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.
Legislative Liaison, Department of General Services, 2007-. Member, Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center Advisory Board, 2008-12; Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital, 2009, 2010-12; Small Business Task Force, 2009.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 17, 1941. Attended Marinello Comer School of Cosmetology, 1967-69. 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. Board of Directors, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, 2006-07. 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. Thomas Kennedy Award, House of Delegates, 2019. Married; four children; five grandchildren.
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