Winner: Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary

Taking over the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee this year, Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary led significant legislative packages to improve access to quality affordable child care, provide targeted tax relief, and update & strengthen election procedure and campaign finance enforcement. The lawyer and former vice-chair of the House Judiciary Committee, also achieved victory on her multi-year fight to ban child marriage in Maryland with the governor’s signature just last week.