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[photo, Malcolm L. Augustine, Maryland State Senator] MALCOLM L. AUGUSTINE
Democrat, District 47, Prince George's County


Member of Senate since January 9, 2019. President Pro Tem, 2023-. Member, Education, Energy and the Environment Committee, 2023- (environment subcommittee, 2023-; chair, energy subcommittee, 2023-). Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2021-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2023-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2023-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2019-22. Member, Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders, 2019, 2020-21; Finance Committee, 2019-22 (energy & public utilities subcommittee, 2019-22); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2019-22; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-22; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2019-22; Joint Electric Universal Service Program Work Group, 2020-22. Chair, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2023. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2019-. Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.

Member, Work Group on Alcohol Outlet Density Zones in Prince George's County, 2019-20. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Transportation Access, 2020-22. Member, Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2019-23; Work Group on Low-Income Utility Assistance, 2021-; Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence Advisory Group, 2023-.

Board of Directors, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 2015-19. Member, Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 2015-19.

Chair, Cable Television Commission, Prince George's County, 2012-15.

Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, March 10, 1969. Attended Pittsford Mendon High School, Pittsford, New York; Harvard University, A.B. (government), 1991. Business executive. Principal, Gyde Communications, LLC, 2002-. Director of Business Development, Intra Mail Network, 2006-. Operations support analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1991-93. Co-founder and managing director, Alliance Telecom, Inc., 1993-95. Executive Vice-President, Eltrex Industries, Inc., 1998-2003 (general manager, office products & office equipment divisions, 1996-98; general manager and corporate vice-president, 1996-98). Owner, MDiagnostix, LLC, 2005-13. Member, Executive Committee, Progressive Cheverly, 2014- (co-chair, 2012-). Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015-18. Founder, Think Health Now. Life member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 1989-. Member, Advisory Board, St. Ambrose Catholic School of Cheverly, 2012-. Member, St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Cheverly, Maryland (parish pastoral council, 2009-14). Married; two children.

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