Karen Lewis Young

Family

Husband: Ron; 1 Child: Melissa,

EDUCATION

MBA, Marketing, Columbia University, 1977
MA, American History, Columbia University, 1974
BA, History, Franklin and Marshall College, 1973

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 3, 2023-Present
Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates 3A, 2015-2023
President Pro Tempore Board of Aldermen, City of Frederick, 2009-2013

COMMITTEES

Education, Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee
Ending Homelessness Committee
Federal Relations Committee
Senate Vaccine Oversight Working Group
Subcommittee on Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President, Karen Lewis Market Research, 2004-2006, 2008-2009
Director Market Research, Capital One, 2007-2008
Vice President/ Senior Deposit Product Manager, Allfirst Bank, 2001-2003
Vice President/ Industry Practice Leader, Claritas Limited Liability Corporation, 2000-2001
Senior Vice President/ Chief Marketing Officer, Farmer's and Mechanics National Bank, 1996-1999
Senior Vice President, Capital Bank, 1994-1996
Former District Manager, CitiBank in Central Long Island
Former Employee, Chase Manhattan Bank
Former Employee, American Express
Former Manager, CitiBank Branch

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2020
Member, Human Trafficking Task Force, Frederick County, 2016-2018
Board Member, Friends for Neighborhood Progress, 2014
Chair/ Vice Chair/ Member, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG), 2012-2014
Signature Project Manager/Member, Rotary Club of Frederick, 2003-2014
Board of Directors, Frederick County Humane Society, 2007-2009
Development Director, Fredericktown Players, 2006-2007
Board President/Member, Weinberg Center for the Arts, 1999-2004
Participant, Leadership Frederick, 1998
Board Member, Kol Ami
Board Member, Maryland Municipal League (MML)
Board Member, Friends for Neighborhood Progress
Director, Fredericktown Players Development
Graduate Fellow, Academy for Excellence in Local Governance
Member, Mental Health Association
Member, Academy of Finance
Member, Citizen Advisory Council to the Transportation Planning Board of WASHCOG
Member, Hadassah
Member, Rotary Club of Frederick, Signature Project
Member, Leadership Frederick Steering Committee, Facilitator for Government Day
Member, SCORE
Member, Women’s Giving Circle
Member, County/Municipal Synergies Committee
Member, United Way
Member, Elks
Member, Easels in Frederick
Member, Frederick County Commission for Women
Organizer, Frederick Festival of the Arts
Vice Chair, Maryland Municipal Legislative Committee