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RUTH SOLOMON
Biographical Sketch
Ruth Solomon is serving her second term as State Democratic Senator from District 14, Tucson. She is serving as Assistant Minority Leader for the Forty-Third Legislature. Senator Solomon served three terms in the Arizona House of Representatives prior to her election to the State Senate.
Senator Solomon was born and reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from the University of Arizona where she also pursued her graduate studies.
Senator Solomon is married to Arthur Solomon and has a son, Barry, and a daughter-in-law, Melissa and a grandson, Daniel Brian.
Senator Solomon is an outspoken advocate for children and families. She has devoted much of her private and professional life to the betterment of the lives of children and families in Arizona.
Present Affiliations:
- Governor's School To Work Advisory Council
- Board of Directors, Healthy Start
- Oversight Committee, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
- Co-chair Ad Hoc Committee on Child Welfare Reform
- Board Member, Tucson Association for Child Care
- Board Member, Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records
- Committee Member, National Conference of State Legislatures' Committee on Children, Families and Health
- President, Women's Network, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Member, Oversight Committee on Health Insurance Benefits
- Associate Board member, Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation
- Member, Phi Kappa Phi
- Member, Alpha Delta Kappa
Past Affiliations:
- Interagency Coordinating Council on Developmentally
Delayed Infants and Toddlers
- President, Tucson Education Association
- Board of Directors, Arizona Education Association
- Board of Directors, Pima County Community Action Agency
- Mayor's Council on Youth Initiatives
- Business & Professional Women's Council
- President, Pioneer Women
- Governor's Task Force on Education Reform
- Governor's Task Force on Homeless and Runaway Youth
- Arizona Supreme Court's Juvenile Justice Commission
- Board of Regents Commission on Enrollment Growth
- School Age Child Care Coalition
- Board of Regents Commission on Higher Education Funding
- Member, McConnell Clark Foundation, Alternatives to Incarceration
Honors:
- Graduated University of Arizona with High Distinction
- Senior Honor Award
- Pima county Community Action Agency, Distinguished Service Award
- AZ Education Association, Outstanding Achievement Award
- Children's Action Alliance, Star Award
- Family Counciling Agency, Recognition Award for Homeless Youth
- Open Inn, Recognition Award for Homeless and Runaway Youth
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services Award for Recognition of Disability Awareness
- Tucson Area Reading Council, Exemplary Service in the Promotion of Literacy
Award
- Arizona Reading Association, Exemplary Award for Promotion of Literacy
- Delta Kappa Gamma, Legislator of the Year
- Arizona Children's Home Association, Friends of Children Award
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