LINDA L. KELLEY (1942-2017)
Member, Board of County Commissioners (Republican), 1994-2010
Member, Board of County Commissioners, Calvert County, At Large, December 1994 to December 7, 2010 (president, 1998-2000; vice-president, 2000-04). Member, Board of Health, Calvert County, 1994-2010; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1994-2010; Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, 2000-10; Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs, 2007-08. Member, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Calvert County. Past member, Citizens Advisory Committee to Board of County Commissioners, Calvert County; Ethics Commission, Calvert County; Commission for Women, Calvert County.
Former personnel and supply manager, U.S. Navy. Former senior staff aide to Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office (assistant manager, warehousing & distribution facility, Laurel). Former property management officer, U.S. Department of the Interior. Former property management consultant, U.S. Holacaust Memorial Museum. Member, Calvert Citizens Coalition; Maryland Chapter, Grandparents United for Children's Rights. Board of Directors, Safe Harbor, Calvert County's shelter for abused women and children (founding member; past chair); Friends of Felines. Past co-chair, Maryland Chapter, Grandparents United for Children's Rights. Past president, Dunkirk Area Concerned Citizens Association. Married; two children, two grandchildren. Died in Owings, Maryland, February 2, 2017.
The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners in January 2017 voted to name the new Calvert County animal shelter at Prince Frederick, Maryland, in Ms. Kelley's honor. It will be called the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter.
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