Background
Born in 1955 to mother Mary Carter Carroll and father John C. Ziegler, [1] Ziegler was raised in New York City and Boston. [3] She graduated from Abbot Academy in 1972 and Oberlin College in 1977,receiving a bachelor's degree with high honors in psychology,and later attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,where she earned a master's degree in economics and American foreign policy in 1986. [4] She worked as a journalist and a guest booker for CNN, [3] and founded a jewelry manufacturing company with her husband in 2001. [2] [5]
Ziegler is a fifth-generation [1] descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,a former U.S. Senator from Maryland and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [6] She owns Carroll Mill Farm,a feed grain operation in Ellicott City,Maryland. [3]
In 2018,Ziegler ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 9A,challenging incumbent Republican state delegates Trent Kittleman and Warren E. Miller. [7] She won the Democratic primary on June 26,2018,but was defeated by Kittleman and Miller in the general election on November 6. [8] Shortly after her loss,county executive-elect Calvin Ball III named Ziegler to serve on the county's public works subcommittee transition team. [9]
In January 2020,Ziegler was appointed to the Howard Community College Board of Trustees. She was reappointed to the board in October 2021. [10] [4]
In November 2021,Ziegler filed to run for state delegate in District 9A,seeking to succeed outgoing state delegate Reid Novotny,who ran unsuccessfully for Maryland Senate. [11] [12] She won a tight general election on November 8,2022,coming in first. [13] [14]
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