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KATHERINE KLAUSMEIER, Democrat, District 8, Baltimore County & Baltimore
City. Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Environmental Matters Com-
mittee, 1995— (environmental & natural resources subcommittee.) Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, February 22, 1950. The Catholic High School of Baltimore, Essex Community
College, A.A., 1971. Developed the Child Life Department at St. Joseph Hospital. President,
Gunpowder Elementary School PTA, 1987-89, 1991-94 (legislative representative, member,
school & business partnership committee). Election Judge, Baltimore County, 1990, 1992.
Education Chair, League of Women Voters, Baltimore County, 1991-92. Vice-President,
Baltimore County Commission for Women, 1991-93. Chair, Elected vs. Appointed School
Board Task Force, Baltimore County, 1993. Member, State Council on Cancer Control,
1995—, Maryland Recycling Advisory Group, 1995—. Member, Child Life Council of Amer-
ica, Association for the Care of Children's Health, Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of
Commerce, Perry Hall and White Marsh Business Association. Honorary Life Membership,
Maryland PTA. Resolutions of State Senate, House of Delegates, and Baltimore County
Council commending outstanding work as President Gunpowder Elementary School PTA.
Married, two daughters. District office: 9500 Belair Rd., Baltimore 21236, tel. (410) 256-
1353. Annapolis office: 307 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991, tel. (410) 841-3365.

MARTHA S. KLIMA, Republican, District 9A, Baltimore County House of Delegates
since 1983, Appropriations Committee, 1987— (health & the environment subcomm.), Joint
Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1995—, Joint Budget and
Audit Committee, 1991-94, Special Joint Committee on Pensions Vice Pres., Women Leg-
islators of Md., 1988. Southern Legislative Conference (energy comm.) State Chair, American
Legislative Exchange Council. Born in Baltimore Maryland, December 3, 1958. Villa Julie
College, A.A. Homemaker. Member, Governor's Council on Management and Productivity,
1995—. Past member, State Planning Commission. Past secretary, Central Md. Health Systems
Agency. Pres., School Bd. Nominating Convention, Baltimore Co., two terms. Delegate, Repub-
lican Party National Convention, 1984. Baltimore Co. Chamber of Commerce (chair, member-
ship relations comm.). Past member, governing trustee, Council on Economic Education in Md.
Board member, Center for Prevention of Child Abuse of Md., Greater Baltimore Medical Center
(vice chair), Jenkins Memorial Honorary life member, Md. Congress of PTAs. Woman of the
Year Award, Towsontowne Business & Professional Women's Club, 1988. Outstanding Legislative
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council, 1994. Legislative Award, Baltimore Co. Com-
mission on Disabilities, 1994. Public Service Award, Baltimore Assoc. for Retarded Citizens, 1994.
Married, three children. District office: 1403 Newport Pl, Lutherville 21093, tel. (410) 337-
2799. Annapolis office: 308 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991, tel. (410) 841-3359

NANCY K. KOPP, Democrat, District 16, Montgomery County. Member, House of
Delegates since 1975. House Chair, Spending Affordability Committee, 1995—. Member,
Appropriations Committee 1975— (capital budget subcomm., chair, education & eco-
nomic development subcomm.), Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1995—,
Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995—. Assistant Majority
Leader, 1987-90. Speaker Pro Tem, 1991-92. Treasurer, Md. Order of Women Legisla-
tors, 1975-79. Chair, Legislative Study Group, 1977-78. Executive Committee, National
Conference of State Legislatures. Born in Coral Gables, Florida, December 7, 1943. Wellesley
College, B.A., Univ. of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D. studies. National Defense Education Fellow.
Political scientist. Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policies, 1979-86, Task Force
on Student Financial Aid, Information Practices Commission, 1980-81, Joint Legislative and
Executive Committee on Pensions, 1983, Task Force to Study Flexibility for Higher Education,
1983-85, Commission on Excellence in Higher Education, 1985-87, Treasurer and Exec.
Board, Southein Regional Education Bd. Women's Suburban Democratic Club, League of
Women Voters, AAUW. Exec. Bd., Jewish Social Services Agency. Bd. of Directors, Leadership
Md. Outstanding Young Woman of Md., 1978. Awards from AAUW, Md. Victim Advocacy
Network, Md. Independent Colleges & Universities, Md. Classified Employees Assoc. Married,
two children. District office: tel. (301) 229-0385. Annapolis office: 221 Lowe House Office
Bldg., 21401-1991, tel. (301) 858-3019, e-mail: kopp@capaccess.org, World Wide Web:
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CAROLYN J. KRYSIAK, Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City & Baltimore County.
Member of House of Delegates since 1991. Deputy Majority Leader, 1995—. Member,
Economic Matters Committee, 1992—(health insurance subcommittee, unemployment
insurance subcommittee). Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1996—. Mem-
ber, Judiciary Committee, 1991-92. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 9, 1959. The
Catholic High School, University of Maryland, Community College of Baltimore. Supervisor,
Baltimore City Department of Finance. Board of Directors, Southeast Community Organi-
zation (SECO). Board of Directors, Southeast Development, Inc. (SDI), the nonprofit devel-
opment affiliate of SECO. Founding member and steering committee member, Southeast
Senior Housing Initiative (SESHI). Past president, Polish-American Citizens Committee,
Advisory Board, Francis Scott Key Medical Center. Alternate delegate to Democratic Party
National Convention, 1988. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1984-90. Mem-
ber, Second Ward Democratic Club, Polish-American Congress, Joseph Lee Community Or-
ganization, Polish Home Club, Polish Women's Alliance. Member, Our Lady of Fatima
Church Choir. Married, five children. District office: 364 Cornwall St, Baltimore 21224,
tel. (410) 633-2927. Annapolis office: 316 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991, tel.
(410) 841-3303