Member, Planning Commission, Gaithersburg, 1976-78. Member, City Council, Gaithersburg, 1978-98. Mayor, Gaithersburg, 1998-2014. Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2008-14 (alternate, 2005-07).
Born in Gaithersburg, Maryland. University of Maryland, B.S. (business & public administration). Co-owner and owner, Wolfson's Department Store, Olde Towne Gaithersburg, 1971-2013. President, Maryland Municipal League, 2008-09 (1st vice-president, 2007). Member, Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee, National League of Cities, 2007. Fellow, Academy for Excellence in Local Governance. Past master, Pentalpha Masonic Lodge no. 194. Honorary member, Gaithersburg Rotary Club. Hall of Fame, Maryland Municipal League, 1998. Married; two children.
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