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[photo, Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, State Delegate] JOSELINE A. PENA-MELNYK
Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George's Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007- (government operations subcommittee, 2007-; public health & long-term care subcommittee, 2007-). Member, Regional Revitalization Work Group, 2013-; Joint Oversight Committee on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, 2014-. House Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services, 2011-14. Chair, Bi-County Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2013- (vice-chair, law enforcement & state-appointed boards committee, 2007-08; vice-chair, county affairs committee, 2008-10; chair, washington suburban sanitary commission committee, 2011-12). Prince George's County Co-Chair, Bi-County Delegation, 2011-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2007-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2007-.

Member, Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement, 2007-08; Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills in Maryland, 2008-09. House Co-Chair, Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies, 2009-10; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2010-12; Governor's Wellmobile Program Advisory Board, 2011-. Presidential Elector, Maryland, 2012. Member, Virginia L. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2013-; Governor's Commission to Reform Maryland's Pretrial System, 2014-.

Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-99.

Member, City Council, College Park, representing District 4, 2003-06. Former member, Recreation Board, College Park.

Born in Dominican Republic. Attended John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, New York; Buffalo State College, B.A. (criminal justice), 1987; School of Law, State University of New York, J.D., 1991. Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991-92. Co-Chair, Latino Leadership Council, Maryland Democratic Party, 2010-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2012. Eastern Region Board of Directors, Women in Government. Member, North College Park Civic Association; West College Park Civic Association; College Park Rotary Club. Municipal Super Star, Maryland Municipal League, 2008 (certificate of appreciation, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011). Married; three children.

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