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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND

COUNTY EXECUTIVE

[photo, Janet S. Owens, Anne Arundel County Executive] JANET S. OWENS, County Executive (Democrat)


County Executive, Anne Arundel County, since December 1998. Member, Advisory Council for Port Land-Use Development, 1998-; State Commission on the Capital City, 1999-; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 1999-2004; Special Committee on Voting Systems and Election Procedures in Maryland, 2000-01; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2000-. Board of Visitors, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System. Chair, Board of Directors, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 2003 (member, 1998-). Chair, Baltimore Regional Transportation Board, 2005-.

Former director, Housing Authority, Anne Arundel County. Director, Department of Aging, Anne Arundel County, 1986-90. Judge, Orphans' Court, Anne Arundel County, 1990-94.

Born in Anne Arundel County. Attended Owensville Elementary School; Southern High School; George Washington University, B.A.; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.A. (education administration). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties (legislative committee). Board of Directors, Greater Baltimore Alliance. Former member, Board of Directors, Providence Center, and Fairfield Nursing Home. Former officer and trustee, Harbor Hospital. Award for Outstanding Women, Young Women's Christian Association. Frank P. Casula Transit Award, Corridor Transportation Corp., 2002. Outstanding Government Leader, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce, 2002. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2004, 2006. Married; two children.

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