Joan Cadden
MSA SC 3520-12197
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 17, 1941. Attended Marinello Comer School of Cosmetology, 1967-69. Married; four children.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 31 (D), Anne Arundel County,
1991-2007. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law
Committee, 1991-92; Appropriations Committee, 1992-2007 (oversight
committee on pensions, 1993-2007, capital budget subcommittee,
1995-2007; chair, oversight committee on personnel, 1998-99; chair,
public safety & administration subcommittee, 1999-2007; chair,
juvenile services work group, 2005-07); Special Joint Committee on
Pensions, 1993-2007; Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data
Systems, 1993-99; Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas,
1995-2003; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-99; House Facilities
Committee, 1995-2007; Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic
Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2003-07; Natural Resources Work Group,
2004. Chair, Education Subcommittee, Anne Arundel County Delegation,
1992-2007 (legislative network & united black caucus). Member,
Women Legislators of Maryland, 1991-2007 (president, 1997-98; member,
endorsement committee, 2001-07); Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's
Caucus, 2001-07; Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-04. House
Co-Chair, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-07. Member, National
Conference of State Legislatures (law & criminal justice committee).
Member, Board of Education, Anne Arundel County, 1983-88 (vice-president, 1986-88); Commission for Women, Anne Arundel County, 1988-90. Member, Task Force to Examine the Welfare Reform Legislation on Legal Immigrants in Maryland, 1996-97; Maryland Commission for Celebration 2000, 1997-2000; Task Force to Study Adult Education in Maryland, 2001; Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination, 2003-04; Advisory Board, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, 2003-06; Task Force on the Establishment of a Maryland Women Veterans Monument, 2005; Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service Monument, 2006-07.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Owner/operator of cosmetology business. Member for Large Districts,
Steering Committee, National School Board Association, 1985-88. Chair,
Local Advisory Council for Vocational Education, 1988-90.
Vice-President, Greater Brooklyn Park Council. Legislative Chair, Anne
Arundel County Council of PTAs. Secretary/public relations chair, Board
of Directors, Sheltered Workshop. Member, Stoney Creek Democratic Club;
Roland Terrace Democratic Club; Lake Shore Democratic Club; Ploughman
and Fisherman of Anne Arundel County; League of Women Voters. Active in
Olde Brooklyn Park Improvement Association. Honorary life member,
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. Legislator of the Year,
Maryland Classified Employees Association, 1993. Legislator of the
Year, Professional Business Women of Glen Burnie, 1994. Legislator of
the Year, Association for Retarded Children (ARC) of Anne Arundel
County, 1997, 1998. Legislator of the Year, State Department of
Education, 1998, 2002. Leadership and Outstanding Service Award,
Maryland State Bar Association, 2001. Champion of Volunteer Service
(Blue Heron Award), Severn River Association, 2001. Legislator
Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 2002. Defender of
Defenders award, Office of Public Defender, 2004.
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