Board of Trustees, Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans, 2004-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2005-; Children's Cabinet, 2005-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2005-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2005-. Board of Directors, Assistive Technology Guaranteed Loan Program, 2005-. Member, Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2005-; Task Force on Broadband Communications Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas, 2005-; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2005-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2005-; Commission on State Debt, 2005-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2005-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2005-; Governor's Commission on Quality Education in Maryland, 2005; Board of Directors, Maryland Health Insurance Plan, 2005-; State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2005-; Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs, 2005-; State Labor Relations Board, 2005-; Interdepartmental Committee for Minority Affairs, 2005-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2005-. Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2005-. Member, Board of Revenue Estimates, 2005-; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2005-. Chair, State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 2005-. Member, Task Force to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options, 2005; Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options, 2006-.
Citizens Police Advisory Council, Howard County, 1994-95. Trustee, Baltimore City Public Works Museum, 1989-90.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio. Franciscan University of Steubenville, B.A. (history), summa cum laude, 1971. University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1974. Law clerk to Judge Richard C. Wilbur, U.S. Tax Court, 1974-76. Admitted to Ohio Bar, 1974; Maryland Bar, 1976. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (state & local government section; taxation law section). Piper & Marbury, 1976-78. Associate and Principal, Garbis, Marvel & Junghans, 1978-86. Principal, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis, 1986-88. Board of Directors, Long Reach Village Community Association, 1991-97 (vice-chair, 1993-94; chair, 1994-97). Leadership Howard County, 1994. Board of Directors, Columbia Association, 1997-2001.
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