Dr. Blaxall is a retired economist with a lengthy professional career in economic policy and economic development. She served in the federal Office of Management and Budget in health policy and international trade, taught health policy at G.W. University, and was a Senior Scholar at the National Academy of Medicine.

Since moving to Annapolis, she has focused on non-profit work, serving as Treasurer of Anne Arundel Women Giving Together, as a Vice President of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County and as Treasurer for the Anne Arundel County Public Library Foundation. She is currently a member of the “Rise Up” Committee at The Banneker-Douglass Museum, formed to raise private funds in support of the Museum’s many educational programs and art exhibitions.