JANICE PICCININI
Democrat, District 10.
Born in Baltimore, December 16, 1945. Attended Seton High School, Baltimore; Frostburg State University, B.S., 1967; The Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1974.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1991-94. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee,
1991-92; Budget and Taxation Committee, Health Education and Human Resources
Subcommittee, 1993-94; Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Advisory Commission
on Federal-State-Local Relations. Chair, Women Legislators' Legislative
Committee.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Teacher, Baltimore County Public Schools, 1967-79. Realtor since
1974. National Organization for Women, 1975-present. President,
Chief Executive and Administrative Officer, Teachers Association of Baltimore
County, 1979-81. President, Chief Administrative Officer, Maryland
State Teachers Association, 1981-85. Public Sector Labor Relations
Board of Maryland, 1983-85. Member of Platform Committee of and Delegate
to the National Democratic Convention, 1984. Member, Congresswoman
Helen D. Bentley's Education and Academy Review Committee, 1984-92.
Consultant to corporations, government agencies/organizations on education
partnerships and Export Enterprise, Whitehouse & Shapiro Inc.
Owner, partner, real estate corporations, 1985-91. Original member,
Maryland Stadium Authority, 1986-88. Maryland State Democratic Central
Committee, 1987-90. National Organization of Women Legislators, 1991-present.
Consultant for Development in the Caribbean Region 1995-present.
Advisor to Maryland Department of Agriculture for trade enhancement with
Caribbean Region. Advisory member to Georgetown University Caribbean
Task Force. Board of Directors, AIDS Interfaith Residential Services,
1995-99. Outstanding Leadership Award, University of Maryland
Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, 1983; American Award, Maryland Order of Sons
of Italy, 1983; Educator of the Year Award, Maryland Association of Elementary
School Principals, 1985; Public Service Award, American Committee on Italian
Migration Award, 1986; Lillie Carroll Jackson Distinguished Service to
Minorities Award, 1986; Outstanding Contributions to Minority Affairs Award,
MSTA, 1986; Public Service Award, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem,
1994. Dive Master, Professional Association of Diving Instructors,
1996- present.
Personal Comments and Observations:
"The major contribution I feel I made to the Senate
was to organize 50 women's groups to draft and pass the state's first anti-stalking
bill and the 1994 comprehensive domestic violence bill. I am not
sure if they continue to work as a coalition, but it was far more effective
than 50 different bills on the same issue."
"...The greatest single struggle I experienced with
the General Assembly was the 1984/85 Retirement fight. However, since
I ran a campaign for the senate on a single issue, I suppose my election
to and presence in the Senate signaled the passage of the Freedom of Choice
bill for women in Maryland in 1991."
Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from materials and photograph submitted by Senator Piccinini dated September 16, 1999.
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