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DOUGLAS F. GANSLER, Attorney General (Democrat)
Member, Board of State Canvassers, 2007-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2007-; Correctional Training Commission, 2007-; Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2007-; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2007-; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2007-; Police Training Commission, 2007-; State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 2007-; Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee, 2007-; State Board of Victim Services, 2007-; State's Attorneys' Coordination Council, 2007-. Chair, Governor's Family Violence Council, 2009- (member, 2008-). Member, Maryland Commission on Autism, 2009-; Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud, 2009-; Maryland Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2010, 2011-; Task Force to Study Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2010-; Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety, 2011-; Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender, 2012-.
Member, Task Force to Study Identity Theft, 2007; Task Force on School Safety, 2007; Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement, 2007-08; Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland, 2007-11; Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment, 2008; Advisory Council on Prescription Drug Monitoring, 2008-10; Commission to Study the Title Insurance Industry in Maryland, 2008-10.
State's Attorney, Montgomery County, January 1999 to January 2, 2007. Member, State's Attorneys' Coordination Council, 1999-2007.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1992-98. Vice-Chair, Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999. Member, Task Force on Pedestrian Safety, Montgomery County, 2000. Member, Cease Fire Council, 2000-03; Steering Committee, Bi-County Task Force on Gang Activity, 2004. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Montgomery County, 2004-07. Former member, Commission on Aging, Montgomery County.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, October 30, 1962. Attended Sidwell Friends School; Yale University, B.A., cum laude, 1985; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1989. Former law clerk to Judge John C. McAuliffe, Court of Appeals. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1989; District of Columbia Bar, 1990. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association. Former associate, Howrey & Simon, 1990-92. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008. President-Elect, National Association of Attorneys General, 2011- (vice-president, 2010-11). Past vice-president, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. Board of Directors, Jewish Community Center for Greater Washington; Jewish Foundation for Group Homes; Most Valuable Kids; Teen Court. Advisory Board, CeaseFire Maryland. Former chair, Criminal Justice Committee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Montgomery County. Adjunct faculty, Washington College of Law, The American University. Champion of Children Award, Victims' Rights Foundation, 2000. Hero Award, Mothers' Against Drunk Driving, 2002. Internet Keep Safe Award, iKeepSafe, 2007. Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership, Aspen Institute, 2009. Champion of Online Safety Award, Stop Internet Predators, 2009. Innovator of the Year, Daily Record, 2009. Lifelock Ultimate Award, Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Conference, 2011. Married; two children.
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