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SALIMA SILER MARRIOTT, Democrat, District 40, Baltimore City.

Member of House of Delegates since 1991. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1991- (transportation subcommittee); Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 1993-; Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1996-. Member, Joint Legislative Workgroup on Community College Financing, 1994-95; Joint Task Force on Payment Schedule of Property Taxes, 1995-96. Member, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus; Women Legislators of Maryland; National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

Member, Task Force on Educational Assistants and Paraprofessionals in the Public Schools of Maryland, 1996.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1940. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Morgan State College, B.S., 1964; University of Maryland, M.S.W., 1972; Howard University, D.S.W., 1988. Assistant professor, Morgan State University. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1987-90. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988. Secretary, National Rainbow Coalition. Chair, Park Heights Development Corporation, 1986-90; National Black Women's Health Project, 1993-94; Health Education Resource Organization (HERO), Inc. Member, National Council of Negro Women; National Political Congress of Black Women; Woman Power; Delta Sigma Theta. Co-Editor, U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa (1984). African-American Humanitarian Award, 1991. Senator Verda F. Welcome Political Award, 1992. Consortium of Doctors, 1992. Sarah's Circle Award, 1994. National Legacy Award, Delta Sigma Theta, 1994. Member, Agape' Fellowship, African Methodist Episcopal Church. Two children.

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