-13). Chair, Democratic Party Caucus, 2017. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2018-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (chair, education committee, 2008-, member, 2005-); Southern Legislative Conference (education committee, 2008-).

Member, Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education, 2007; 2009 State Plan for Postsecondary Education Work Group, 2008-09; Maryland Business Tax Reform Commission, 2008-10; P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland, 2010-21. Co-Chair, Communications Tax Reform Commission, 2012-13. Member, Task Force to Study Rates and Charges in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, 2013-14; State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board, 2013-; Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Implementation Review Work Group, 2014-15; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2014-16; State Early Childhood Advisory Council, 2014-; Commission to Review Maryland's Use of Assessments and Testing in Public Schools, 2015-17; Maryland Education Council, Education Commission of the States, 2015-; Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, 2016-19. Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, 2018-19. Member, Work Group to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2019; National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, 2021-; Work Group on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities, 2021-.

Member of House of Delegates, representing District 39, Montgomery County, January 8, 2003 to September 5, 2007. Deputy Majority Whip, 2006-07. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2003-07 (children & youth subcommittee, 2003-04; election law subcommittee, 2003-04; tax & revenue subcommittee, 2004-06; transportation subcommittee, 2004-06; chair, education subcommittee, 2007); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2003-07. Member, Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 2004-06. House Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2007. Member, Montgomery County Delegation, 2003-07 (bi-county committee, 2003-07; transportation committee, 2007; land use & transportation committee, 2007).

Member, Governor's Commission on Quality Education in Maryland, 2004-05. Co-Chair, Task Force on School Safety, 2006-07.

Member, Board of Education, representing District 1, Montgomery County, 1994-2002 (president, 1997-98, 2000-01; vice-president, 1996-97; member, policy committee; chair, audit committee, 1998; chair, subcommittee on long-range & strategic planning).

Born in Niagara Falls, New York, October 7, 1949. Attended LaSalle High School, Niagara Falls, New York; Niagara County Community College, 1967-69. Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Trecor, Inc., a family-owned consulting and forensic engineering company, 1987-. President and coordinator, Gaithersburg Meals on Wheels, 1982-92. Board of Directors, Montgomery Village Foundation, 1991-96. President, Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), 1993-94. Member, Advisory Board, "Care for Kids," Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, 1999-. Board of Directors, Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, 2001-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2020. Municipal Super Star, Maryland Municipal League, 2009 (certificate of appreciation, 2008, 2010, 2011). Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2014. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2017. John R. Hargreaves Distinguished Legislative Fellow, Salisbury University, 2018. Married; three daughters; two grandchildren.

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