Delegate
Maryland General Assembly
Member of House of Delegates since January 12, 2011 (appointed December 29, 2010). Member, Appropriations Committee, 2015- (vice-chair, transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2015-; member, capital budget subcommittee, 2015-; chair, oversight committee on personnel, 2015-). Member, Business Climate Work Group, 2013-; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2015-; Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, 2015-. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2011-15 (revenues subcommittee, 2011-15; transportation subcommittee, 2011-15; education subcommittee, 2013-15). Member, Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2015- (land use & transportation committee, 2011-13; county affairs committee, 2013-14; vice-chair, land use, transportation, & public safety committee, 2015). President-elect, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2015- (member, 2011-; executive board, 2012-; treasurer, 2013-14; 1st vice-president, 2015).
Member, Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning, 2012-; Task Force on the Implementation of Tax Benefits for Emergency Preparedness Equipment, 2013-14; Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 2013-.
Born in Hyderabad, India, November 6, 1964. Attended New York public schools; University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), B.S. (civil engineering), 1989. Traffic Engineer, Dept. of Public Works, Los Angeles County, California, 1989-90. Traffic Engineer, Dept. of Public Works and Transportation, Montgomery County, 1990-94; Dept. of Permitting Services, Montgomery County, 1994-96. Program Manager, Division of Engineering Services, Dept. of Public Works and Transportation, Montgomery County, 1996-2001. Manager, Dept. of Permitting Services, Montgomery County, 2001-02. Senior Transportation Planner, Go Montgomery!,2002-04. Manager, Transportation Facility Planning, Division of Transportation Engineering, Dept. of Transportation, Montgomery County, 2007- (project manager, 2004-07). At large member, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2006-10. President, South Asian American Society, 2007-08. Chair, Serving Our Communities, 2009-10. Board of Directors, Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation, Inc., 2008-. Married; three children.