Lisa A. Gladden

Lisa A. Gladden
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 41st district
In office 2003–2017
Preceded by	Barbara Hoffman
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 41st district
In office 1997–2003
Preceded by	Wendell Phillips
Succeeded by	Jill P. Carter
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-06) October 6, 1964 (age 52) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation	Attorney

Lisa A. Gladden (born October 6, 1964) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She formerly served in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 41 in Baltimore City. She resigned as Senator due Multiple Sclerosis on January 10, 2017

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gladden attended Duke University and the University of Maryland School of Law before entering practice as an attorney in the Office of the Public Defender. She was active with the American Bar Association, the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, and with the Democratic Party. Gladden, a Democrat, told The Baltimore Sun in 2010 that she had multiple sclerosis. She told the newspaper she was first diagnosed in 1995 but did not disclose it because she didn’t want sympathy or to become a “poster child” for MS.

Gladden was first elected to and served as a member of House of Delegates from January 13, 1999 to January 8, 2003. During that time she was a member of the Judiciary Committee and chaired its criminal justice subcommittee from 1999 to 2003. She was also a member of the Liaison Work Group in the Baltimore City Delegation from 1999 to 2003. Gladden was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. She has been heavily mentored and risen quickly through the ranks, currently holding the position of Majority Whip. Gladden is also vice-chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.

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