Member of House of Delegates, January 9, 1991 to January 12, 2011. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1991-92; Economic Matters Committee, 1992-2011 (alcoholic beverages work group; health insurance subcommittee, 1995; chair, real property subcommittee, 1997-98; chair, real estate & housing subcommittee, 1999-2002; chair, business regulation subcommittee, 2003-06; chair, property & casualty insurance subcommittee, 2005-06; chair, unemployment insurance subcommittee, 2007-11 member, 1995-96, 1999-2006). Deputy Majority Leader, 1995-98. Member, Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1996-2006. Deputy Majority Whip, 1999-2002. Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003, 2007. Deputy Speaker Pro Tem, 2003-06. Chair, House Facilities Committee, 2005-11. House Chair, Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, 2007-11. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1991-2011 (member, endorsement committee, 2001-11, finance committee, 2001-11); Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-11. Chair, Democratic Party Caucus, 2007-11. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (economic development, trade & cultural affairs committee, 2005-07; labor & economic development committee, 2007-11).
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 9, 1939. Attended The Catholic High School; University of Maryland; Community College of Baltimore. Former supervisor, Department of Finance, Baltimore City. Board of Directors, Southeast Community Organization (SECO). Board of Directors, Southeast Development, Inc. (SDI), the nonprofit development affiliate of SECO. Founding member and steering committee member, Southeast Senior Housing Initiative (SESHI). Past president, Polish-American Citizens Committee. Advisory Board, Francis Scott Key Medical Center. Alternate delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1984-90. Member, Second Ward Democratic Club; Polish-American Congress; Joseph Lee Community Organization; Polish Home Club; Polish Women's Alliance. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2006. Casper R. Taylor Founder's Award, House of Delegates, 2010. Member, Our Lady of Fatima Church Choir. Widow; five children.
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