Jennie (Jennie) M. Forehand (D-SS17)
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Capitol: 410.841.3134
FAX: 410.841.3665
District: 301.762.4772
Senator
Room 223 James Senate Office Building 11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

District Office:
712 Smallwood Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Elected: 1994    Next Election: 2014
Spouse: William E. Forehand   
Committee Assignments
ChairmanJoint Committee on Federal Relations
Co-ChairJoint Committee on Protocol
MemberJoint Committee on the Management of Public Funds
MemberJoint Committee on Information Technology and Biotechnology
MemberSenate Committee on Executive Nominations
MemberSenate Committee on Judicial Proceedings
MemberJoint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review
MemberJoint Committee on Children, Youth and Families
Counties Representing
Montgomery

Bio

Born in Nashville, Tennessee. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. (industrial relations), 1958. Businesswoman. President, Forehand Antiques and Interiors, 1970-. Former teacher, juvenile court probation counselor, statistician. Member, National Institutes of Health Bio-Safety Committee; Girl Scout Advisory Council; American Association of University Women (AAUW); Women's Political Caucus; Peerless Rockville and Gaithersburg Historic Preservation Associations; Montgomery County Arts Council. Advisory Board, Friends of Seneca Creek; Sierra Club. Board member- Maryland College of Art and Design; Rockville Arts Place; Methodist Board of Church and Society; University of Maryland Center for Political Leadership; Hospice Caring; Montgomery Anti-Tobacco Coalition. Past member, Asbury Methodist Homes; Montgomery County Health Services Planning Board, 1974-78; Maryland Community Mental Health Council; Rockville Economic Development Council; Lung Association. Betty Tyler Public Affairs Award, Planned Parenthood of Maryland, 1992. Margaret Brent Trailblazer Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1993. Technology Leadership Award, Suburban Maryland High Technology Council, 1993. Community Service Award, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. Humanities Award, Maryland Association of Historical and Cultural Museums. President's Award, Maryland College of Art and Design. Outstanding Advocate, Montgomery Arts Council. Peabody Medallion award, The Johns Hopkins University. Founder's Award, Family and Infant Care Center. Legislator of the Year, Montgomery Medical Society, 1993. President's Award for Service, Asbury Village, 1996. Leadership Award, Washington Board of Trade, 1998, 2001. Senator of the Year Award for Child Abuse Legislation, Maryland's State's Attorneys Association, 1998. Distinguished Citizen Award, Alpha Gamma Delta International, 1999. Award, Maryland Municipal League, 1999. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1999, 2001, 2003 (Circle of Excellence). Award of Excellence, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 2002. Distinguished Legislator Award, Maryland Impaired Driving Coalition, 2003. Citizen of the Year, Rockville Chamber of Commerce, 2003. Life Membership Award, Rockville Senior Center, 2003. Woman of the Year, Montgomery County Business and Professional Women, 2003. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2004. Clean Air Advocate Award, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Committee for Montgomery, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2005. Certificate of Appreciation, Ridge School of Montgomery County, 2005. Maryland State Senator of the Year, Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, 2006. Biotechnology Leadership Award, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 2006. Married; two children, four grandchildren.