CAROLYN JACKSON MEARS ELMORE

Republican, District 38A, Somerset & Wicomico Counties

Member of House of Delegates, July 19, 2010 to January 12, 2011. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2010-11 (election law subcommittee, 2010-11). Chair, Somerset County Delegation, 2010. Member, Eastern Shore Delegation, 2010.

Member, Local Advisory Council, Wor-Wic Community College, 2004-07; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2010-11; Wicomico County Board of Education, 2011-.

Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1943. Univsersity of Richmond, B.A. (english) 1965; Salisbury State College, M.Ed. (education), 1981; Wilmington College, Ed.D. (innovation & leadership in education), 2002. English teacher, Wicomico Junior High School, 1973-75; Wicomico High School, 1975-89. Vice-Principal, Parkside High School, 1989-92. Supervisor of English, Foreign Language, and ESOL, 1992-98, and of Curriculum, Staff Development, and ESOL, 1998-2000, Wicomico County Public Schools. Director of Curriculum and Professional Development, Wicomico County Public Schools, 2000-05. Member, Phi Delta Kappa, 1980-2005; Maryland Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1985-2006; Eastern Shore Reading Council, 1986-2005. President, Association of Public School Administrators and Supervisors, 1996-97 (vice-president, 1995-96). Member, Advisory Committee, Eastern Shore Institute for the Advancement of Thinking, Salisbury University, 1999-2005. Steering Committee, Academy for Leadership in Education, Salisbury University, 1999-2005. Member, National Council of Staff Development, 1999-2006; Maryland Council of Staff Development, 1999-2006. Board of Directors, Wellness Community of Delmarva, 2004-. Maryland State Team, American Council on Education and Lumina Foundation for Education, 2005. Board of Directors, Salisbury University Foundation, 2010-. Member, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, 2010-; Wicomico Rotary Club (chair, rotary foundation committee, 2005-06). Wicomico County High School Teacher of the Year, 1986. "Maryland's Most Beautiful" Educator, for judging student literacy writing contest, from Governor William Donald Schaefer, 1992, 1993. Leadership Award, Salisbury University, 2005. Member, Bethesda United Methodist Church. Widow; three children, six grandchildren.

Senate
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Legislative Committees
Legislative Process
Maryland Government
Maryland Constitutional Offices & Agencies
Maryland Departments
Maryland Independent Agencies
Maryland Executive Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, Advisory Boards
Maryland Universities & Colleges
Maryland Counties
Maryland Municipalities
Maryland at a Glance

Maryland Manual On-Line

Search the Manual
e-mail: mdmanual@mdarchives.state.md.us

Maryland Manual On-Line, 2011

August 9, 2011
Note: In this past edition of Maryland Manual, some links are to external sites. View the current Manual

This information resource of the Maryland State Archives is presented here for fair use in the public domain. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: Rights assessment for associated source material is the responsibility of the user.

Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!

[ Archives' Home Page || All About Maryland || Maryland Manual On-Line || Reference & Research
|| Search the Archives || Education & Outreach || Archives of Maryland Online ]

Governor General Assembly Judiciary Maryland.Gov

HOUSE OF DELEGATES

FORMER DELEGATES