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Steven J. McAdams, Executive Director
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
(410) 767-1216
e-mail: goci.info@maryland.gov
web: www.community.maryland.gov
100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Agencies |
Budget |
Historical Evolution |
Organizational Structure |
Origin & Functions |
Reports |
Arthur M. (Mac) Love IV, Deputy Director (410) 767-4159
e-mail: mac.love@maryland.gov
James J. (Jimmy) Kwak, Deputy Chief of Staff (410) 767-2937
e-mail: james.kwak@maryland.gov
Cathy Barba, Executive Assistant (410) 260-3890
e-mail: cathy.barba@maryland.gov
FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES
Jennifer A. Gray, Coordinator (410) 767-1822; e-mail: jennifer.gray@maryland.gov
FINANCE, BUDGET & GRANTS
Shameka L. Littles, Manager (410) 767-1298; e-mail: shameka.littles@maryland.gov
HEROIN & OPIOID OUTREACH
Kenneth E. Ebron, Coordinator (410) 767-4159; e-mail: kenneth.ebron@maryland.gov
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Joni L. Jones Floyd, Ph.D., Director (410) 216-6190
e-mail: joni.floyd@maryland.gov
web: www.africanamerican.maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Lyndra Levin Marshall, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2017
Donna A. Cypress; Edwin T. Johnson, Ph.D. Terms expire 2016.
Kelsey R. Bush; Barbara Spencer Dunn; H. Russell Frisby, Jr., Esq.; Michael G. Miller; Barbara J. Mobarak; Janet Sims-Wood, Ph.D.; Shelley Stokes-Hammond. Terms expire 2017.
Donald M. Glover; Marilyn Hatza; Michael G. Kent; Cheryl A. McLeod; Robsyl A. Richardson; David Taft Terry, Ph.D. Terms expire 2018.
Rev. Tamara D. England, D.Min.; Dale G. Green; Melvin L. Kelly; Steven X. Lee; Lopez D. Matthews, Jr., Ph.D. Terms expire 2019.
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Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, July 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Casey Schurman, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2017
Jennifer H. Daniels; Brian M. Dunne; Corae Young. Terms expire 2015.
Griffith L. Garwood; Bruce A. Goldensohn; Shirley Sagawa. Terms expire 2016.
Andrew M. Brooks; Marci Beth Hunn; Timothy C. Martin; Coleman W. McMahon; Marilyn W. Smith, Ph.D. Terms expire 2017.
Krista A. Gilmore; William M. Mandicott; DeAnna Murphy; John P. Neary; Joshua B. Pedersen; Rosa M. Scharf; Renee M. Winsky. Terms expire 2018.
Siobhan H. Davenport; Anita Maddox Jackson; Bradley G. Lundberg; Jack Spaulding. Terms expire 2019.
Ex officio: Julie K. Ayers, designee of State Superintendent of Schools
Ex officio (nonvoting): Steven J. McAdams, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Community Initiatives; Jeffrey J. Griffin, Director, Governor's Office on Service & Volunteerism; Crystal Biles, Director, Maryland-Delaware-New Jersey State Office, Corporation for National & Community Service.
ETHNIC COMMISSIONS
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 767-7631
e-mail: keith.colston@maryland.gov
Agnes M. Smith, Coordinator (410) 767-7491
e-mail: agnes.smith@maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Kehinde Oreagba, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2017
Olaolu S. Adewole; Darlene M. Ajayi; Mohamed L. Bah; Jean Bailey, Ph.D.; Allen Blackwell III; Kamissa Camara; Guy P. Djoken; Leticia Enos; Muharija Gadah; Abimbola Folashade Idowu, Ph.D.; Ngozi Irondi-Azubike; Sheila P. Jennifer; Samuel B. Moki; Suna G. Nallo; Kate F. Njeuma; Theo Ngongang; Frederick Nnoma-Addison; Joshua M. Nzueni; O. Felix Obi; Cyriacus (Cy) Okoro; Henrietta M. Okoro. Terms expire 2017.
OFFICE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Christina Wong Poy, Administrator (410) 767-7138; e-mail: christina.poy@maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Hung-bin Ding, Ph.D. Term expires 2015.
Bethsaida Amigable-Wong; Kyong Yol Baik; Hyun-Sook Choi; Mitsuhiro Micky Saito Choi; Elizabeth L. Chung; George P. Dang; Hyun S. Helen Han; Linda P. Han; Angie Kyeong Ko; Dottie Tiejun Li; Samuel Tinsing Mok; Chau Nguyen; Mi C. Schill; Mie Mie Joe Strickler; Chiling Tong; Sovan Tun, Ph.D.; Diosa Borlaza-Gilchrist Woods; Bob Zhang; Jie Jack Zhao. Terms expire 2019.
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Gregorio A. Arenas; Lorena M. Clauser; Maria D'Arcy; Richard L. Escalante; Daniel S. Flores; Angela Franco; Jonathan Jayes-Green; Katina Rojas Joy; Patria de Lancer Julnes; Elizabeth Ysla Leight; Hector G. Manzano; Sonia E. Mora; Cesar Moreno-Perez; Walkiria Pool; Nicolas H. Ramos V; Giberto A. Zelaya II; one vacancy. Terms expire 2016.
Maria D'Arcy; Maria Lilliana Robeson; David A. Rosario; Miguel C. Vicente. Terms expire 2020.
Office of Governor representative (nonvoting): one vacancy
Ex officio (nonvoting): R. Michael Gill, Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Lilly Cubano, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Rosa Cruz, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Sam Malhotra, Secretary of Human Resources; Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Susan C. Spinnato, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Genevieve G. Segura, designee of Secretary of Higher Education.
COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 3-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON MIDDLE-EASTERN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Dorreya R. Elmenshawy; Julian H. Spirer. Terms expire 2011.
Chadi Soliman Abdeldayem; Salwa Ahmed Egebaly; Farzaneh M. Riar; Ibrahim Uyar; Siron Zidan. Terms expire 2015.
Rudwan Abu-Rumman; Haitham M. Alkhateeb; John Baddour; Sarit Brosh; Enas Elhanafi; Randa Fahmy, Esq.; Gilda O. Karpouzian, Esq.; Neveen McLeod, Esq.; Abba David Poliakoff, Esq.; Mehtap Senay Sendur; Mohamad H. Shaine; Suliman Shihadeh; Madeline Suggs; Joseph A. (Jay) Taylor. Terms expire 2019.
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
web: www.asian.maryland.gov
Henry Sangtai Kim, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Jonathan J. Jayes-Green, Administrator (410) 767-7857; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: jonathan.jayes-green@maryland.gov
web: www.caribbean.maryland.gov
Curtis A. Ward, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor)
Joseph E. Baptiste, D.D.S.; Donald E. Bridgeman; Gabriel J. Christian, Esq.; Karen B. Francis, Ph.D.; Neil Mattei; Shanta Ramson, Esq.; Ludmilla F. Wikkeling-Scott, Dr.P.H.; Suzanne E. Williams. Terms expire 2016.
Lorena G. Rivera, Administrator (410) 767-7425; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: lorena.rivera@maryland.gov
web: www.hispanic.maryland.gov
Yolanda M. Welch, Chair (chosen by Governor)
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 767-7631; e-mail: keith.colston@maryland.gov
web: www.americanindian.maryland.gov
Lisa A. Savoy, Chair (chosen by Commission in June, 1-year term), 2017
Virginia R. Busby, Ph.D., 2015; Ashley C. Minner, 2015; Rico M. Newman, 2015; Robert P. Gajdys, 2016; Rebecca S. Stone, 2016; Chief Donna (Wolf Mother) Abbott, 2017; Robert F. Killen, 2017; Leanora E. Winters, 2017.
Iman Awad, Administrator (410) 767-7925; e-mail: iman.awad@maryland.gov
web: www.middleeastern.maryland.gov
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Christina Wong Poy, Administrator (410) 767-7138; e-mail: christina.poy@maryland.gov
web: www.southasian.maryland.gov
Kawaljit S. Bhutani, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2016
Arthur Pavan Bezwada; Nipika Borah; Anjana Bordoloi; Ishani Chowdhury; Kamala Edwards, Ph.D.; Mohan L. Grover; Upendra Gupta; Irma Hafeez; Seena Desai Iyer, Ph.D.; Shyam D. Karki; Gurpreet K. Kaur; Ram Mohan Konda; Mayur Mody; Shailesh J. Patel; Asoka Ramaweera; Darshan S. Saluja, M.D.; Kia Scherr; Rama J. Shaikh; Baljinder Singh; Chanhok Jasdip (Jesse) Singh; Sajid N. Tarar. Terms expire 2016.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM
Jeffrey J. Griffin, Director
e-mail: jeffrey.griffin@maryland.gov
VOLUNTEER MARYLAND
Patrice M. Beverly, Executive Director (410) 767-6203
e-mail: patrice.beverly@maryland.gov
web: www.volunteermaryland.org
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