MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES

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BETTY WORKMAN, Democrat, District 1B, Allegany County.

Member of House of Delegates since 1987. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1993- (housing & social issues subcommittee); Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1995-; Joint Committee on Protocol. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1987-92; Joint Legislative Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994-95. Chair, Allegany County Delegation. President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1993-94.

Member, Interagency Coordinating Committee for Infants and Toddlers Program, Allegany County. Member, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 1987-; Task Force on Educational Assistants and Paraprofessionals in the Public Schools of Maryland, 1996-. Past chair, Professional Standards and Teacher Education Advisory Board to State Department of Education.

Born in Cumberland, Maryland. Frostburg State College, B.S.; West Virginia University, M.A. Former mathematics teacher, Allegany High School, Cumberland. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1984. Member, Allegany County Democratic Central Committee, 8 years; Allegany County Democratic Club. Past president, 4th District Women's Democratic Club. Member, Allegany County Arts Council; Allegany County Retired Teachers Association; Maryland Retired Teachers Association. Member, Business and Professional Women; League of Women Voters; LaVale Century Club; Cumberland Rotary Club; Allegany County Historical Society; Residents' Rights Committee, Thomas B. Finan Hospital Center. Board of Directors, Potomac Council, Boy Scouts of America; Cumberland Theatre; Western Maryland Area Health Education Center. Married; two children.

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