[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 49 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E453-E454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WOMEN'S HISTORY STATEMENT 2008

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                         HON. JOHN P. SARBANES

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 31, 2008

  Mr. SARBANES. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Women's 
History Month. Though we have designated March as the particular month 
for this celebration, every day could rightly be designated to honor 
the contributions of women to our society. On this occasion I would 
like to highlight the achievements of two women who through their work 
have deeply impacted Maryland's Third District and our State as a 
whole.
  Just this past year Karen Rothenberg, Dean of the University of 
Maryland Law School, was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of 
Fame. The Maryland Women's Hall of Fame was established through the 
efforts of the Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators 
of Maryland in 1985. Its purpose is to honor Maryland women who have 
made unique and lasting contributions to the economic, political, 
cultural and social life of the State, and to provide visible models of 
achievement for tomorrow's female leaders.
  This year, Dean Rothenberg is being honored by the Daily Record as 
Maryland's Top 100 Women. Dean Rothenberg has demonstrated leadership 
and scholarship in her role at the University of Maryland Law School, 
and in her field. She graduated as part of the first class of women at 
Princeton University. She has served as a member of the Institute of 
Medicine's Committee on Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to the 
Inclusion of Women in Clinical Studies, on numerous NIH panels on 
prenatal care, the recruitment and retention of women in clinical 
studies, and the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics. I 
have had the privilege to work with Dean Rothenberg this year on an 
effort to bring more lawyers into public service. This is an area in 
which she has been recognized on numerous occasions for her efforts. 
She has established loan repayment programs, grant opportunities and 
scholarships for law school graduates that wish to pursue careers in 
public service, and they in turn have enriched our community. She has 
worked with students to provide volunteer relief in New Orleans, and 
has facilitated opportunities for students to pursue public interest 
studies abroad. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
  In addition to having been the first woman elected to serve as Mayor 
of Baltimore City, Sheila Dixon has spent more than 20 years in public 
office, dedicating her career to improving the lives of women, children 
and minorities. She has worked tirelessly on public health issues, and 
brings a wealth of experience and insight into business development in 
the city.
  Among her numerous awards and honors, Mayor Dixon was recently 
admitted to the Daily Record's Circle of Excellence for her third 
selection as one of ``Maryland's Top 100 Women.'' She serves on 
numerous boards, including the Institute of Human Virology, the 
Transplant Resource Center, the Urban Health Initiative, the Baltimore 
Public Markets Corporation, the Living Classrooms Foundation, and the 
Walters Art Gallery.
  This year Mayor Dixon launched the YouthWorks campaign, which brings 
together businesses, community organizations, foundations and city and 
State agencies in an effort to engage Baltimore youth in meaningful 
summer activities. She is strongly committed to accomplishing the goal 
of ensuring that any Baltimore youth who wants a summer job can have 
one. This program will not only benefit youth by providing valuable 
work experience, it will also provide businesses with talented and 
motivated workers.
  Though I have not had the privilege of working with all of the 
following women, I would also like to take this opportunity to 
highlight Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2008 as honored by the Daily 
Record:
  Judge Theresa M. Adams, Circuit Court for Frederick County; Dr. Susan 
C. Aldridge, University of Maryland University College; Dr. Janet D. 
Allan, University of Maryland School of Nursing; Dr. Sharon D. Allison-
Ottey, The COSHAR Foundation; Judge Nancy V. Alquist, United States 
Bankruptcy Court; Rev. Dr. China M. Ashe, Hope Ministries; Judge Vicki 
Ballou-Watts, Circuit Court for Baltimore County; Lisa R. Bands, My 
Cleaning Service, Inc.; Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Special 
Appeals of Maryland; Traci A. Barnett, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland; 
Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers; 
Cathy S. Bernard, CSB Management Corporation; Dr. Meredith Bond, 
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine; Annie L. Burton-
Byrd, The Signature Group, LLC; Ellen A. Callegary, Callegary & 
Steedman, PA; Wanda G. Caporaletti, Law Office of Wanda G. Caporaletti; 
Diane Lillibridge Caslow, MedStar Health; Marie A. Cavallaro, Cavallaro 
Cleary Visual Art Foundation; Rev. Mary W. Conaway, Register of Wills 
for Baltimore City; Patricia E. Cornish, PEC Financial Consulting; Dr. 
P. Ann Cotten, University of Baltimore Schaefer Center for Public 
Policy.
  Diane D'Aiutolo Collins, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP; Janine M. DiPaula 
Stevens, Vircity; Anna M. Dopkin, T. Rowe Price Associates; 
Councilmember Valerie Ervin, Montgomery County Council; Carolyn Wilson 
Evans, Sengstacke & Evans, LLC; Margaret (Meg) Z. Ferguson, Baltimore 
County Executive Office; Jodi Finkelstein, Domestic Violence Center of 
Howard County; Ellen R. Fish, Towson Community Bank, a div. of 
AmericasBANK; Mary Ellen Flynn, Andalman & Flynn, PC; Taylor L. Foss, 
LifeBridge Health; Commissioner Jan H. Gardner, Frederick County 
Government; Sandra N. Harriman, University of Maryland School of 
Medicine; Carrie Harris-Muller, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the 
Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
  Dr. Elizabeth A. Hunt, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 
Sara T. Jacoby, The Legacy Group, Inc.; Deborah E. Jennings, DLA Piper 
U.S., LLP; Senator Verna L. Jones, State of Maryland; Leronia A. Josey, 
Law Office of Leronia Josey; Pamela J. King, Open Society Institute-
Baltimore; Julie Lenzer Kirk, Path Forward International; Marcy K. 
Kolodny, Dyslexia Tutoring Program; Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp, State of 
Maryland; Jennifer Kozak, J Kozak Creative; Senator Rona E. Kramer, 
State of Maryland; Judge Sherrie L. Krauser, Circuit Court for Prince 
George's County; Dr. Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson University.
  Judge Theresa A. Lawler, Orphan's Court for Baltimore County; Linda 
Thater Layton, Attorney at Law; Cynthia L. Leppert, Neuberger, Quinn, 
Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, PA; Eileen M. Levitt, The HR Team, Inc.; Dr. 
Leslie D. Mancuso, JHPIEGO; Sister Patricia McCarron, SSND, Notre Dame 
Preparatory School; Annette Merz, LENPEX, LLC; Bonnae J. Meshulam, 
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, Inc.; Dr. Redonda G. Miller, 
Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine; Elise Davison Morris, 
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP; Paula T. Morris, Kids of Honor; Nhora 
Barrera Murphy, The Media Network; Alice Neily Mutch, Capital 
Consultants, BaySmart Gardening, LLC.
  Myra W. Norton, Community Analytics; Sylvia Ontaneda-Bernales, Ober 
Kaler Grimes & Shriver; Beth Pepper, Law Firm of Beth Pepper; Trudy E. 
Perkins, Office of U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings; Beth S. 
Perlman, Constellation Energy; Liz Pettengill, Greater Baltimore 
Committee; Bonnie Lamdin Phipps, St. Agnes HealthCare; Barbara Portnoy, 
PLDA Interiors; Randi Alper Pupkin, Art with a Heart, Inc.; Stephanie 
L. Reel, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System; Dr. 
Donna L. Reihl, The Community College of Baltimore County; Juliette 
Rizzo, U.S. Department of Education; Dr. Marcella L. Roenneburg, Mercy 
Medical Center.

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  Karen H. Rothenberg, University of Maryland School of Law; Dr. Lisa 
Rowen, University of Maryland Medical Center; Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton, 
Johns Hopkins University and Children's Center; Hannah Sassoon, 
Montgomery County Office of the Sheriff; Judge Katherine D. Savage, 
Circuit Court for Montgomery County; Lynne C. Schaefer, University of 
Maryland, Baltimore County; Rosa M. Scharf, Howard Bank; Mary Fulton 
Shock, Philanthropist; J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, Prince George's County 
Office of the State's Attorney; Felicita Sola-Carter, Social Security 
Administration; Yolanda F. Sonnier, Randall & Sonnier, LLC; Sally L. 
Sternbach, Rockville Economic Development, Inc.; Ferrier R. Stillman, 
Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP.
  Karen D. Stokes, Greater Homewood Community Corporation; Anita H. 
Thomas, University of Baltimore; Dr. Rosemary M. Thomas, Salisbury 
University; Suzanne C. Thompson, Heritage Financial Consultants, LLC, 
Advanced Benefit Solutions, Inc.; Margaret Witherup Tindall, Gordon, 
Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC; Marlene Trestman, 
Office of the Attorney General; Jenny J. Trostel, Saab of Baltimore; 
Judith Vaughan-Prather, Montgomery County Commission for Women; Laura 
Neuman Volkman, Springboard Enterprises; Stephanie T. Willey, Comcast 
Spotlight; Deborah Smith Williams, M&T Bank; Jeanne M. Yeager, Mid-
Shore Council on Family Violence; Terry Slade Young, The Maryland Zoo 
in Baltimore; and Gina Monath Zawitoski, DLA Piper U.S., LLP.
  I salute these women as examples of the many others who have made, 
and continue to make our country great.

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