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Jo Anne Simon's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Legislative Office Building 435
Albany, NY 12248

341 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Full Name:

Jo Anne Simon

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Bill; 2 Stepchildren; Bevan, Trevor

Birth Place:

Yonkers, NY

Home City:

Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY

Attended, Clinical Psychology, Long Island University

JD, Fordham University School of Law, 1986-1990

MA, Education of the Deaf, Gallaudet University, 1976

BA, Communication Sciences, Iona College, 1974

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 2014-present

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 52, 2022

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 10, 2022

Chair, Committee on Ethics and Guidance, New York State Assembly, present

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Tuition Assistance Program, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, New York State Assembly

President, Jo Anne Simon, Private Counsel, present

Former Instructor, Clinical Program, Hofstra University School of Law

Regional Sales Manager, Oppenheimer Mutual Funds

Adjunct Associate Professor, Fordham University School of Law, 1998-2012

General Counsel, Association on Higher Education and Disability, 2002-2010

Staff Attorney, Hofstra Law School, Disabilities Law Clinic, 1992-1996

Immediate Past President, Everyone Reading, Incorporated, 2008-present

Chair, Land Use Committee, 2004-present

Member, Action for Reform in Special Education (ARISE) Coalition, present

Co-Editor, "Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal"

Former Executive Committee Member, 504 Democrats

Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Founding Member, BrooklynSpeaks.net

Member, Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats

Founding Member, Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods

Co-Founder, Downtown Brooklyn Coalition

Founding Member, Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Task Force

Founding Member, Friends of Douglass/Greene Park

Former Chair, Gowanus Community Stakeholder Group

Former Chair, Gowanus Expressway Community Coalition

Founding Member, Hoyt-Schermerhorn Task Force

Member, Independent Neighborhood Democrats

Member, Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn

Member, New York State Democratic Committee

Co-Founder/Secretary, New York State Democratic Committee's Progressive Caucus

Democratic District Leader/State Committeeperson, 52nd Assembly District, 2004-2014

Member, Transportation Committee, 2005-2007

Chair, Traffic & Transportation Committee, 1999-2005

Chair, Legal Issues Affecting Persons with Disabilities Committee, 2000-2003

President, Boerum Hill Association, 1993-1999

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