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Ellen Jaffee's Biography

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Full Name:

Ellen C. Jaffee

Gender:

Female

Family:

Widowed: Steven; 2 Children: Marc, Allison

Birth Date:

05/20/1944

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, NY

Home City:

Suffern, NY

Religion:

Jewish

MS, Special Education, Fordham University, 1980

BA, Education, CUNY Brooklyn College, 1965

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 97, 2007-2021

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 97, 2018, 2020

County Legislator, District 12-New York Rockland County, 1997-2006

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 95, 2002

Trustee, Village of Suffern Board of Trustees, 1994-1996

Former Chair, Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Children and Families Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Committee on Women's Issues, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Education Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Health Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Mental Health Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee, New York State Assembly

Chair, Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy, New York State Assembly

Member, Task Force on Legislative Women's Caucus, New York State Assembly

Educational Consultant/Teacher, Ponoma Middle School, 1981-2002

Board Member, American Affairs, Hadassah, Rockland County Chapter

Board Member, American Heart Association

Board Member, Big Brothers, Big Sisters

Member, Hispanic Association for Professional Advancement

Member, Historical Society of Rockland

Honorary Board Member, Lower Hudson Valley Challenging Center

Board Member, Martin Luther King Center

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Council of Jewish Women

Member, National Organization of Women (NOW)

Member, Planned Parenthood

Member, REACH Foundation

Member, Rockland Business Women's Network

Member, Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies

Member, Rockland Coalition for Democracy and Freedom

Founder, Rockland County Breast Cancer Task Force

Member, Rockland County Conservation Association

Member, Rockland Family Shelter

Member, Suffern Junior Woman's Club

Member, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Management Council, 2005

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