death_date children birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place state_house term_start spouse image name occupation predecessor birth_place party district successor article_title
28 october 2009 1 child 11 january 1949 jenkintown , pennsylvania november 30 , 2004 pomona college san francisco pennsylvania january 3 , 1995 robert g. stiratelli ellen bard portrait.jpg ellen m. bard legislator martin laub minneapolis , minnesota republican 153rd josh shapiro ellen bard

ellen bard

ellen m. bard was a republican member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
bard was a 1971 graduate of pomona college .
she also earned a m.s. degree from the boston university school of public communication in 1972 and another m.s. from the mit sloan school of management in 1980 .
she was elected to represent ward 7 on the abington township board of commissioners in 1990 .
in 1994 , after one term as a township commissioner , she was elected to represent the 153rd legislative district in the pennsylvania house of representatives .
during her tenure there , she has had 17 bills signed into law .
during her legislative career , she was known for advocating on behalf of the abington school district and for her work on energy and environmental issues , including her service as chair of the task force on a 21st century energy policy for pennsylvania .
she left her pa house seat to run for pennsylvania 's 13th congressional district , losing the republican primary to melissa brown , who went on to lose to allyson schwartz .
in may 2009 , after her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer , she and her husband moved from jenkintown to san francisco to be near their daughter .
she died in october 2009 .
