Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend DEMDemocrat

Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003

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Kathleen Kennedy TownsendDEMDemocrat Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003
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Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) is an American attorney who was the sixth (and first female) lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maryland in 2002. In 2010, Townsend became the chair of the non-profit American Bridge, an organization whose focus is to raise funds for Democratic candidates and causes. Since 2021, she has served in the United States Department of Labor as an advisor on retirement. She is a member of the prominent political Kennedy family, and is currently the oldest living grandchild of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Education6 - 6 of 4
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
The Putney School
University of New Mexico School of Law
Past Positions1 - 8 of 8
Lieutenant Governor
State of Maryland
1994 - 2002
Delegate
Democratic Party National Convention
1988
Delegate
Democratic Party National Convention
1996
Delegate
Democratic Party National Convention
2000
Chair
Democratic Caucus of Lt. Governors
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Experience
Maryland Student Services Alliance
Executive Director
Other Experience1 - 19 of 19
Member
Board of Advisors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Member
Board of Directors, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Member
Board of Partners, Radcliffe College
Member
National Institute for Women's Policy Research
Chair
Peabody Institute Oversight Committee
1995 - 96
Chair
Governor's Year-2000 Public Information Task Force
1999 - 2000
Chair
Advisory Board on After-School Opportunity Programs
1999 - Current
Co-Chair
Safe Schools Interagency Steering Committee
1999 - Current
Member
Forvm for Rural Maryland
1999
Chair
Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs
1998 - Current
Member
Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families
1998 - Current
Member
Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism
1998 - Current
Chair
Governor's Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families Systems Reform
1996
Chair
State House Trust
1995 - Current
Chair
Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
1995 - Current
Co-Chair
Maryland Family Violence Council
1995 - Current
Member
Governor's Executive Council
1995 - Current
Chair
External Advisory Board
Chair
Task Force on Affiliation between Historic St. Mary's City Commission and St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1996.
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