91st General Assembly
Rep.
Meg Harding, a Democrat, represents part of Platte and Clay counties (District
30) in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Elected
to the House in 2000, Rep. Harding has held a variety of jobs, but for several
years has focused her energy as a civic volunteer. She previously worked as a senior editor in Washington, D.C., and
was a speech and hearing therapist in the Arlington, Va. schools and with the
Department of Defense overseas schools in Darmstadt, Germany.
Rep.
Harding is a member of the following organizations: American Association of
University Women; League of Women Voters of Kansas City; Northland Regional
Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus. She also
serves on the board of directors of the Northland United Way Services; board of
directors of Tri-County Mental Health Services; advisory board of the Sue Shear
Institute for Women in Public Life; and J. Harold and Mabel Hamil Scholarship
Committee of the Northland Community Foundation. She attends Parkville
Presbyterian Church and sings in the choir.
Past
gubernatorial and mayoral appointments include: Waste Minimization Commission
of Kansas City, Brownfields Commission of Kansas City, Missouri Hazardous Waste
Management Commission, and the Women's Kansas City Association for
International Relations and Trade.
Rep.
Harding has been honored as Woman of the Year from Church Women United of
Platte County in 1998 and the D.A.R. National Conservation Committee award for
Outstanding Achievement.
A
1963 graduate of Midland High School in Midland, Mich., Rep. Harding was
graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of
arts degree in 1967.
Born
July 15, 1945 in Midland, Mich., Rep. Harding lives in Kansas City with her
husband Stanley M. Halpin.