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[photo, Verna L. Jones, State Senator] VERNA L. JONES
Democrat, District 44, Baltimore City


Member of Senate since January 8, 2003. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2003- (public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2003-); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2003-; Special Committee on Substance Abuse, 2003-. Member, Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2003. Member, Legislative Black Caucus (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), 1999- (1st vice-chair, 2004-). Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1999- (executive board, 2003-04). Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (vice-chair, economic development, trade & cultural affairs committee, 2004-); Southern Legislative Conference (intergovernmental affairs committee, 2002-).

Member of House of Delegates, January 13, 1999 to January 8, 2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999- (education & economic development subcommittee, 1999-; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-). Member, Liaison Work Group, Baltimore City Delegation. 2nd Vice-Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 2002-04 (member, 1999-; chair, economic development committee, 2000-; member, education committee, 2000-, redistricting committee, 2000-01; historically black colleges & universities committee, 2001-).

Member, Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, 1999-2000; Joseph Fund Board, 1999-2001; Transit Policy Panel, 2000; Maryland Competitive Advantage Financing Fund Work Group, 2000-01; Governor's Commission on Minority Business Enterprise Reform, 2003 (chair, access to capital committee). Co-Chair, Task Force on Lending Equity within Financial Institutions Providing State Depository Services, 2004-. Advisory Board, University of Maryland School of Social Work, 2004-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 27, 1955. University of Maryland College Park, B.A. (urban studies & community organization), 1978; Baruch College, City University of New York, M.P.A., 1987. National Urban Rural Fellowship, 1986. Special Assistant to City Manager, Berkeley, California, 1986-87. Director of Local and Regional Programs, Coordinator of Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Commmunities Initiative and Director of Market Development, Development Training Institute, 1987-97. Founder and president, Collaborative Solutions, 1998-. Chair, Maryland Public Policy Committee, National Black Women's Health Project, 1990-96. Board member, Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, 1993-2000. President, Women Behind the Community, Inc., 1994-96. Board member, Flemming Fellowship Center for Policy Alternatives, 1999; Baltimore Heritage, Inc., 2001-. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Verda F. Welcome Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 2001. Henry Toll Fell Award, Council of State Governments, 2003. Award of Excellence, Maryland Women for Responsible Government, 2003. Living Women History Makers' Award, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., 2004. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005. Member, Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.

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