G. JAMES ("JAMIE") BENOIT, Councilman, Fourth District is serving his first term. He graduated from St. Mary's College of Maryland with a B.A. in History, received his Juris Doctor Degree with honors from the University of Baltimore School of Law and his L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to entering private law practice, he served as an officer in the United States Army with the XVIIIth Airborne Corps and the 3D Infantry Division. During his service he was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. Jamie has been active in a number of professional, civic and community organizations including the Piney Orchard Community Association, where he served as a member of the Board of Directors and as an appointed member of the Odenton Town Center Oversight Committee, the organization charged with implementing the Odenton Town Center Plan. Mr. Benoit has also been active as a Red Cross volunteer. Jamie Benoit currently lives in the Herald Harbor Community in Crownsville, Maryland with his wife Kari and their daughters Isabelle, born in August 2003 and Iris, born in May 2006. | 
