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DENNIS R. SCHRADER, Secretary of AppointmentsDirector, Governor's Office of Homeland Security, July 1, 2003 to January 17, 2007. Chair, Public Safety Communications Interoperability Governance Work Group, 2003-07; Homeland Security Senior Policy Group, 2003-07. Member, Task Force to Study Driver Licensing Documentation, 2003-04; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2005-07; Maryland Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2006-07. Member, Executive Committee, Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council of Maryland, U.S. Attorney's Office, 2003-07.
Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2007-09.
Deputy Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Enterprise Services, Department of Transportation, 2015. Member, Task Force on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property, 2015-16.
Director of Facilities Management, 1987-92, Director of Operations, 1992-95, and Vice-President for Project Planning and Development, 1995-2003, University of Maryland Medical System.
Member, Howard County Council, 1994-98.
Born in Buffalo, New York, February 3, 1953. Kettering University, B.I.E. (industrial engineering), 1976; State University of New York, Buffalo, M.S. (industrial engineering), 1979. Served in U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, 1980-87; U.S. Naval Reserve, 1987-2007. President, DRS International, LLC, 2009-14. Director, Integrity Consulting Solutions, 2014-15. Adjunct Professor, Towson University, 2009-. Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, Howard Community College, 2014- (member, 2011-). Married; one child.
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