Cheryl C. Kagan, MSA SC 3520-12251

Archives of Maryland
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Cheryl C. Kagan
MSA SC 3520-12251

Biography:

Born in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1961. Attended Winston Churchill High School, Potomac; American University; Washington Semester Program, 1981; Vassar College, A.B., political science, 1983; University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Affairs. Married.

General Assembly:
Maryland Senate, Legislative District 17 (D), Montgomery County, January 14, 2015-. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2015- (education subcommittee, 2015-; health subcommittee, 2015-); Joint Audit Committee, 2015-; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2016-. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2015-. Member, One Maryland Blue Ribbon Commission, 2015-16; Maryland Public-Private Partnership Marketing Corporation, 2016-.

House of Delegates, Legislative District 17 (D), Montgomery County, 1995-2003. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995-98; Transportation and Motor Vehicles Subcommittee, 1995-97; Transportation Subcommittee, 1998; vice-chair, Motor Vehicles Subcommittee, 1998; Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997. Vice-chair, House Democratic Research Group, 1998-2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003; Capital Budget Subcommittee, 2002-2003; Education and Economic Development Subcommittee, 2002-2003; Health and Human Resources Subcommittee, 2001; Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee, 1999-2000; Oversight Committee on Pensions, 1999-2003; Oversight Committee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1999-2003. Member, Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2001-2003. House Vice-Chair, Joint Audit Committee, 2002-2003; member, 2001-2003. Vice-chair, Transportation Committee, Montgomery County delegation. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-2003.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Political and marketing consultant to candidates and nonprofit organizations. Member, Alternative Community Service Commission, City of Rockville. Professor, State and Local Government, Montgomery College, 2008-. Substitute teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1995-99. Member, Maryland State Arts Council, 1995-2003; Study Group on Organizational, Commemorative and Personalized License Plate Programs, Department of Transportation, 1997-98. Executive Director, Independent Action, 1989-91. Chief of Staff to U. S. Representative John Cox of Illinois, 1991-92. Lobbyist, Handgun Control, Inc. (now Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence), 1991, 1993. Vice-President, Strategic Message Design Group, 1999-2000. Executive Director, Carl M. Freeman Foundation, 2003-2007. Member, Montgomery County Charter Review Commission, 2003-06. Vice President, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, 2003-08. Committee Chair, Task Force on Party Operations, Maryland Democratic Party (member, committee studying ballot measures). Member, Steering Committee, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, 2007-08. Co-Chair John Kerry for President Campaign (Montgomery County). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004. Directed advanced women candidates' training seminar for Women's Campaign Research Fund, and Center for Political Leadership and Participation. Founding Board member, Faith and Politics Institute, 1991-99. National Board, Americans for Democratic Action, 1981-, (Search, Nominating, Resolutions and other board committees; emcee at annual fundraising banquet, 2005-present). Special events coordinator for U.S. Representative Michael D. Barnes (Senate campaign), 1986. Steering Committee, Voices Versus Violence, 1994. Secretary, Montgomery County Democratic Trustee's, 2009-. Member, Planning & Allocations Committee, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, 2006-08. Member, Nominations Committee, Peerless Rockville, 2005-. Member, Board of Advisors of the Universities at Shady Grove, 2002-07. Chair, Career Development Committee, Vassar Club of Washington. Board member, American Jewish Committee, 1999-. Volunteer work on behalf of World Folk Music Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Manna Food Pantry, and Multiple Sclerosis Society. Flemming Fellow, Center for Policy Alternatives, 1996. Leader of the Year, Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1996. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 1997, 1998. Darden Fellow, University of Virginia School of Business, 1999. Blaustein Fellow, American Jewish Committee, 2003. Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, 2003, 2005. Comay Fellow, American Jewish Committee, 2004-05. Named a "Woman of Achievement" by the Business and Professional Women of Montgomery County, 2006. Member, Congregation Har Shalom.

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