By Authority:
Jay Stearman
Treasurer,
People for
Pendergrass

Resumé of
Delegate Shane Pendergrass

Member, House of Delegates, 1995 – present

Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 2007 – present

Member, Executive Nominations Committee, 2007 - present

Deputy Majority Leader, 2007

Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-06;

  • Member, Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records, 2005 - 2007

  • Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Small Group Market Health Insurance, 2005 - 2007

  • Member, House Medical Malpractice Workgroup, 2004

  • Member, House Facilities Committee, 2003 - 2007

  • Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2003 - 2005

  • Member, Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health, 2003 - 200

  • Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995 – 2002

    • Vice-chair, Science & Technology Subcommittee, 1999- 2002

    • Member, Health Insurance Subcommittee, 1996 – 2002

    • Member, Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee, 1995-96

  • Chair, Howard County Delegation, 1997 - 2000, 2005-6

  • Member, Women’s Caucus, 1995 – present

Member, National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), 1995 – present

  • Member, NCSL HITCh (Health Information Technology Champions), 2006 - present

  • Member, NCSL Health Chairs Committee, 2005 - present

  • Member, NCSL Health Committee, 2002 - present

  • Member, NCSL Women’s Legislative Network, 1995 - present

  • Member, NCSL State Business, Labor, Commerce, Economic Development Committee and Assembly on Federal Issues, Commerce and Communications Committee, 1995 – 2002

  • Member, HIMSS (The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society), 2005 - present
    Member, Reforming States Group (RSG) sponsored by the Milbank Memorial Fund, 2003 - present

  • Member, State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1995 – 96

  • Member, County Council of Howard County, 1986 - 1994 (Chair, 1989, 1990, 1993)

 

Additional Work Experience

  • Art Instructor, Severn School, 1978 - 1979

  • Program Coordinator, Edgemont Psychiatric Hospital Children’s Unit, 1978

  • Art Therapist, Edgemont Psychiatric Hospital Children’s Unit, 1977

  • Art Instructor, Aurora University, 1974 – 1975

Education

  • University of Illinois, Master of Arts, 1974

  • University of Illinois, Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude, 1973

Personal

  • Married to Bill Pendergrass and with grown children, Cayley and Aaron.

Awards

  • 2009 Outstanding Conservation Award, Audubon Society of Central Maryland, 2009
  • Howard County NAACP Youth Council Certificate of Appreciation, 2009
  • Who’s Who in American Politics,  2009 - present  
  • The Ruth Keeton Award, 2007 from the Howard County Women's Bar Association for dedicated service to the Citizens of Howard County
  • HIMSS Advocacy Award, 2006

  • Eugene McCreary Award, 2005 from the Maryland Optometric Association, for individual’s significant contributions to the enhancement of eye care for the citizens of Maryland.

  • Maryland’s Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, 2005

  • Legislative Sponsor Award from the Maryland Children’s Action Network, 2005, 2006

  • Outstanding Conservationist of 2004, Audubon Society of Central Maryland, 2004

  • Senator James Clark Award for Distinguished Public Service to the People of Columbia, Howard County Democratic Party, 2003

  • Legislator of the Year, Maryland Cares, 2002

  • Conservationist of the Year, Audubon Society of Central Maryland, 2001

  • Hannah G. Solomon Award, The National Council of Jewish Women, 2001

  • Outstanding Individual Award, The ARC of Howard County,  May, 2000

  • 100% Environmental Record Award, Maryland League of Conservation Voters,1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004

  • Tera Partner Award, for spearheading the successful creating of the Howard County Technology Incubator, The Center for Business & Technology Development, May, 2000

  • #1 Celebrity Server (Fund-raising effort), Leukemia Society of America, 1990

  • Certificate of Appreciation, Howard County National Organization of Women

  • Certificate of Achievement in Acknowledgment of Political Contributions to the Citizens of Howard County, The Howard County Commission for Women



Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13
Maryland House of Delegates
6 Bladen Street, Room 241
Annapolis, MD 21401
(301) 858-3139, (410) 841-3139
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FAX: (410) 841-3409, (301) 858-3409
e-mail: shane.pendergrass@house.state.md.us