Janice Piccinini
MSA SC 3520-12326
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, December 16, 1945. Attended Seton High School,
Baltimore; Frostburg State University, B.S., 1967; The Johns Hopkins University,
M.L.A., 1974.
General Assembly:
Maryland State Senate, Legislative District 10 (Baltimore County),
1991-94. Democrat. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1991-92;
Budget and Taxation Committee, Health Education and Human Resources Subcommittee,
1993-94; Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Advisory Commission on Federal-State-Local
Relations. Chair, Women Legislators' Legislative Committee. Organized
fifty women's groups to draft and pass the state's first anti-stalking
bill and the 1994 comprehensive domestic violence bill.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Teacher, Baltimore County Public Schools, 1967-79. Realtor since
1974. Member, National Organization for Women, 1975-. President,
Chief Executive and
Administrative Officer, Teachers Association of Baltimore County, 1979-81.
President, Chief Administrative Officer, Maryland State Teachers Association,
1981-85. Member, Public Sector Labor Relations Board of Maryland,
1983-85. Member of Platform Committee of and Delegate to the National
Democratic Convention, 1984. Member, Congresswoman Helen D. Bentley's
Education and Academy Review Committee, 1984-92. Consultant to corporations,
government
agencies/organizations on education partnerships and Export Enterprise,
Whitehouse & Shapiro Inc. Owner, partner, real estate corporations,
1985-91. Original
member, Maryland Stadium Authority, 1986-88. Member, Maryland
State Democratic Central Committee, 1987-90. National Organization
of Women Legislators, 1991-. Consultant for Development in the Caribbean
Region 1995-. Advisor to Maryland Department of Agriculture for trade
enhancement with Caribbean Region. Advisory member to Georgetown
University Caribbean Task Force. Member of the board of directors,
AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, 1995-99. Outstanding Leadership
Award, University of Maryland Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, 1983; American
Award, Maryland Order of Sons of Italy, 1983; Educator of the Year Award,
Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals, 1985; Public Service
Award, American Committee on Italian Migration Award, 1986; Lillie Carroll
Jackson Distinguished Service to Minorities Award, 1986; Outstanding Contributions
to Minority Affairs Award, MSTA, 1986; Public Service Award, Shaare Zedek
Medical Center in Jerusalem, 1994. Dive Master, Professional Association
of Diving Instructors, 1996-. Member, Society of Senates Past.
Personal Comments and Observations:
"The major contribution I feel I made to the Senate was to organize 50 women's groups to draft and pass the state's first anti-stalking bill and the 1994 comprehensive domestic violence bill. I am not sure if they continue to work as a coalition, but it was far more effective than 50 different bills on the same issue."
"...The greatest single struggle I experienced with the General Assembly was the 1984/85 Retirement fight. However, since I ran a campaign for the senate on a single issue, I suppose my election to and presence in the Senate signaled the passage of the Freedom of Choice bill for women in Maryland in 1991."
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