Gene W. Counihan
MSA SC 3520-13249
Biography:
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, February 6, 1941. Attended Fort Hill High School, Cumberland; Frostburg State College, B.S., 1963; The American University, M.Ed., 1970. Five daughters.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Montgomery County, 1983-94. Member, Ways
and Means Committee; vice-chair, 1987-92; member, Taxes and Revenues Subcommittee.
Joint Expenditure Study Group on Health, Housing, Economic Development,
and the Environment. Member, Joint Budget and Audit Committee; Joint
Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review; Spending
Affordability Committee; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing.
Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 1993.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Retired educator, Montgomery County Schools. Part-time associate
professor (instructor), The American University, University of Maryland,
and Federal City College, 1967-73. Youth program director, YMCA,
1968-70. Consultant trainer, Center for Creative Communications,
1971-74. Member, Democratic Central Committee, Montgomery County,
1978-82. President, Montgomery Village / Gaithersburg Democratic
Club, 1980-82. President, Board of Directors, Montgomery Village
Foundation, 1979-80; Seneca Valley High School Community Organization,
1981-82. Member, Governor's Task Force on School Construction, 1992.
Chair, Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability, & Partnerships.
Board of Trustees, Montgomery College, 1998-2003. Maryland Government
Relations Officer for WMATA.
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