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[photo, Katherine A. Klausmeier, State Senator] KATHERINE A. KLAUSMEIER
Democrat, District 8, Baltimore County


Member of Senate since January 8, 2003. Chair, Rules Committee, 2007-. Member, Finance Committee, 2003- (division of labor & industry sunset evaluation work group, 2003; chair, electric universal service program work group, 2003; member, health subcommittee, 2007-11); Executive Nominations Committee, 2007-; Protocol Committee, 2007-; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2007-; Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight, 2011-. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-06. Member, Agricultural Stewardship Commission, 2005-06; Senate Special Commission on Electric Utility Deregulation Implementation, 2005-06; Joint Legislative Task Force on Small-Group Market Health Insurance, 2005-07; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2007; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2009-10. Senate Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 2011-. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2003-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (energy & electric utilities committee, 2003-07; transportation committee, 2007-); Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, 2008-).

Member of House of Delegates, January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995-2003 (environmental & natural resources subcommittee, 1995-99; health subcommittee, 1999-2003; public utilities subcommittee, 1999-2002; agriculture, environment, & natural resources subcommittee, 2002-03). House Chair, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-03.

Vice-President, Commission for Women, Baltimore County, 1991-93. Chair, Elected vs. Appointed School Board Task Force, Baltimore County, 1993. Member, State Council on Cancer Control, 1995-96; Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Maryland Recycling Advisory Group, 1995-97. Board of Directors, Maryland School for the Blind, 1995-. Member, Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-98; Nutrient Management Advisory Committee, 1998-2004; Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities, 1999; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2000-05; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2001-02. Chair, Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04 (seafood industry work group). Member, Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council, 2003; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2003-; Charles H. Hickey, Jr., School Advisory Board, 2005-; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2005-. Chair, Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service Monument, 2006-08, 2010-. Member, Aquaculture Coordinating Council, 2006-; Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial Literacy in the State, 2008-10; Small Business Task Force, 2009; Maryland Commission on Autism, 2009-; Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2010-. Co-Chair, Task Force on the Membership and Operation of the Baltimore County Board of Education, 2011. Member, Task Force on Funding a Green Technology, Life Science, and Health Information Technology Loan-Assistance Repayment Program, 2011-12; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2011-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 22, 1950. Attended The Catholic High School of Baltimore; Essex Community College, A.A., 1971. Developed the Child Life Department at St. Joseph Hospital. President, Gunpowder Elementary School PTA, 1987-89, 1991-94 (legislative representative; member, school & business partnership committee). Election Judge, Baltimore County, 1990, 1992. Education Chair, League of Women Voters, Baltimore County, 1991-92. Member, Child Life Council of America; Association for the Care of Children's Health; Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce; Perry Hall and White Marsh Business Association. Honorary Life Membership, Maryland Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Member, Maryland Alliance for Responsible Gambling, 2010-. Resolutions of State Senate, House of Delegates, and Baltimore County Council commending outstanding work as President, Gunpowder Elementary School PTA. Married; two daughters.

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