Senator Jim Rosapepe represents Maryland's 21st District, encompassing Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties. A longtime advocate for working families, education, and the environment, he champions job creation, health insurance expansion, public school improvements, University of Maryland support, and Chesapeake Bay cleanup. Notable achievements include serving as U.S. Ambassador to Romania under President Clinton, where he advanced U.S. interests during NATO's Kosovo operations; prior service in the Maryland House of Delegates as Vice-Chair of the Ways and Means Committee; appointment to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents ; and current roles as Vice Chair of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, member of the Executive Nominations Committee, and Senate Chair of the Prince George's County Delegation . He has also held leadership positions such as Deputy Majority Whip and Chair of the Democratic Party Caucus.

Education and Political Experience

• Early Career: Chair and CEO of Patuxent Capital Group; Investment Committee Chair of the Albanian American Enterprise Fund; founding Chair of the Maryland/Leningrad Oblast Sister State Committee.
• *Maryland House of Delegates *: Represented District 21; Vice-Chair, Ways and Means Committee; member, Spending Affordability Committee and Joint Budget and Audit Committee.
• *U.S. Ambassador to Romania *: Promoted U.S. diplomacy in post-communist Eastern Europe.
• *University System of Maryland Board of Regents *: Led efforts to restore state funding and cap tuition hikes at the University of Maryland.
• *Maryland State Senate *: Elected 2006; key committees include Budget and Taxation , Finance , Education, Health and Environmental Affairs ; leadership roles such as Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology; Chair, Spending Affordability Committee; and various joint commissions on pensions, technology, and economic development. Co-author of Dracula is Dead: Travels in Post-communist Romania .