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 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. [1]
In addition to his work,Serafini was 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 was a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Maryland/Southern Delaware Chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. He was 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. [2]
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 was also a member of the Washington County and Western Maryland Delegations as well as a member of the Maryland Rural Caucus.
On February 2,2015,Serafini was sworn into the Maryland State Senate to replace Christopher Shank who resigned to become director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention. [3]
On July 30,2020,Maryland's Senate Republican Caucus announced Serafini was resigning effective August 1. [4] Serafini cited long hours and stress,the demands of his financial adviser job,and wanting to spend more time with his family. [5] [6]
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