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PETER V. R. FRANCHOT, Comptroller (Democrat)
Member, Board of Public Works, 2007-; Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2007-; Banking Board, 2007-; Board of State Canvassers, 2007-; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2007-; College Savings Plans of Maryland Board, 2007-; Commission on State Debt, 2007-; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2007-; Hall of Records Commission, 2007-; Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority, 2007-; Advisory Committee on the Naming of State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges, 2007-; Task Force on Renewable Alternative Fuels, 2007-; Board of Revenue Estimates, 2007-; Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options, 2007-. Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2007-. Member, Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee, 2007-.
Member of House of Delegates, January 14, 1987 to January 22, 2007. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1987-2007 (law enforcement & transportation subcommittee, 1991; education & transportation subcommittee, 1992-94; oversight committee on program open space and agricultural land preservation, 1993-2007; capital budget subcommittee, 1995-2007; chair, public safety & administration subcommittee, 1997-99; chair, transportation & the environment subcommittee, 1999-2007; member, oversight committee on pensions, 2003-05; oversight committee on personnel, 2006-07). Member, Special Joint Committee on MED-EVAC Program, 1987-88. House Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1995-96. Chair, Special Committee on County Finances, Montgomery County Delegation, 1995-98. Member, Transportation Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 1999-2007. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-07; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-07. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (transportation committee, 2004-05).
Staff director for U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey, 1980-86. Special counsel to chair of Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power, U.S. Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce, 1985-86. Member, Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1999; State Information Technology Board, 1999-2004 (co-chair, e-commerce committee, 1999); Transit Policy Panel, 2000; Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, 2000-03.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, November 25, 1947. Attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Served in U.S. Army, 1968-70. Amherst College, B.A. (english), 1973; Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1978. Attorney; self-employed business development consultant. Member, District of Columbia Bar, 1989-. Legislative counsel, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1978-80. Former president and treasurer, Longbranch Sligo Citizens Association. Coach, Takoma Park Youth Soccer League. Coach, Montgomery County Youth Hockey League. Married; two children.
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