Ariana in Brief

Ariana's Professional Experience Includes:

• Environmental Health Campaign Director, MomsRising.org
• Executive Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
• Producer & Executive Producer, PBS' To The Contrary
• National Judicial Education Program, NOW Legal Defense
• Annual Fund Manager, Girls Inc.
• Student Health Advocate, University Health Services
• Eleven years experience in the non-profit sector directing and managing advocacy, social service, and communications programs 
• Eight years experience in the for-profit sector with Bethesda retail businesses and restaurants  

Ariana is Also Active in Numerous Community Groups:

• Democratic Women's PAC of Maryland, Board of Directors
• Tifereth Israel Congregation, Green Spider Havurah
• Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign, Steering Committee Member
• Wood Acres Elementary School PTA, website volunteer
• NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC, former Board Member
• Fort Sumner Citizen's Association
• Member of Equality Maryland, NAACP, Sierra Club, National Council of Jewish Women, Women's Information Network, Woman's Suburban Democratic Club, and League of Conservation Voters

Ariana is Proud to Be Endorsed By These Organizations:

• AFL-CIO
• Clean Water Action
• Democratic Women's PAC of Maryland
• Equality Maryland
• Fraternal Order of Police
• Maryland League of Conservation Voters
• Maryland State Education Association
• Montgomery County Education Association
• Montgomery County NOW
• Montgomery County Public Schools Retirees Association
• Montgomery Women
• NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
• People for the American Way
• SEIU Local 500 
• Sierra Club
• The Washington Post
• Women's Campaign Forum 

Ariana Is Supported By Elected Officials and Community Leaders, Including: 

• Delegate Kathleen Dumais
• Delegate Jeffrey Waldstreicher
• The District 16 Democratic Team of Senator Brian Frosh, Delegate Bill Frick, and Delegate Susan Lee
• Governor Martin O'Malley
• The Honorable Mary Boergers, former Senator
• The Honorable Sharon Grosfeld, former Senator
• Professor Vincent Brannigan and Dr. Ruth Dayhoff
• Susan Cummins, M.D.
• Dan Furmansky, Former Executive Director of Equality Maryland
• Rosalyn and Gary Jonas
• Jackie Lichter, Chair, Montgomery County Commission for Women
• Jane Merkin
• Regina Oldak, Board President, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington
• Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women
• Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Co-Founder and Executive Director, MomsRising.org
• Erin Schurmann, Vice President, Young Democrats of Maryland
• Bob and Kathy Wenger