Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Townsend in 2001
6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
In office January 18, 1995 – January 15, 2003
Governor	Parris Glendening
Preceded by	Melvin Steinberg
Succeeded by	Michael Steele
Personal details
Born	Kathleen Hartington Kennedy July 4, 1951 (age 62) Greenwich, Connecticut
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	David Lee Townsend (m. 1973)
Children	Meaghan, Maeve, Rose, and Kerry
Alma mater	Harvard University, B.A. (1974) University of New Mexico,J.D. (1978)
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) is an American attorney who was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland in 2002. In 2010 she became the chair of the non-profit American Bridge, an organization that will raise funds for Democratic candidates and causes.^[1] She is a member of the Kennedy family.

Personal life
In 1973, she married David Lee Townsend,^[15] whom she had met when he was a graduate student and her tutor at Radcliffe.^[16]David is now a member of the faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis.^[17] She and her husband have four daughters: Meaghan Anne born Nov 7, 1977; Maeve Fahey born Nov 1, 1979; Rose Katherine born Dec 17, 1983; and Kerry Sophia Kennedy Townsend born Nov 30, 1991. On June 27, 2011, her daughter Maeve gave birth to a boy, Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, the first great-grandchild for Bobby and Ethel as well as the first of the "sixth-generation" of Kennedys.^[