Mary M. Rosso (1937-2023)
MSA SC 3520-2785

Biography:

Born Mary Margaret Cayer, in Baltimore, Maryland, July 2, 1937. Daughter of Joseph A. and Margaret I. Cayer. Married to Frank J. Rosso. Died February 1, 2023.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 31 (D), Anne Arundel County, 1999-2003. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1999-2003; Children and Youth Subcommittee, 1999-2000; Finance Resources Subcommittee, 2001-2003. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1999-2003; Member at Large, Executive Board, 2000-01, 2002-2003; member, Legislative Committee, 2001-2003.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Executive secretary, 1957-70.  Board member, Silver Sands Improvement Association, 1960-date unknown.  Billing officer, Rosso Music Co., 1970-90.  President, Maryland Waste Coalition, 1980-date unknown.  Member, Sewage Sludge Management Commission, 1982-83.  Board member and vice-president, Maryland Citizen Action, 1982-89.  Board member, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, 1982-98.  Member, Governor's Task Force on Hazardous Waste Initiatives, 1984; Air Quality Control Advisory Council, 1986-97; Planning Advisory Board, Anne Arundel County, 1989-90. Member, Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2001, 2002-date unknown. Environmental aide to State Senator Gerald W. Winegrad, 1990-94.  Chair and founding member, Anne Arundel County Voters for Environmental Justice, 1990-98.  Board member, Baltimore City Environmental Voters Political Action Committee (PAC), 1990-98. Chair, Coalition of Communities and Citizens Against Fly-ash (CCCAF), 1995.  Teaching assistant, Good Shepherd Center, 1997-date unknown.

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