Background
Ulman was born in Columbia, Maryland on May 4, 1974, and attended Centennial High School (Ellicott City, Maryland).
Ulman was born in Columbia, Maryland on May 4, 1974, and attended Centennial High School (Ellicott City, Maryland).
Georgetown University Law Center.
He previously served as a County Council member representing District 4 of Howard County. He has served as Secretary of the Cabinet and Director, Board of Public Works in the Glendening administration. Ulman interned at the White House and received a Bachelor of Arts in Government & Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1997.
Four years later, he received his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center and was admitted to the Maryland Bar Association.
Ulman joined his father, Louis Jay Ulman, who is part of the firm Offit Kurman at Howard County"s Maple Lawn Development, and the former Chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission appointed by Maryland Governor Parris North. Glendening. Prior to 2001 he served as director of the Maryland Board of Public Works determining state school construction allocations.
Ulman worked on campaigns to elect Bill Clinton in 1996, Maryland Governor Parris North. Glendening in 1998, and Kathleen Kennedy Towsend in 2002. Ulman first ran for political office in 2002, when he sought the District 4 County Council seat being vacated by former Council member Mary Lorsung.
Ulman served a four-year term as a Council member in Howard County.
A major theme of his campaign was his claim he played a role in preventing the closure of Columbia’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. Ulman is Chair of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board and Chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council. He serves on the Maryland Association of Counties" Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the County Executives of America.
On June 3, 2013, Ulman announced that he would be running for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown in 2014. On November 4, 2014, Brown and Ulman were defeated by the Republican ticket of Larry Hogan and Boyd Rutherford.
