Rep. Jane Cunningham, a
Republican, represents Chesterfield in west St. Louis County (District 86) in
the Missouri House of Representatives.
Rep. Cunningham was elected
vice president of the 2001 Freshman Legislative Class and is chairman of the
House Education Committee. She
represents Missouri on the Education Task Force of the American Legislative
Exchange Council, a national organization of legislators.
In addition to her
legislative duties, Rep. Cunningham is the marketing director for England &
Company Rehabilitation Services, Inc., a medical and vocational rehabilitation
company in St. Louis. Formerly she was
a media and public relations assistant for John Danforth’s Attorney General
campaign in 1974, and a legislative assistant for U.S. Congressman Silvio Conte
in Washington, D.C. from 1968-1970.
Selected as a participant in
the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge class of 1994, a leadership
recognition and training program in statewide political and economic issues,
Rep. Cunningham has also been recognized in Who’s Who in American Colleges and
Universities.
Rep. Cunningham was elected
to the Ladue Board of Education -
1989-1992 and is or has been a member of the following organizations: board of directors, Missouri (Governor’s)
Mansion Preservation, Inc. – 1987-1993; co-founder and president of Mid-County
Teen Advocacy Council (MCTAC), a community effort to provide drug and alcohol
free activities for teens – 1989-1995; the Chesterfield and Town and Country
Chambers of Commerce; and the First Evangelical Free Church. She was a delegate to the 1992 Republican
National Convention and was the only woman representing Missouri on the 1992
Republican National Platform Committee, serving with John Ashcroft.
A graduate of Ocala High
School in Ocala, Florida, Rep. Cunningham received her bachelor of science
degree in business administration with an emphasis in economics and marketing
from Florida State University in 1968.