Mauree A. Gingrich (born July 10, 1946) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 101st District."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Archives, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, retrieved online April 26, 2023."Baker, disability advocates praise new law" (photo with caption). Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Citizens' Voice, May 25, 2016, p. T12 (subscription required).
The Lititz Record described her as a champion of "legislation to protect children, the elderly, the physically and mentally handicapped and victims of domestic violence.""Study of PFA law produces results, recommendations." Lititz, Pennsylvania: The Lititz Record Express, November 24, 2016, p. A13 (subscription required).
Formative years and family Born on July 10, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland, Gingrich graduated from Lebanon Catholic High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1964. After attending Hershey Junior College from 1964 to 1965, she earned her A.S. degree in medical technology in 1967 at the Harrisburg Institute of Medical Arts (now the Pennsylvania College of Medical Arts)."Mauree A. Gingrich," (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She also participated in the Weber, Levin and O'Malley Sales Development Program."Manor Appoints Marketing Aide." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, February 12, 1987, p. 15 (subscription required)."Woman Eyes Council Seat." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, May 10, 1989, p. 9 (subscription required).
Previously a resident of Palmyra, Pennsylvania,"Manor Appoints Marketing Aide," The Daily News, February 12, 1987. Gingrich now lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Calvin B. Gingrich. She has four children and seven grandchildren.
Career Employed as the regional marketing director for Omega Medical Laboratory in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, from 1985 to 1987, Gingrich was then hired as a marketing associate for Cornwall Manor in 1987,"Manor Appoints Marketing Aide," The Daily News, February 12, 1987."Meet Your Guide to the Places of Cornwall Manor" (advertisement with photo of Gingrich). Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, April 26, 1987, p. 13 (subscription required)."Employees honored at Cornwall Manor." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, June 24, 1992, p. 7 (subscription required). and was then promoted to director of marketing for the organization during the mid-1990s, serving in that capacity until 1998,Seaman, Pat. "Adults Only: Senior citizens show their style." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, March 14, 1994, p. 7 (subscription required). when she opened her own business, Mature Market Concepts, a qualitative market research company that she owned and operated from 1998 to 2002."School Roundup." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, February 19, 2000, p. 21 (subscription required)."HACC Board of Trustees Seats New Members." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Area Community College, July 26, 2017 (retrieved online April 27, 2023)."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
During this same period of her professional life, she served as a member of the Palmyra Civil Service Commission from 1987 to 1989.Owens, Joy. "New Councilmen Know Where Problems Lie." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, January 5, 1988, p. 12 (subscription required). Elected to the Palmyra borough council in 1989,"Woman Eyes Council Seat," The Daily News, May 10, 1989. she served as a council member from January 1990 until 2001,"Palmyra," in "Boroughs." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, November 8, 1989, p. 3 (subscription required).Oscilowski, Susan. "Palmyra's new mayor sworn in." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, January 3, 1990, p. 8 (subscription required)."Turnover on police force concerns Palmyra council." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, April 28, 1990, p. 3 (subscription required).Kolus, Howard. "Council won't change zoning for apartment owner." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, February 26, 1991, p. 7 (subscription required). and was the borough council president from 1994 through 2001.Oscilowski, Susan. "Palmyra recreation park dedicated." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, June 5, 1994, p. 2 (subscription required)."Light at end of drainage tunnel." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, June 30, 1995, p. 4 (subscription required).Kolus, Howard. "Snow-removal costs exceed budget." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, January 24, 1996, p. 23 (subscription required).Kolus, Howard. "Resignation, council vacancy top agenda." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, January 26, 1997, p. 1 (subscription required).Kolus, Howard. "Borough: Property owners must repair their sidewalks." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, March 25, 1998, p. 3 (subscription required)."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2002, she served during the 2003 term, and was subsequently elected to six additional, consecutive terms."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She served on the House Aging and Older Adult Services, Appropriations, and Health and Human Services.
Appointed to the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission, she served in that capacity from 2003 to 2004, and was then appointed to the Local Government Committee, a post she held from 2005 to 2016. From 2007 to 2008, she served as the House deputy whip."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
In April 2016, Gingrich sponsored a Pennsylvania House resolution requiring the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission "to examine whether 'blind spots' or current gaps" existed in Pennsylvania's Protection from Abuse (PFA) law, which allowed domestic violence victims to seek restraining orders to prevent abusers from pursuing further contact with them, and report its findings to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Gingrich explained that she authored the resolution in response to the Labor Day murder of South Lebanon Township resident, Stacy Pennington, who had been shot and killed near her workplace by a former boyfriend, despite Pennington's having obtained a PFA order."Pa. reviews protections post-Gretna shooting." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: LNP Always Lancaster, April 11, 2016, front page and p. A14 (subscription required)."Won't hurt to examine PFA orders." Pottsville, Pennsylvania: Pottsville Republican, April 18, 2016, p. A8 (subscription required)."In our words: Helping victims of domestic violence." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: LNP Always, April 12, 2016, p. 16 (subscription required). Unanimously approved by the Pennsylvania House,"How can state improve PFAs? Start by erasing 'P.'" Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania: Press Enterprise, April 13, 2006, p. A17 (subscription required). the resolution resulted in a report by the commission to the general assembly in late November of that same year, which "noted the biggest gap in the law concerns [abusers'] ability to still get their hands on a gun," and recommended "either narrowing the list of people who can serve as third-party safekeepers of a defendant's weapons or ... giving courts the power to issue search-and-seizure orders for guns as part of PFA orders and ending a family exemption from background checks for transfers of handguns."Swift, Robert. "Study examines landmark domestic violence law." Hazleton, Pennsylvania: Standard-Speaker, December 27, 2016, p. A5 (subscription required). According to Gingrich:"Study of PFA law produces results, recommendations," The Lititz Record, November 24, 2016.
"The recommendations address the safety of victims while a PFA is being served on an abuser, and help to ensure that these violent defendants do not possess, or have access to, weapons that may be used against their victims. It also urges courts to use risk assessment tools to evaluate the risk to victims of allowing bail for defendants who violate a PFA order by means of physical violence.
No action can prevent perpetrators who are mentally ill or otherwise psychologically determined to harm or kill a former partner from acting on those urges—particularly if they are suicidal. However, it is my hope that the commission's report will result in legislation to prevent these violent deaths."
Chair of the House Labor and Industry Committee in 2016,Court reminds Wolf of role." Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Public Opinion, October 7, 2016, p. 11 (subscription required). Gingrich also sponsored House Bill 476 in June of that same year to mandate that hospitals "create and apply nurse staffing standards, partially by having nurses on the staffing committee."Hadden, Brandy. "New state law aims to help family caregivers." Hazleton, Pennsylvania: Standard-Speaker, June 25, 2016, p. A17 (subscription required).
She was not a candidate for reelection to the Pennsylvania House, choosing to retire from her seat in 2016."Mauree A. Gingrich" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.Scolforo, Mark. "New filings set stage for state legislative campaigns." Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Citizens' Voice, February 22, 2016, p. T5 (subscription required).Swift, Robert. "Study examines state's PFA law." Pottsville, Pennsylvania: Pottsville Republican, January 1, 2017, p. A14 (subscription required).
From 2017 t0 2018, she served on the board of trustees for the Harrisburg Area Community College."HACC Board of Trustees Seats New Members," Harrisburg Area Community College, July 26, 2017.
Awards and other honors Recognized by the Lebanon County Federation of Women's Clubs with its Outstanding Clubwoman Award, Gingrich was also honored by the Harrisburg Diocese with its Commissionary Award for outstanding church council work."Manor Appoints Marketing Aide," The Daily News, February 12, 1987. The recipient, for fourteen consecutive years, of the National Federation of Independent Business's Guardian of Small Business Award, she was also honored by the Lebanon County Sexual Assault Resource Counseling Center (SARCC) with its Children's Hero Award."HACC Board of Trustees Seats New Members," Harrisburg Area Community College, July 26, 2017.
In June 2016, Gingrich was named legislator of the year by the ARC of Pennsylvania."Arc of Pa. recognizes Sen. Baker's work," in "News in Brief." Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Citizens' Voice, June 10, 2016, p. T3 (subscription required).
Community service During the 1980s, Gingrich was a member of the Palmyra Junior Woman's Club,"Program on Aging Parents Presented to Club." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, October 24, 1985, p. 26 (subscription required)."Palmyra Jr. Woman's Club Seeks Members." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, September 24, 1985, p. 20 (subscription required). and chaired the Lebanon County Federation of Women's Clubs, the Chemical People Task Force's political action committee, and the Holy Spirit Church council, and was a member of the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce and its Women in Business Committee, as well as the Lebanon Valley Sertoma Club."Manor Appoints Marketing Aide," The Daily News, February 12, 1987.
She was also a founding member of the Lebanon County Commission for Women."HACC Board of Trustees Seats New Members," Harrisburg Area Community College, July 26, 2017.
In addition, Gingrich helped to design and staff the Hershey Medical Center's volunteer service for in-patient use of its Jamie's Place program, and volunteered with the hearing impairments educational outreach component of the Lebanon-Lancaster Intermediate Unit's LEAP Program."Manor Appoints Marketing Aide," The Daily News, February 12, 1987.
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