Sen. Melony G. Griffith (D-Prince George’s), the chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, will resign at the end of the month to take over the Maryland Hospital Association.
Griffith told Maryland Matters Friday that she accepted the job in the morning and expects to begin her new position in mid-December.
“This has been a tremendously difficult decision, she said.
Griffith, who is in her fifth year in the Senate and previously served for 16 years in the House of Delegates, has worked as a health care policy expert and advocate for her entire professional career. In an interview, she said she initially resisted the opportunity to apply for the hospital association job, but finally came around to the idea that she could advance many of her top priorities in the new job.
“Someone pointed out, those are things you care about in life that you have a chance to impact,” Griffith said.
