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Ariana Kelly's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

James Senate Office Building, Room 222
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Full Name:

Ariana B. Kelly

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Barak; 2 Children: Maeve, Leo

Birth Date:

12/07/1976

Birth Place:

Bethesda, MD

Home City:

Bethesda, MD

Religion:

Jewish

BA, History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1994-1999

Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 16, 2023-present

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 16, 2010-2023

Deputy Majority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2017-2023

Candidate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 16, 2022

Member, Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, 2013-present

Member, Midwives Work Group (DHMH), 2012-present

Member, Bi-County Agency Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2011-present

Former President/ Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2011-present

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Facilities and Pharmaceuticals, Maryland State House of Delegates

Member, Estates and Trusts Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2015-2017

Member, Insurance Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2011-2017

Member, Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2011-2014

Co-Chair, Work Group on Access to Habilitative Services Benefits, 2012-2013

Executive Director, Suited for Change, 2016-present

Environmental Health and Fair Pay Campaign Director, MomsRising.Org, 2009-2011

Executive Director, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice Maryland (NARAL), 2005-2008

Executive Producer, Persephone Productions "To the Contrary", Public Broadcasting Service, 2004-2005

Associate Producer, Persephone Productions "To the Contrary", Public Broadcasting Service, 2002-2004

Annual Fund Manager, Girls Incorporated, 2000-2002

Associate, National Judicial Education Program, National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund, 2002

Volunteer Coordinator, Travelers Aid International, 1999-2000

Chair, Economic Development Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2015-present

Member, Task Force to Study Maternal Mental Health, 2015-present

Member, Woman’s Suburban Democratic Club, 2010-present

Member, Montgomery Women, 2009-present

Member, Equality Maryland

Member, Green Spider Havurah, Tifereth Israel Congregation

Member, League of Conservation Voters

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Council of Jewish Women

Steering Committee Member, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign

Member, Sierra Club

Member, Women's Democratic Club, 2010-present

Member, Women’s Information Network

Website Volunteer, Wood Acres Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association

Board of Directors, National Association for Hearing Speech Action, 2012-2016

Member, Fort Sumner Citizens Association, 2010-2014

Member, Leadership Montgomery, Class of, 2014

Board of Directors Member, Democratic Women’s Political Action Committee, 2008-2010

Awards:

Children's Advocacy Champion from Children's National Medical Center

Legislator of the Year award from the Mental Health Association of Maryland

Spirit Award for Humanitarian Leadership from National Center for Children and Families

Certificate of Excellence from Youth for National Change

Community Advocate Award from The Treatment and Learning Centers

Young Woman of Achievement Award from the Women's Information Network

Pat on the Back award from Pathfinders for Autism

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