Full Name:
Ellen C. Jaffee
Gender:
Female
Family:
Widowed: Steven; 2 Children: Marc, Allison
Birth Date:
05/20/1944
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, NY
Home City:
Suffern, NY
Religion:
Jewish
MS, Special Education, Fordham University, 1980
BA, Education, CUNY Brooklyn College, 1965
Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 97, 2007-2021
Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 97, 2018, 2020
County Legislator, District 12-New York Rockland County, 1997-2006
Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 95, 2002
Trustee, Village of Suffern Board of Trustees, 1994-1996
Former Chair, Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues, New York State Assembly
Former Chair, Children and Families Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Chair, Committee on Women's Issues, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Education Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Health Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Mental Health Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Chair, Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee, New York State Assembly
Chair, Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy, New York State Assembly
Member, Task Force on Legislative Women's Caucus, New York State Assembly
Educational Consultant/Teacher, Ponoma Middle School, 1981-2002
Board Member, American Affairs, Hadassah, Rockland County Chapter
Board Member, American Heart Association
Board Member, Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Member, Hispanic Association for Professional Advancement
Member, Historical Society of Rockland
Honorary Board Member, Lower Hudson Valley Challenging Center
Board Member, Martin Luther King Center
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Member, National Council of Jewish Women
Member, National Organization of Women (NOW)
Member, Planned Parenthood
Member, REACH Foundation
Member, Rockland Business Women's Network
Member, Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies
Member, Rockland Coalition for Democracy and Freedom
Founder, Rockland County Breast Cancer Task Force
Member, Rockland County Conservation Association
Member, Rockland Family Shelter
Member, Suffern Junior Woman's Club
Member, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Management Council, 2005