SENATE

[photo, Shelly Hettleman, Maryland State Senator] SHELLY L. HETTLEMAN
Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County


Member of Senate since February 3, 2020. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2023- (health & human services subcommittee, 2023-pensions subcommittee, 2023-); Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2020-; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2020-. Vice-Chair, Rules Committee, 2021-. Member, Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2023-; Joint Committee on Pensions, 2023-. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2020-22 (chair, work group on COVID-19 & housing, 2020). Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2020-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021-.

Member, Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2020-.

Member of House of Delegates, January 14, 2015 to February 3, 2020. Resigned February 3, 2020. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2015-20 (oversight committee on personnel, 2015-20; vice-chair, education & economic development subcommittee, 2019-, member, 2015-20; member, capital budget subcommittee, 2020); Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2015-20. House Chair, Joint Audit Committee, 2019 (member, 2015-19). House Chair, Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-20. Member, Study Group on Economic Stability, 2019-20. Vice-Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 2018-20. At Large member, Executive Board, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-20 (member, 2015-20; chair, legislative subcommittee, 2018-20); Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-20. Associate member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2016-20.

Member, Commission to Review Maryland's Use of Assessments and Testing in Public Schools, 2015-17. Board of Directors, Maryland Corps Program, 2016-. Member (nonvoting), Commission on the Future of the Pikeville Armory, 2017-19.

Legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, 1987-90.

Born in Houston, Texas, August 26, 1964. Attended Pikesville Senior High School, Pikesville, Maryland; Northwestern University, B.A. (political science), 1986. Scheduler, Mikulski for Senate, 1986. Director of Government Relations, Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990-92. Director, Public Policy, Parent Action, 1992-95. Program Director, Counseling, Helpline and Aid Network for Abused Women (CHANA), 1995-2000. Baltimore Community Coordinator, Jewish Women's Archives, 2000-05. Senior Planner, The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, 2005-07. Campaign manager, Cardin for Senate, Inc., 2007-13. Board of Directors, The Park School Parents' Association, 2006-12 (president, 2008-10). Board of Trustees, The Park School, 2008-10. Board of Directors, Baltimore Jewish Council, 2012-15. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2016, 2020. Legislative Award, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2017. Cornerstone Award, Maryland Association of Youth Service Bureaus, 2017. Board of Directors, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 2006-16 (executive committee, 2010-16), Baltimore, Maryland. Married; two children.

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