State Delegate, Maryland , District #17

Contact Information

Kumar Barve
Lowe House Office Building, Room 361 
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
(301) 858-3464
1-800-492-7122x3464 (toll-free)
kumar_barve@house.state.md.us
http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/m...

Committees: Member of House of Delegates since January 1991. Majority Leader, 2003-. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2003- (agriculture, agriculture preservation & open space subcommittee, 2003-; environment subcommittee, 2003-; natural resources subcommittee, 2003-); House Facilities Committee, 1993-. Member, Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2000- (house chair, 2000-03). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 2003- (management subcommittee, 2003-); Spending Affordability Committee, 2003-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-2003 (health insurance subcommittee, 1994; workers' compensation subcommittee, 1997-2003; chair, real property subcommittee, 1995-96; chair, science & technology subcommittee, 1997-2003); Joint Oversight Committee on State Employees Health Insurance, 1994; Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-2002; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003; Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility, 2003-04. Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 1995-2002 (vice-chair, 1993-95; member, transportation committee, 2003-).

Bio

Member, Task Force to Examine the Applicability of Manufacturing Laws to High-Technology Businesses, 1997; Study Panel to Review Economic Development Financing Programs, 1999. Born in Schenectady, New York, September 8, 1958. Attended Paint Branch High School, Silver Spring; Georgetown University, B.S. (accounting), 1980. Financial analyst. Treasurer and board member, Maryland National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), 4 years. Elected delegate, Greenbelt Cooperative, 3 years. Founding board member, Montgomery County Democratic Action Committee, 2 years. Treasurer, Montgomery County Young Democrats. Democratic Provisional Precinct Chair, Precinct 9-01, and member, District 17 Caucus. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce; Washingtonian Towns Civic Association, 3 years; Maryland Citizen Action Coalition; Indian Cultural Coordinating Committee; Sierra Club.