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KAREN S. MONTGOMERY
Member of House of Delegates, January 8, 2003 to January 12, 2011. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2003-06 (ethics subcommittee, 2003; housing & real property subcommittee, 2003; agriculture, agriculture preservation & open space subcommittee, 2003-06; motor vehicles & transportation subcommittee, 2004-06; local government & bi-county agencies subcommittee, 2005-06; co-chair, electronics recycling work group, 2004); Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007-11 (government operations subcommittee, 2007-11; public health & long-term care subcommittee, 2007-11). Vice-Chair, Land Use and Transportation Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2007-11 (member, transportation committee, 2003-07, vice-chair, 2007). Member, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2003- (1st vice-president, 2004-05, 2006-07; 2nd vice-president, 2005-06; chair, endorsement committee, 2006; president-elect, 2007-08; president, 2008-09). Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (agriculture & rural development standing committee, 2005-07; agriculture, environment & energy committee, 2007-; health committee, 2007-).
Member, Task Force on Parking for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004; Governor's Commission for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry, 2005-06; Task Force to Study the Developmental Disabilities Administration Rate-Payment System, 2007-08; Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce, 2007-08; Public Safety Policy Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2008; Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board, 2008-10; Maryland Commission on Autism, 2009-12; Long-Term Care Reform Work Group (DHMH), 2010; Maryland Commission on Disabilities, 2011-; Midwives Work Group (DHMH), 2012; Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Deaf Culture Digital Library, 2012-13; Maryland Botanical Heritage Work Group, 2013-14; Commission on Special Education Access and Equity, 2013-14; Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013-; Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, 2013-. Former member, Commission on Aging, Montgomery County.
Towson University, B.S.; George Washington University, M.F.A., 1976. Faculty member, Fine Arts Department, George Washington University, 1974-87. Executive Director, The Art Barn Gallery, 1982-85. Public programs coordinator, National Building Museum, 1985-86. Assistant director of development, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 1987-89. Director of development, Olney Theatre Center, 1989-94. Excecutive director, Arts for the Aging, 1994-96. Director of personal giving, Arthritis Foundation, 1996-99. Former member, Brookeville Historic Preservation Committee. Board member, Arts for the Aging; Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children; Montgomery County Community Television. Member, Women's Committee, Washington Ballet. Founding member, Montgomery Women. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008. Married; three children; four grandchildren.
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