Sarah Elfreth

Experience

1. Senator, Representing Maryland\'s 30th District

   The Maryland General Assembly

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Elected in 2018 to represent Annapolis and southern Anne Arundel County, Senator Sarah Elfreth is the youngest woman ever elected to the Maryland Senate. Sarah serves on the Budget & Taxation Committee, Chair of the Pensions Subcommittee, Chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative, and Legislative Review, as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on the Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, and one of two senators representing Maryland on the multi-state Chesapeake Bay Commission. In her first legislative session, Sarah worked with colleagues across the aisle to pass eight of the nine bills she sponsored - on issues ranging from increasing oversight and transparency of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, strengthening reporting of environmental violations, establishing State funds to address the backlog of untested rape kits and provide legal fees for Title IX proceedings, and to build a consensus-based, stakeholder-led, and science-driven fisheries management plan for oysters. Sarah also secured millions in capital funding for her district’s community priorities including the City of Annapolis to address flood mitigation, the YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter, the Annapolis Maritime Museum, and the Deale Volunteer Fire Department.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master's of Public Policy, Education Policy, Social Policy

  2010 — 2012

• Towson University

  Bachelor's degree, Political Science

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Policy
• Government
• Public Policy
• Higher Education
• Microsoft Office