A Record You Can Trust

Izola’s has decades of public service experience—she’s been at the front lines for years.

✓Rockville City Councilmember, where she continues to champion safer neighborhoods, affordable housing, and top-notch city services.

✓Made sure Rockville’s $176 million budget truly served people—fighting from day one as a Councilmember to secure more funding for affordable housing and getting it done.

✓FEMA leader for over a decade, advising county and municipal governments across the country to prepare for and recover from disasters.

✓NIH public health leader, sharing life-saving information during COVID-19.

✓Montgomery County Housing Opportunity Commissioner, overseeing a nearly $377 million operating budget for affordable homes.

✓Fight for $15 leader—organized lower-income workers to testify before the County Council, helping win a minimum wage increase in 2017.

✓Appointed to Montgomery County’s Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee and championed comprehensive wrap-around services for survivors and their children in support of their journey to safer and healthier lives.

✓Housing justice advocate, uniting tenants and homeowners for stable rents and engaging hundreds of residents in their local government’s policy-making process.

✓Champion of the Montgomery County Racial Equity Social Justice Act, ensuring every policy is measured by its impact on our most vulnerable neighbors.

✓Appointed to the Montgomery County Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Committee (RESJAC) by the County Executive and elected as the first female Chair.

✓ Served as Chair of the voter expansion subcommittee on the Rockville Charter Review Commission to advocate for increased voter turnout in our city elections—many policies which she successfully passed now as a Rockville City Councilmember.

Izola’s leadership is rooted in action, and her accomplishments reflect her unwavering commitment to building a Montgomery County where everyone can thrive.