Virginia M. Thomas , MSA SC 3520-12339

Archives of Maryland
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Virginia M. Thomas
MSA SC 3520-12339

Biography:

Attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.S., 1962; Rutgers University, M.S.W., 1965; ACSW, 1967. Married, two children.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Howard County, 1983-94. Vice Chair, Environmental Matters Committee. House Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1993-94. Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1993-94. Special House Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review. Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Psychiatric social worker. Director, Community and Intergovernmental Relations, Center for Health Program Development and Management, UMBC. Member, Governor's Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing; Subcommittee on Long-Term Care. Child Care Administration Advisory Council; Advisory Board for the Certified Adult Residential Environment Program (for elderly & disabled adults). State Council on Cancer Control, 1993-. Member, National Wetlands Task force, 1987-88. Member, Howard County Council, 1974-82; chair, 1975-76. Member, Howard Health Systems, Inc. (parent board of Howard General Hospital). Board of Directors, Maryland Alzheimer Association; Public Policy and Planning Committee. Honorary chair, Friends of Wintergrowth, Adult Day Care Center. Board member, Patuxent Business and Professional Women's Club; Grassroots; Howard County General Hospital Capital Fund; Howard County Sexual Assault Center.

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