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2011- Chesapeake Bay Commission (2013 - Chair; 2012 - Vice Chair)
2011-2014 Second Vice Chair, Democratic State Central Committee
2011 Task Force on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal
2008- Agriculture and Energy Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
2008- Environment Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
2008, 1980 Elected Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention
2007-2008 Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
2006-2007 Transit Funding Study Steering Committee
2005-2007 Environment and Natural Resources Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
2005-2006 House Co-Chair, Agricultural Stewardship Commission
2004- Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Trust
2003-2004 Attainment Plan (federal air quality standards) Task Force, Department of the Environment
2003 Acting Chair, Environmental Restoration and Development Task Force
2003 Fine Arts Education Advisory Panel, State Department of Education
1999-2001 Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Modernization of Credit Union Law
1999-2000 Study Commission on Lobbyist Ethics
1995-1996 Governor's Task Force to Reform the State Personnel Management System
1994-1995 Chair, House Democratic Research Group
1994 Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
1994 Governor's Commission on Welfare Policy
Memberships
2005-2015 Board of Directors, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
2005-2011 Baltimore-Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center
2005-2008 Union Memorial Hospital
2005- Maryland Veterans Caucus
2005 Honorary Board Member, AIDSWALK Maryland
2003- Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus
2003 Honorary Board Member, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.
1996- Maryland Green Caucus
1996-2000 Marion House
1995-2000 Ready at Five
1995-2000 Action in Maturity
1986-1994 Democratic State Central Committee
1976-1987 New Democratic Club
1980 Penn North Charles Planning Council
1976-1979 Greater Homewood Community Corporation
Advisory Board, North East Development Alliance (NEDA)
Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation
Former Member, Board of Directors, New Democratic Club
Awards
2015- Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay, Governor of Maryland
2013- Chair's Award, The Mautner Project
2013- Legislator of the Year, Maryland League of Conservation Voters
2013 Dr. James R. Miller Award, Maryland Grain Producers Association
2009-2011 Municipal Super Star, Maryland Municipal League
2010, 2000, 1998 Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, Circle of Excellence
2009 Chester Riverkeeper Award, Chester River Association
2009 Maryland Legislative Champion Award, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
2008 Legislative Advocacy Award, Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
2008 Distinguished Legislator Award, Maryland Municipal League
2007 Baltimore Power 50, Baltimore Magazine
2007 Rawlings Fellowship, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
2007, 2004 Legislator of the Year, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
2006 Legislator of the Year, Progressive Maryland
2006 Homeownership Advocate of the Year Award, Department of Housing & Community Development
2003-2006, 1999 Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League
2003 Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties
2001 Dorothy Beatty Memorial Award, Women's Law Center of Maryland
Biographical Information
Born, Quinter, Kansas, December 22, 1947
Independence Junior College, A.A., 1967
Wichita State University, B.A.E., Arts Education, 1970
The Johns Hopkins University, M.S./A.B.S., Concentration in Human and Organizational Resources, Division of Administration and Business, 1987
Administrator and Instructor, Baltimore City Public Schools, 1972-78
Adjunct Instructor of Continuing Education, Catonsville Community College, 1978-79
Community Service Planner and Grants Analyst, Commission on Aging and Retirement Education, Baltimore City, 1979-85
Director of Pre-Retirement Education, Commission on Aging and Retirement Education, Baltimore City, 1985-88
Campaign Manager and State Director for U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, 1988-92
Associate for Federal Relations, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992-2014
Married to Diane Stollenwerk |