Andrew A. Serafini
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Andrew A. Serafini is an American politician from Maryland
Maryland
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 and a member of the Republican Party
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. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
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 from District 2A in Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
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.

Education

Serafini graduated from North Hagerstown High School
North Hagerstown High School
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 in Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown, Maryland
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. After high school he went to Shippensburg University in south central Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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 where he received a degree in Business Administration in 1983. He also briefly played football there.

Background

After college, Serafini was a pricing analyst for Van Kampen Merritt from 1984 until 1985. He later attended the College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
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 where he received his certified financial planning designation in 1988. He was a financial advisor for Lincoln Investment Planning from 1985 until 1990. Since that time he has been the President of Serafini Financial Services, Inc. in Hagerstown.

In addition to his work, Serafini is also active in many organizations. He was the chair of the Board of Trustees for Grace Academy (where he coached the boys' varsity soccer team to a national title), in Hagerstown from 2005 until 2007 and has been the vice-chair since 2008. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Maryland/Southern Delaware Chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. He is the District Chair of the Christian Business Men's Committee, and was the Finance Campaign Chair for John F. Barr, the President of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County in 2006.

Career

Serafini took the oath of office to become a member of House of Delegates on the afternoon of March 7, 2008. He was assigned to the Ways and Means Committee and the Environmental Matters Committee. He is also a member of the Washington County and Western Maryland Delegation
Western Maryland Delegation
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s as well as a member of the Maryland Rural Caucus.

Election results

Serafini will face his first election in 2009 if he decides to run for office.

External links

  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14916.html
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