“ It was a pleasure getting to know Mary Ann in 1984 when we were selected by the Gary Hart delegation to represent Oregon on the Rules Committee for the Democratic National Committee. We met in Washington DC ahead of the national convention in San Francisco. Other members of the Rules Committee included mayors Coleman Young of Detroit and Andrew Young of Atlanta. Washington Mayor Marion Barry hosted a reception for the committee members and greeted each one of us personally.
I always enjoyed reconnecting with Mary Ann at the state Democratic Platform Conventions for years afterwards. She always had so much energy and passion for all of the issues that we Democrats were trying to solve. I will be thinking of her as I attend the 2018 platform convention. ”