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Former legislative assistant, Capitol Hill. Member, Mayor's Task Force for Liaison with General Assembly, Baltimore City, 1980-81. Past member, Maryland State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Member, Commission on Hereditary Disorders, 1983-87; Task Force to Study Incentive Awards Program for State Employees, 1990; Peabody Institute Oversight Committee, 1990-96; Maryland Housing Policy Commission, 1996-97; Museum Assistance Review Panel, 1996-2002; Commission on Inadvertent Displacement, 1997-98; Oversight Committee on the Administration of the HealthChoice Program, 1999; Task Force to End Smoking in Maryland, 1999; Special Commission to Study Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Maryland, 2000-01; State Information Technology Board, 2000-04; Task Force on Child Welfare System Accountability, 2003-04; Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment, 2008; State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings, 2011-; Task Force to Study the Renovation and Repair Needs of Senior Homeowners (DHCD), 2012-13; Hall of Records Commission, 2012-; Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland, 2013-; State Early Childhood Advisory Council, 2014-; Task Force to Ensure Retirement Security for All Marylanders, 2014-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 18, 1950. Attended Baltimore City College; Amherst College, B.A. (political science), 1972; Columbia University Law School, J.D., 1975. Program Administrator, Housing Authority of Baltimore City, 1975-76, 1979-81. Square Off producer, assistant to program manager, WJZ-TV, 1976-79. Executive Director, Homeless Persons Representation Project, 1989-90. Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore and University of Maryland Schools of Law, 1990-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988, 1996, 2000. Member, New Democratic Coalition; Westside, Hampden and Dolfield Democratic Clubs; Democratic Leadership Council; Common Cause. Past board member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Jewish Historical Society; Planned Parenthood of Maryland; Action for the Homeless. Past board member, Citizens Planning and Housing Association; Baltimore Jewish Community Relations Council. Regional Visionary Award, Greater Baltimore Committee, 1998. Legislator of the Year Award, Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2012. Member, Bolton Street Synagogue.
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