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Show JO BRANDT Elected born and Utah Jo Brandt Colorado, was 1979 to 1981 in Sheridan, Wyoming and educatesd in Wyoming, schools, attending the University of Utah. Music was her first love and she was able to circumvent many of the demands academic the for the school by becoming accompanist orchestra in each school she attended as well as special musical that outside the school. groups performed a she and mother, young participated in school community projects and attempted to instill in her children, a sense of responsibility to the community and the need to be an informed and active participant in government affairs. As She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1980, to represent the area on the east side of Salt Lake City including the She served as ranking minority leader on the University of Utah. State and Local Affairs Standing Committee and the Community and Econonic Development Appropriation Committee and worked toward the introduction of a Displaced Homemaker Bill and also a low-level hazardous waste compact. She also served as a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Interim study committees included Health and Agriculture, Medicaid and Group Contract Purchasing. As Commissioner of the Utah State House Fellows Commission, she helped select qualified applicants to serve one year fellowships with various state agencies. The purpose of the program was to encourage the young applicants, mostly recent college graduates, to pursue a career in state government. own interest in government started at an early age, when she her discovered that the two people most important in her life" and mother and of different were father, parties political It became disagreed about how the government should operate. important to make decisions about political issues on the merits Jo's and not to choose one parents party line over the other's. long and active association with the League of Women Voters was a on local She worked natural extension of this early training. government issues that were of importance to her, her husband and the six children in their family. Her Rep. Brandt has been involved in many community affairs such as the League of Women Voters, utah Order of Women Legislators; Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Board, Great Sal t Lake Advisory Council, Business and Professional Women, UWCA Board of Trustees, Community Action Board, Utah Safe Drinking Water committee, and the Governor's In is 50 State Commission on Women. 1988, she was a recipiant of the Susa Young Gates Award. given to women in Utah who have helped other women. This 181 |
