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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

SECRETARY


[photo, Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services] BOYD K. RUTHERFORD, Secretary of General Services

Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.


Secretary of General Services since March 13, 2003. Acting Secretary of General Services, January 16 to March 13, 2003.

Construction Advisor, Board of Public Works, 2003-. Chair, Government House Trust, 2003-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2003-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2003-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2003-; Customer Council (State Use Industries), 2003-; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2003-; General Professional Services Selection Board, 2003-; Hall of Records Commission, 2003-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2003-; State Information Technology Board, 2003-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-; Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, 2003-; Pricing and Selection Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment Programs, 2003-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2003-; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2003-; Maryland Security Council, 2003-; State Use Industries Management Council, 2003-. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2003-. Member, Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003 (chair, organization of procurement system subcommittee); Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2003-04; Governor's Task Force on Centralized Bidder Registration for Minority Business Procurement, 2004-.

Associate Administrator, Office of Performance Improvement, U.S. General Services Administration, 2002-03. Associate Administrator, Office of Enterprise Development, U.S. General Services Administration, 2001-03.

Born in Washington, DC, April 1, 1957. Howard University, B.A. (economics & political science), 1979. University of Southern California, M.A. (communications management), 1990; J.D., 1990. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1997. Attorney. Analyst, Energy Group, World Corporate Department, Bankers Trust Company, 1979-81. Marketing representative, Control Data Corporation, 1981-86. Senior account executive, Telenet Communications Corporation, 1986-87. Litigation associate, Carlsmith Wickman Case Mukai & Ichiki, 1990-91. Attorney, Daihatsu America, Inc., 1991-92. Counsel, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc., 1992-94. Associate, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1994-98. Associate, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, 1998-2000. Director of business development, Kelly Law Registry, 2000-01. Member, Howard County Republican Central Committee, 1996-2002. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Republican National Lawyers Association; Howard County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1998-2000; Baltimore City Brownfields Redevelopment Council, 1998-2000. Board of Directors, Corridor Transportation Corporation, 1999-2000.

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