Jennie Margaret Meador Forehand (December 17, 1935 – October 3, 2023) was an American businesswoman and legislator who served in the Maryland Senate, representing Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Garrett Park.

[4] She also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Relations in 1958.

She was a "founding mother" of Rockville's JLG Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA), a community-based, clinical and educational facility serving those with severe emotional disabilities.

[citation needed] As a legislator, Forehand had a knack for recognizing early on the technologies and trends that would affect her constituents and the state economy.

[citation needed] Forehand served on the Department of Environment's Task Force on Attaining Federal Air Quality Standards and was responsible for the first pilot program to test emission from diesel trucks.

[5] Early on in her career, Forehand took the lead on issues including domestic violence, day care access, family leave, child support, reproductive freedom and greater representation of women in the judiciary.