Jennie M. Forehand
MSA SC 3520-12166
Biography:
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, December 17, 1935. Attended Charlotte, North Carolina, public schools; Woman's College; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.S., Industrial Relations. Married; two children.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 17, Montgomery County, January 11,
1995-January 14, 2015. Democrat. Member, Judicial Proceedings
Committee, 1995-2015; Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-2015; Joint
Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review,
1995-2015; Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds,
1995-2015. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations,
1998-2015 (member, 1997). Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth,
and Families, 1999-2015; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information
Technology, and Biotechnology, 2014-15. Senate Co-Chair, Protocol
Committee, 2011-15. Member, Joint Audit Committee, 1999-2011. Assistant
Deputy Majority Whip, 2000-02. Member, Special Committee on Gaming,
2001. Vice-Chair, Special Commission on Legislative Prayer, 2003.
Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-06. Member, Joint Committee on the Selection
of the State Treasurer, 2007; Joint Committee on Information Technology
and Biotechnology, 2011-14. Executive Board, Women Legislators of
Maryland, 1994-2000 (president, 1995-96; legislative committee, 2006).
Senate Secretary, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-15. Member, National
Conference of State Legislatures (transportation committee, 2004-15;
chair, task force on genetic technologies & public policy,
1998-2015; president, women's legislative network, 2000-01). Founding
member, National State Legislative Advisory Board on Women and
Bioethics, 2006-15. Member, Southern Legislative Conference (economic
development, transportation & cultural development committee, past
chair; representative to southern technology council; alternate member,
executive committee, 2008-15).
House of Delegates, District 17, Montgomery County, 1978-94. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1979-94 (subcommittee on health & the environment, 1979-94); Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1987-94; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1993-94. House Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 1991-94.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member,
State Commission on Physical Fitness, 1981-89. Co-Chair, Governor's
Task Force on Senior Citizen Activity Centers, 1983-88. Member, State
Advisory Council on Nutrition, 1996-2000; Maryland Commission on
Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1998-99; State Council on Child Abuse and
Neglect, 1998-2004; National Capital Region Transportation Planning
Board, 1998-; Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999; School
Board Composition Task Force, Montgomery County, 2000-01; Attainment
Plan (federal air quality standards) Task Force, Department of the
Environment, 2000-01. Senate Chair, Maryland-Virginia-District of
Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation,
2000-03. Member, Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light
Pollution in Maryland, 2001-02; Task Force to Combat Driving under the
Influence of Drugs and Alcohol, 2007-08; Maryland Tourism Development
Board, 2007-; Commission to Study the Title Insurance Industry in
Maryland, 2008-10; Maryland Alcohol Safety Action Program Committee,
2010. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Nanobiotechnology, 2010-11. Member,
Commission on Child Custody Decision Making, 2013-. Past chair,
Citizens' Advisory Board for Regional Institute for Children and
Adolescents (RICA) - Rockville.
Businesswoman. President, Forehand Antiques and Interiors, 1970-. Former teacher, juvenile court probation counselor, statistician. Member, National Institutes of Health Bio-Safety Committee; Girl Scout Advisory Council; American Association of University Women (AAUW); Women's Political Caucus; Peerless Rockville and Gaithersburg Historic Preservation Associations; Montgomery County Arts Council. Advisory Board, Friends of Seneca Creek; Sierra Club. Board member: Maryland College of Art and Design; Rockville Arts Place; Methodist Board of Church and Society; University of Maryland Center for Political Leadership; Hospice Caring; Montgomery Anti-Tobacco Coalition. Past member, Asbury Methodist Homes; Montgomery County Health Services Planning Board, 1974-78; Maryland Community Mental Health Council; Rockville Economic Development Council; Lung Association. Betty Tyler Public Affairs Award, Planned Parenthood of Maryland, 1992. Margaret Brent Trailblazer Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1993. Technology Leadership Award, Suburban Maryland High Technology Council, 1993. Community Service Award, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. Humanities Award, Maryland Association of Historical and Cultural Museums. President's Award, Maryland College of Art and Design. Outstanding Advocate, Montgomery Arts Council. Peabody Medallion award, The Johns Hopkins University. Founder's Award, Family and Infant Care Center. Legislator of the Year, Montgomery Medical Society, 1993. President's Award for Service, Asbury Village, 1996. Leadership Award, Washington Board of Trade, 1998, 2001. Senator of the Year Award for Child Abuse Legislation, Maryland's State's Attorneys Association, 1998. Distinguished Citizen Award, Alpha Gamma Delta International, 1999. Award, Maryland Municipal League, 1999. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1999, 2001, 2003 (Circle of Excellence). Award of Excellence, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 2002. Distinguished Legislator Award, Maryland Impaired Driving Coalition, 2003. Citizen of the Year, Rockville Chamber of Commerce, 2003. Life Membership Award, Rockville Senior Center, 2003. Woman of the Year, Montgomery County Business and Professional Women, 2003. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2004. Clean Air Advocate Award, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Committee for Montgomery, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Ridge School of Montgomery County, 2005. Maryland State Senator of the Year, Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, 2006. Biotechnology Leadership Award, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 2006.
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