Shirley Brandman

Shirley Brandman is serving her first term as a member of the Board of Education. She is chair of the Board's Ad Hoc Special Education Committee and also a member of the Policy Committee. She began her professional career as an attorney representing children in abuse and neglect cases in Newark, N.J. In 1993, she founded Cornell Law School’s first Child Advocacy Clinic. After her children were born, she returned to school to become a teacher for children with learning disabilities.

For the past 10 years, Ms. Brandman has served as an elected local and county PTA leader and most recently has served as vice president for educational issues with the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. She was appointed by the county executive as a parent representative to the Montgomery County Commission for Children and Youth from 2002–2004.

Ms. Brandman is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School and holds a master’s degree in special education/learning disabilities from American University. She is married with two sons who attend MCPS.

• 1st term expires 2010
• Resident of Bethesda

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• Address:
  Carver Educational Services
  Center, Room 123
  850 Hungerford Drive
  Rockville, Maryland 20850
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