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[photo, Robert J. Garagiola, State Senator] ROBERT J. GARAGIOLA
Democrat, District 15, Montgomery County


Member of Senate since January 8, 2003. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2003-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2005-. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive & Legislative Review, 2003-; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2003-; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2003-; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2003-. Member, Senate Special Commission on Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance, 2004. Senate Co-Chair, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003- (law & criminal justice committee; alternate member, intergovernmental affairs committee, 2003-); Southern Legislative Conference, Council of State Governments, 2003- (law & criminal justice committee, 2003-).

Advisory Board, Institute for Governmental Service, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004- (secretary/treasurer, 2005-). Member, Advisory Council for Children, 2005-.

Born in Warren, Michigan, September 5, 1972. Rutgers University, B.A. (political science), 1994. Served in U.S. Army Reserves, 1995-2001 (parachutist badge, 2000; commendation medal, 2001). George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2001. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2001. Attorney, Stein, Sperling, Bennett, DeJong, Driscoll & Greenfeig, P.C. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (business law section; property, planning & zoning section; young lawyers section); Montgomery County Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association. Senior congressional aide in U.S. House of Representatives, 1994-98. Vice-President, Germantown Citizens Association, 1998-2000 (board member, 1997-2001). President, Germantown Democratic Club, 1999-2001. Board of Trustees, Germantown Alliance, 1999-2001. Board member, Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, 2000, 2001 (vice-president of economic development, 1999). Co-chair, Germantown Harvest Parade Committee, 2000. Board of Directors, Clean Energy Partnership, Inc., 2004. Democrat of the Year, Montgomery County Democratic Party, 2001. Solar Energy Champion Award, MDV-Solar Energy Industries Association, 2004. Married; three children.

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