Delegate Maggie McIntosh represented Baltimore City in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1992-2023. She was appointed Chair of the Appropriations Committee in 2014, the first woman in Maryland history to serve as Appropriations Chair. Previously, she chaired the Environmental Matters Committee from 2003-2013. She was the Majority Leader in the House of Delegates from 2001-2003 as the first woman to serve in that post in Maryland. Maggie began her political career as the State Director for U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski from 1988-1992 and was the Campaign Manager for Senator Mikulski’s 1992 Senate campaign.

In addition to being enshrined in the Maryland Daily Record’s Circle of Excellence as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Maggie has received numerous awards and honors in her 30-year legislative career. In 2022, she received the Casper R. Taylor Founder’s Award in the Maryland General Assembly, was inducted into The Baltimore Sun Business and Civic Hall of Fame, and saw the establishment of the Maggie McIntosh School Arts Fund by the Maryland General Assembly. She received an honorary doctorate from the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2015, she was named an Admiral of the Chesapeake, the highest honor a governor can give a Maryland resident for their contributions to the health of Maryland’s environment. She is the first openly LGBTQ member of the Maryland General Assembly and was the lead on legislation to enact marriage equality and to protect Marylanders from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2013, she was honored by the Mautner Project for her leadership on the Question 6 Campaign to secure marriage equality.

Maggie is a former middle school art teacher in the Baltimore City Public Schools. She was born in Quinter, Kansas, receiving her Bachelor of Arts Education from Wichita State University and her Master of Science Degree from Johns Hopkins University. She resides in the Baltimore Inner Harbor neighborhood, where she lives with her wife, Diane Stollenwerk, and their Labrador Retriever Obie Jane. Currently, she is a board member of the Maryland Stadium Authority, the Waterfront Partnership, and the National Aquarium. Maggie also treasures traveling with Diane and spending time with family and friends.