Rosalind Kurita - Tennessee Senator

<b><i>Biographical Information</i></b> <ul> <li>Married since 1972 to George Kurita</li> <li>Three grown children</li> <li>Presbyterian </li> <li>Registered Nurse </li> <li>B.A., University of Arkansas </li> <li>Businesswoman </li> </ul> <b><i>Public Office</i></b> <ul> <li>Senate member of the 100th through 105th General Assemblies</li> <li>Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate </li> <li>Vice-Chair, Senate General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee</li> <li>Member, Senate Transportation Committee </li> <li>Member, Senate Rules Committee</li> <li>Member, Senate

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<b><i>Biographical Information</i></b> <ul> <li>Married since 1972 to George Kurita</li> <li>Three grown children</li> <li>Presbyterian </li> <li>Registered Nurse </li> <li>B.A., University of Arkansas </li> <li>Businesswoman </li> </ul> <b><i>Public Office</i></b> <ul> <li>Senate member of the 100th through 105th General Assemblies</li> <li>Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate </li> <li>Vice-Chair, Senate General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee</li> <li>Member, Senate Transportation Committee </li> <li>Member, Senate Rules Committee</li> <li>Member, Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee</li> <li>Member, Joint Veterans Affairs Committee</li> <li>Member, Joint Workers Compensation Committee</li> <li>Member, Joint Select Oversight Committee on Education </li> <li>Served as Montgomery County Commissioner 1990-1994 </li> <li>Served as Board Member for the Regional Directors of the Tennessee County Commissioner Association </li> <li>1999 Awarded the Toll Fellowship for Emerging State Leaders </li> <li>Named Legislator of the Year from the American Academy of Pediatrics </li> <li>Named 2002 Leadership Award from the Tennessee School Health Coalition </li> <li>Named 2003 Legislator of the Year by the Tennessee Child Care Association </li> <li>2003 Awarded Legislator of the Year by the American Lung Association </li> <li>2004 Badge of Courage Award for Ethics for work on Campaign Finance Reform</li> <li>2004 Nominated for the Dr. Nathan Davis National Award Outstanding State Legislators by the American Medical Association</li> <li>Named 2004 Legislator of the Year by the Tennessee Human Resource Agency</li> </ul> <b><i>Community Involvement</i></b> <ul> <li>Board of Directors, Tennessee Women Legislators </li> <li>Board of Directors, Nurses for Newborns </li> <li>Board of Directors, Tennessee Economic Council on Women </li> <li> Board of Directors Center for Nursing </li> <li>Former board member of Urban Ministries, which provides a domestic violence shelter and grace assistance program which provides for the needy </li> <li>Former member of the Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society </li> <li>Alumni of 1st Class of Leadership Clarksville</li> <li>Member of Middle Tennessee Leadership Program </li> <li>Volunteer for Meals on Wheels </li> <li>Volunteer for Salvation Army </li> <li>Active with MADD, Red Ribbon Campaign </li> <li>Initiated the County-Wide Science Fair </li> <li>Conducts Town Hall Meetings in all areas of the 22nd Senatorial District </li> <li>Spotlighted as a Woman of Achievement by Leaf Chronicle </li> <li>Member of the Nashville Gun Club </li> <li>Member of Austin Peay State University Tower Club </li> <li>Member of the National Skeet Shooting Association </li> <li>Member of the Tennessee Shooting Sports Association </li> <li>Member of the Eagle Skeet Club at Fort Campbell </li> </ul>

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