MaryAnne Sapio

MaryAnne Sapio
Born	1978 (age 37–38)^[1]
Nationality	United States
Occupation	lobbyist
Known for	former Miss California

MaryAnne Sapio is a Washington DC lobbyist, and former beauty pageant titleholder.^[2]^[3] Sapio won the Miss California title in 1999, and competed in the nationally televised Miss America 2000 pageant. ^[4] She did not place in the competition, but did win the Bert Parks Non-Finalist Talent Award.^[5]

Sapio served as Director of Federal Affairs at Wheat Government Relations. Her husband, Jeffrey Groharing, is a lawyer and an officer in the United States Marine Corps.^[6] Groharing is one of the officers appointed to prosecute Guantanamo captives charged before the Guantanamo military commissions.^[7]

Subsequently Sapio held a number of senior positions, in Washington, at organizations advocating positions connected with health care, including: the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP); the American Health Care Association (AHCA); and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.^[8] Sapio was hired as the AANP's Vice President of Federal Government Affairs.

References

↑ Sonja Isger, Jason Schultz (2008-12-03). "Owner of North Palm Beach restaurant dies after head-on crash on PGA Boulevard". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2011-10-05. In addition to his wife, he is also survived by two daughters, 21 and 30 years old. mirror
↑ Miss California 1999 MaryAnne Sapio
↑ Director of Federal Affairs:MaryAnne Sapio
↑ "Miss California History". Miss California. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
↑ "Meet Miss California 1999". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
↑ Findlaw lawyer directory
↑ At Guantanamo, even 'easy' cases have lingered, Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2006 -- -- mirror
↑ "Nurse Practitioners Unveil Federal Health Policy Team". 2013-02-27. Joining in early March is MaryAnne Sapio, who will lead the organization's lobbying effort as Vice President of Federal Government Affairs. A veteran of Washington policy and politics, Sapio has previously served as Senior Director of Government Relations and Federal Advocacy for the American Health Care Association (AHCA).

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Danielle Coney	Miss California 1999	Succeeded by Rita Ng

California pageant winners

Miss California	Fay Lanphier (1924-25) Phyllis Randall (1937) Marguerite Skliris (1939) Rosemary LaPlanche (1940-41) Lucille Lambert (1942) Jean Bartel (1943) Marilyn Buferd (1946) Lee Meriwether (1954) Sandra Lynne Becker (1965) Charlene Dallas (1966) Susan Anton (1969) Debra Maffett (1982) Lisa Davenport (1985) Wendy Berry (1989) Paige Adams (1991) Patricia Northrup (1992) Lisa Michelle Duncan (1993) Jennifer Hanson (1994) Tiffany Stoker (1995) Lyndsay Kahler (1996) Rebekah Ann Keller (1997) Danielle Coney (1998) MaryAnne Sapio (1999) Rita Ng (2000) Stephanie Baldwin (2001) Jennifer Glover (2002) Nicole Lamarche (2003) Veena Goel (2004) Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (2005) Jacquelynne Fontaine (2006) Melissa Chaty (2007) Jackie Geist (2008) Kristy Cavinder (2009) Arianna Afsar (2010) Noelle Freeman (2011) Leah Cecil (2012) Crystal Lee (2013) Bree Morse (2015)

Miss California USA	Terry Huntingdon (1959) Maria Remenyi (1966) Summer Bartholomew (1975) Julie Hayek (1983) Kelly Parsons (1986) Shannon Marketic (1992) Shauna Gambill (1998) Rebekah Ann Keller (2000) Jennifer Glover (2001) Candice Sanders (2003) Ellen Chapman (2004) Brittany Hogan (2005) Tamiko Nash (2006) Meagan Tandy (2007) Raquel Beezley (2008) Carrie Prejean (2009) Tami Farrell (2009) Nicole Michele Johnson (2010) Alyssa Campanella/Katie Blair (2011) Natalie Pack (2012) Nadia Mejia (2016)

Miss California Teen USA	Shauna Gambill (1994) Kylee Lin (2007) Cassidy Wolf (2013)

Miss California's Outstanding Teen	Arianna Afsar (2005) Crystal Lee (2008)

Miss America 2000, state titleholders

AL: Julie Smith CA: MaryAnne Sapio CT: Sylvia Gomes IL: Jade Simmons IN: Kelly Lloyd KY: Heather French NY: Brandi Burkhardt TN: Allison Alderson

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.