Ginger DiMaggio
From: Finksburg
Website: n/a
Social networking: n/a
Date of Birth: Feb. 26, 1974
Marital Status: Married
Children/Age: Triplets - 2 sons and a daughter age 16; Twin boys age 12; Daughter age 10
Candidate For: Carroll County Board Of Education
Political Affiliation: Republican
Profession: Teacher/mom/customer service
Years Experience: 14 years/16 years/5 years
Current employment: Same as above
How many years: Same as above
Education: Carroll Community College, education major
Community groups involved in: Youth leader Firm Foundation Worship Center, Christian Home School Fellowship (CHSF) gym chair, Carroll County Republican Women's Club
Past political experience: No publicly elected offices held. Served as the vice president then president of our local homeschool steering board. Actively follow (supporting or opposing) many local issues and have gotten to know our local representatives both at the county and state level.
Jim Doolan
From: Westminster
Website: n/a
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Date of Birth: Dec. 11, 1947
Marital Status: Married
Children/Age: Laura Doolan, 41, Jeff Doolan, 38
Candidate For: Carroll County Board of Education
Political Affiliation: n/a
Profession: Educator/counselor
Years Experience: 40 years; 33 years with Carroll County Public Schools, two years with Howard County Schools and five years with the Carroll County Youth Services Bureau
Current employment: Retired from Carroll County Public Schools
How many years: 2
Education: Master's degree in education from McDaniel College
Community groups involved in: Carroll County Education Foundation; Rape Crisis Board; Greater Westminster Lions Club
Past political experience: 30-plus years testifying before both houses in Maryland General Assembly; expert witness before U.S. Senate Committee on Juvenile Justice; President of Maryland Association of Pupil Transportation; political science major in college/Chairman of College Judicial Board at Frostburg State University
Cynthia L. Foley (i)
From: Westminster
Website: n/a
Social networking: n/a
Date of Birth: Oct. 16, 1956
Marital Status: Married
Children/Age: Four children ages 18, 20, 23, 27
Candidate For: Carroll County Board of Education
Political Affiliation: Non-partisan race
Profession: School board member
Years Experience: 8
Current employment: Carroll County Public Schools
How many years: 8
Education: Associate of Arts degree from Catonsville Community College
Community groups involved in: 4-H
Past political experience: 8 years as a Carroll County school board member
Jennifer A. Seidel (i)
From: Mount Airy
Website: http://www.jenniferseidel.net
Social networking: Facebook: Seidel For BOE; Twitter: @SeidelforBOE
Date of Birth: Aug. 29, 1971
Marital Status: Married to Stephen Seidel for 15 years
Children/Age: son (12) and daughter (10)
Candidate For: Carroll County Board of Education
Political Affiliation: Non-partisan
Profession: Educator
Years Experience: 18 years
Current employment: Montgomery County Public Schools (Reading Initiative/ESOL Teacher); Discovery Communications, LLC (Independent Contractor)
How many years: I started working for MCPS in 1994 as a classroom teacher and eventually worked out of the central office. I left for awhile to care for my children when they were younger. During this time I worked as an independent contractor for companies such as Discovery Communications, LLC, and I taught preschool for a few years. I went back to work for MCPS when my youngest child started kindergarten. I also still work as an independent contractor for companies such as Discovery Communications, LLC, writing, editing and creating web-based educational materials.
Education: The Pennsylvania State University, B.S. Elementary and Kindergarten Education; Bowie State University, M.Ed. School Administration and Supervision; I hold an Advanced Profession Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education, and I also hold Administrator I and ESOL certifications.
Community groups involved in: member and past Teacher Appreciation Week Co-Chair, Mount Airy/Parr's Ridge Elementary Schools PTA; member, Mount Airy Middle School PTSO; member, Suburban Maryland Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi; member, Saint Michael's Catholic Church, Poplar Springs; ex-officio board member, Carroll County Public Schools Education Foundation; member, Resolutions' Committee, Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE); Member, Federal Relations Network, National School Boards Association (NSBA)
Past political experience: I was elected to the Carroll County Board of Education in 2008.
