Nancy Jacobs
MSA SC 3520-12249
Biography:
Born in Charleston, West Virginia, October 27, 1951. Attended Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, West Virginia; West Virginia University, B.S. (Journalism and Speech), 1973. Married; three daughters.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 34, Cecil & Harford Counties,
January 13, 1999-January 14, 2015. Republican. Member, Judicial
Proceedings Committee, 2001-15; Joint Committee on Administrative,
Executive and Legislative Review, 2011-15; Joint Committee on
Legislative Ethics, 2011-15. Member, Education, Health and
Environmental Affairs Committee (formerly Economic and Environmental
Affairs Committee), 1999-2001 (environment subcommittee, 1999-2001;
licensing & regulatory affairs subcommittee, 1999-2001). Member,
Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-2011, 2012-13;
Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2007-11. Minority
Whip, 2008-10. Minority Leader, 2011. Member, Legislative Policy
Committee, 2011; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State
Treasurer, 2011; Spending Affordability Committee, 2011; Senate
Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, 2011-12. Senate Chair,
Harford County Delegation, 1999-2008. Senate Chair, Cecil County
Delegation, 2003-15. Member, Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-15; Taxpayers
Protection Caucus, 2003-15; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-15. Member,
Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-2015. Member, National Conference
of State Legislatures (law & criminal justice committee,
2005-15).
Member, House of Delegates, 1995-99, representing District 34 (Harford County). Minority Deputy Whip, 1997-99. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1995-99 (criminal justice subcommittee).
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing
Competitiveness, 1999-2003; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board,
1999-; Maryland Tourism Development Board, 1999-; Task Force on the
Environmental Effects of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE), 2000-01;
State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council,
2000-; Task Force to Study the Mentoring and Monitoring of Children in
the Custody of or under the Supervision of the Department of Juvenile
Services, 2003-04; Upper Shore Regional Council, 2003-; Task Force on
Parking for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004; Task Force on Missing
Vulnerable Adults, 2004-05. Member, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
Action Plan Committee, Cecil County, 2005-07; Cecil/Harford Bridges
Work Group, 2006; Lead Poisoning Prevention Study Group, 2011; Local
Development Council, Cecil County, 2011-.
Former small business owner, realtor, teacher, political columnist, and radio talk-show host. Continuity director, WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Virginia, 1973. Owner and operator, West Shore Indoor Tennis Club, Edgewood, Maryland, 1976-84. Communications coordinator for Maryland, Concerned Women for America, 1985-90 (Maryland representative, 1990-94). Realtor, 1987-91. Member, Chesapeake Professional Women's Network. Chair, Legislative Committee of Countywide Action Team to Fight Underage Drug Use (Harford County), 1996-. Member, Second District Republican Club; Harford County Republican Women's Club; Maryland Federation of Republican Women. Spokesperson, Coalition for Parental Rights and Family Integrity. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1998, 2009, 2014 (Circle of Excellence). Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008.
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