Kirill Reznik

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name = Kirill Reznik


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office = Maryland House of Delegates
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term_end = Present
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constituency = 39th district
Montgomery County
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Kirill Reznik (born August 9, 1974) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is one of three members of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39. District 39 encompasses a horse-shoe shaped area in the middle of Montgomery County, Maryland, and includes parts of North Potomac, Darnestown, Germantown, Montgomery Village, Derwood, and the Village of Washington Grove. District 39 is represented by fellow Democrats, Senator Nancy J. King, and Delegates Saqib Ali and Charles E. Barkley.

Background

Born in Kiev, Ukraine (then a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)), Reznik's family immigrated to the United States in 1978 when he was 4 years old. His family settled in Miami Beach, Florida. Reznik attended Dade County Public Schools, graduating from North Miami Beach Senior High School in 1992. Reznik attended and graduated from Florida International University with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Economics in 1995. Later, Reznik went on to attend American University and received his M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the School of International Service in 1998, and received his J.D. in 2003 from American University's Washington College of Law. After graduation, Reznik was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2004 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2005.

Professional history

Reznik's professional experience includes working in international development and foreign aid programs since 1994. Focusing specifically in the areas of democracy, civil society, economic development. Having implemented USAID, World Bank, and United Nations programs throughout the world, for well respected implementing organizations and companies such as ACDI/VOCA, American Councils for International Education, Center for International Private Enterprise, PADCO, and The QED Group.

In addition, Reznik has practiced law in Montgomery County for the firm of Weinberg & Jacobs focusing on exempt organizations, estate planning, and small business.

Political activism

Reznik became actively involved with the local Democratic Party in Montgomery County, Maryland in 2003 by joining the Montgomery County Young Democrats. Through his involvement, Reznik eventually went on to be Executive Vice President, and subsequently, President of the Montgomery County Young Democrats, as well as the National Committeeman for the Young Democrats of Maryland, and the Deputy Director of the Young Democrats of America's Mid-Atlantic Region.

In 2005, Reznik volunteered to be the District 39 Coordinator for then-Mayor Martin O'Malley in his run for Governor of Maryland. The Martin O'Malley-Anthony Brown ticket won the Governorship of Maryland by a vote of 52.7% - 46.2% from incumbent Governor Robert Ehrlich. The margin of victory in District 39 was 59.85% - 39.10%.

In 2006, Reznik successfully ran to represent the Democrats of Legislative District 39 on the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, the local Democratic Party. During his service, Reznik successfully recruited more precinct chairs and vice chairs in recent history for District 39, and successfully helped run the 2006 Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign in District 39.

In the State Legislature

After the retirement of State Senator Patrick J. Hogan, and ascension of Maryland State Delegate Nancy J. King to fill Senator Hogan's Senate seat, Reznik was nominated by Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, and appointed by Governor O'Malley, to fill Nancy King's seat for the remainder of her term on October 2, 2007.

Reznik was appointed as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates' Health and Government Operations (HGO) Committee, and serves on the Government Operations and Minority Health Disparities Subcommittees of HGO. Reznik will stand for re-election for his seat in November 2010.

In 2008, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, named Reznik to the [http://www.maryland-sdaac.org Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council] , established by executive order of Governor O'Malley as part of a comprehensive strategy to coordinate substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment services, and improve the criminal justice and correctional systems' links to these services. [ [http://www.maryland-sdaac.org/Members/MembersIndex.htm Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council list of members] .]

External links

[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14747.html Maryland State Archives for Kirill Reznik]

[http://www.reznikformaryland.com Kirill Reznik - Official Campaign Website]