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SUE HECHT, Democrat, District 3, Frederick & Washington Counties.

Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1995- (capital budget subcommittee; public safety & administration subcommittee; oversight committee on personnel; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation). Member, Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-97.

Member, Commission for Women (political committee), Frederick County, 1993-; Affordable Housing Commission, Frederick County, 1993-. Member, Family Violence Council, 1995-.

Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, December 7, 1947. Frederick Community College; Hood College, B.A., 1985; Frostburg State University, M.B.A., 1992. Executive director, Heartly House, Inc., a private nonprofit organization. Freelance writer, Damascus/Mt. Airy Gazette, 1983-85. Program specialist, Frederick Job Training Agency, 1985-86. Board member, Women's Alliance of Maryland, 1986-; Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1986-. Member, Frederick County Consortium of Human Service Providers, 1987-; Coordinating Authority for People Services (CAPS), 1989-91; Frederick County Domestic Violence Task Force (co-founder), 1989-. Chair, Frederick County Red Ribbon Non-Profit Task Force, 1991. Division Chair, Agency Campaign, Frederick County United Way, 1991-92. President, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 1991-93 (member, 1986-). Member, United Democrats of Frederick County, 1994; Plowmen and Fishermen Club, 1994. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996. Married; two children.

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