JOSELINE A. PENA-MELNYK
Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George's Counties
House Office Building, Room 209
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3502, (301) 858-3502
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3502 (toll free)
e-mail: joseline.pena.melnyk@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3342, (301) 858-3342
Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007- (government operations subcommittee, 2007-; public health & long-term care subcommittee, 2007-). Vice-Chair, County Affairs Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2008- (vice-chair, law enforcement & state appointed boards committee, 2007-08). Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2007-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2007-.
Member, Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursemnet, 2007-08; Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills in Maryland, 2008-; Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital, 2008-.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-99.
Member, City Council, College Park, representing District 4, 2003-06. Former member, Recreation Board, College Park.
Born in Dominican Republic. Attended John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, New York; Buffalo State College, B.A. (criminal justice), 1987; University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York, J.D., 1991. Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991-92. Former member, Casa de Maryland, Inc. Married; three children.
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