Jean W. Roesser (1930-2017)
MSA SC 3520-12175
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1930. Attended Trinity College (Washington, D.C.), B.A., economics, 1951; Catholic University of America, graduate studies, economics, 1951-53. Married, Eugene Roesser (d. 2003), 1957; three children. Died, Bethesda, Maryland, October 2, 2017. Buried at St. Gabriel Cemetery, Potomac, Maryland.
General Assembly:
Member of Maryland Senate, District 15 (Montgomery County), January
11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Republican Member, Joint Committee on State
Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Special Joint Committee on Group
Homes, 1995-97; Finance Committee, 1995-2003 (welfare reform subcommittee,
1997-99; chair, telephone solicitation work group, 1999); Joint Committee
on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on Legislative
Ethics, 1995-2003; Joint Audit Committee, 1997-2003; Joint Committee on
Fair Practices, 1997-2003; Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance
Oversight Committee, 1999-2003; Joint Committee on Protocol, 1999-2003.
Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2002-03 (member, 1996-2003).
Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-2003.
Member, House of Delegates, District 15 (Montgomery County), January 1987 to January 11, 1995. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1987-90; Special House Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1987-94; Environmental Matters Committee, 1991-93; Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Secretary of Aging, February 7, 2003 to January 17, 2007. Acting Secretary
of Aging from January 15 to February 7, 2003. Member, Governor's Executive
Council, 2003-07; Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-05.
Chair, Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2003-05;
Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2003-07; Innovations in Aging
Services Advisory Council, 2003-07; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness,
2003-07; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation,
2003-07; Task Force on Parking for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004;
Task Force to Study the Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration Into
and Out of Maryland, 2004-06; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2004-07.
Chair, Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted
Living Facilities, 2005-07. Member, CommunityChoice Advisory Group, 2005-07;
Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2005-07; Maryland Pandemic
Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2006-07. Member, Task Force on Emerging
Medical and Surgical Treatments, 1996; Maryland Commission for Celebration
2000, 1999-2001; Task Force to Study the Maryland Enterprise Zone Program,
2000; Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission
on Interstate Transportation, 2000-03. Member, Governor-elect's Transition
Team, 2002-03. Founding member, Arts Council, Montgomery County.
Former Congressional liaison assistant, U.S. Information Agency. Former newspaper reporter, Suburban Record, Montgomery County. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1996 (alternate delegate, 1992). Past vice-president, Maryland Federation of Republican Women. Past president, Montgomery County Federation of Republican Women; past president, Potomac Women's Republican Club. Member, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Member, area citizens associations, Chambers of Commerce. "Maryland's Top 100 Women," The Daily Record, 2002. Member, Society of Senates Past.
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