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SHANE E. PENDERGRASS
Democrat, District 13, Howard County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 430
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
(410) 841-3139, (301) 858-3139
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3139 (toll free)
e-mail: shane.pendergrass@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3178, (301) 858-3178
Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 1995. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (health facilities, equipment & products subcommittee, 2003-04; health insurance subcommittee, 2003-04; long-term care subcommittee, 2003-04; insurance subcommittee, 2004-; chair, health occupations subcommittee, 2005-); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-; Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2003-; House Facilities Committee, 2003-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995-2002 (workers' compensation subcommittee, 1995-96; health insurance subcommittee, 1996-2002; vice-chair, science & technology subcommittee, 1999-2002); Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2000-03. Chair, Howard County Delegation, 1997-2000, 2005-. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995- (endorsement committee, 2001-). Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (health committee, 2002-; commerce & communications committee, 1995-2002).
Member, County Council, Howard County, 1986-94 (chair, 1989, 1990, 1993). Member, State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1995-96; Task Force on Access to Mental Health Services, 2003-04; State Advisory Council on Pain Management, 2003.
Born in Los Angeles, California, March 14, 1950. Attended Fenger High School, Chicago; University of Illinois, B.F.A. (fine arts), cum laude, 1973, M.A. (fine arts), 1974. Art instructor, Aurora University, 1974-75. Art therapist, Children's Unit, Edgemont Hospital, 1977 (program coordinator, 1978). Art teacher, Severn School, 1978-79. Member, National Council of Jewish Women, 1997-. Conservationist of the Year, Audubon Society of Central Maryland, 2001. Hannah A. Solomon Award, National Council of Jewish Women, 2001. Legislator of the Year, Maryland Cares, 2002. Senator James Clark Award for distinguished public service to the people of Columbia, Howard County Democratic Party, 2003. Outstanding Conservationist of 2004, Audubon Society of Central Maryland, 2004. Legislative Sponsor Award, Maryland Children's Action Network, 2005. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005. Married; two children.
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