Lanlan Xu
MD
Health policy executive advising on national strategy to improve health care access and quality, with doctorates from Indiana University and Georgetown and past service as chair of the Howard County AAPI Commission. Priorities include restoring student support staff and long-term facility planning.
Where Lanlan Xu stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record), Civil Rights (3 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Wrote a Baltimore Banner letter opposing plans to cut Gifted and Talented programs in Howard County schools to close a budget gap.
June 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thebanner.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Wrote a Baltimore Banner letter opposing plans to cut Gifted and Talented programs in Howard County schools to close a budget gap.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: thebanner.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Wrote a Baltimore Sun opinion piece saying COVID-19 deaths among some Asian American groups were overlooked. She called for public health equity work to include Asian Americans.
August 20, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: baltimoresun.com
Wrote a Baltimore Sun letter urging school boards and state lawmakers to add Asian American history to K-12 lessons. She said she had pushed for this as a Howard County Chinese School member.
May 26, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: baltimoresun.com
Spoke out in March 2021 after break-ins at Asian-owned businesses in Howard County. As a Howard County Chinese School member, she said bias against Asian Americans was widespread and built into the system.
March 22, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: marylandmatters.org
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Was re-elected chair of the Howard County Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission with 93% of 15 votes.
August 13, 2024
Source: howardcountymd.gov
Was reappointed by the Maryland Attorney General to the rebuilt state hate crime commission, pending state Senate approval.
July 31, 2024
Source: oag.maryland.gov
Co-wrote a federal health department report on who owns U.S. hospitals. It used newly released Medicare data and set out a way to group hospitals into chains.
August 7, 2023
Source: aspe.hhs.gov
Was appointed by Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown to the state's new hate crime commission. She represented the Howard County Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission.
August 3, 2023
Source: mocoshow.com
Led a federal health department report on Medicare Advantage. It found enrollment in these private Medicare plans rose from 25% of eligible people in 2010 to 47% in 2021.
May 25, 2023
Source: aspe.hhs.gov
Was elected chair of the new Howard County Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission by her fellow commissioners.
April 11, 2023
Source: howardcountymd.gov
Joined the board of trustees of the Horizon Foundation, a Howard County health charity. At the time she was a health policy expert at the federal health department.
January 9, 2023
Source: thedailyrecord.com
Pushed for years for Howard County to open an Asian American cultural center, as one of the idea's first backers. The county began planning the center in 2022.
November 22, 2022
Source: thebanner.com
Co-wrote a journal article on improving health care fairness for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders while working for the White House Initiative on those communities at the federal health department.
June 2, 2022
Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Past race Lanlan Xu ran in:
- Board of Education · November 3, 2026 · Howard County Public Schools, Maryland