DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

Secretary of Human Resources, December 14, 1998 to January 23, 2001. Deputy Secretary for Programs and Local Operations, Department of Human Resources, 1995-98.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1998-2001; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1998-2001; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1998-2001; Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 1998-2001; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 1998-2001; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 1998-2001; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1998-2001; State Information Technology Board, 1998-2001; Commission on Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction, 1998-2001; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1998-2001; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 1998-2001; Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families, 1998-2001; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 1998-2001; State Board of Victim Services, 1998-2001; Women's Health Promotion Council, 1998-2001; Governor's Work Force Investment Board, 1998-2001. Chair, Adoption Oversight Team, Department of Human Resources, 1998-2001. Co-Chair, Maryland Child-Care Business Partnership, 1998-2000. Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Care Foundation, 1998-2001. Member, Advisory Board on After-School Opportunity Programs, 1999-2001; State Child Fatality Review Team, 1999-2001; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 1999-2001; Safe Schools Interagency Steering Committee, 1999-2001; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2000-2001; Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education, 2000-2001.

Born in Rochester, New York, December 31, 1945. Pennsylvania State University, B.A. (political science), 1968. Office of Personnel, Prince George's County, 1977-79. Department of Family Resources, Montgomery County, 1979-85. Deputy Director, Department of Aging, Prince George's County, 1985-86. Director, Department of Housing and Community Development, Prince George's County, 1986-90. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services, Prince George's County, 1990-94. Board of Directors, Community Preservation and Development Corporation, 1993-. Advisory Board, Family Works, 1997-. Local Official of the Year, Maryland Association of Psychiatric Support Services, 1993. Local Official of the Year, Governor's Advisory Board on Homelessness, 1994. Community Service Award, Volunteers of America, 1994. Community Service Award, Prince George's County Commission for Children, Youth, and Families, 1994.

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