| Janet Howell | |
| State Senate: | Virginia |
| District: | 32nd |
| Term Start: | January 8, 1992 |
| Term End: | January 10, 2024 |
| Preceded: | Clive DuVal II |
| Succeeded: | Jennifer Boysko (Redistricting) |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Alfred Hunt Howell (1966-present) |
| Residence: | Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Alma Mater: | Oberlin College (B.A., 1966) University of Pennsylvania, (M.A., 1968) |
| Committees: | Finance and Appropriations (Chair) Education and Health Local Government Privileges and Elections Rules |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] }}Janet Denison Howell (born May 7, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician. A Democrat, she was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991, where she represented the 32nd district in Fairfax County and portions of Arlington County until 2024.[5] [6] [7] BiographyShe was born to Edward Fulton and Elsie (Lightbown) Denison. Her father was a prominent economist at the U. S. Department of Commerce and the Brookings Institution, and fellow Oberlin alumnus.[8] Howell taught in the Philadelphia school district, 1968–1969, and was a legislative assistant in the Virginia State Senate from 1989 to 1991. The Reston Times named her Restonian of the year in 1984. In 1991 the Virginia Association of Social Workers honored her as Virginian of the year. She was named Senator of the Year (Fraternal Order of Police, 1998), Citizen of Yr. (ARC, 1998). She was Chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia Social Services Board, 1979–82, State Bd. Social Svcs., Va., 1986–91, Reston (Va.) Transp. Com., 1986–91; pres. Reston Community Assn., 1982–85, Citizen of Yr., 1990. Howell reported financial assets in 2010 worth more than $US1.48 million and possibly more than $6 million.[9] |