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State House (view from East St.), Annapolis, Maryland, April 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lt. Governor (410) 974-2804
John T. Willis, Secretary of State (410) 974-5521
Sue Fryer Ward, Secretary of Aging (410) 767-1102
Henry A. Virts, D.V.M., Secretary of Agriculture (410) 841-5880
T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of Budget & Management (410) 260-7041
Richard C. Mike Lewin, Secretary of Business & Economic Development (410) 767-6302
Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools (410) 767-0462
Jane T. Nishida, Secretary of the Environment (410) 631-3084
Peta N. Richkus, Secretary of General Services (410) 767-4960
Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene (410) 767-6505
Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development (410) 514-7005
Lynda G. Fox, Secretary of Human Resources (410) 767-7109
Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Juvenile Justice (410) 230-3100
John P. O'Connor, Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation (410) 230-6020
Sarah J. Taylor-Rogers, Ph.D., Secretary of Natural Resources (410) 260-8101
Harriet Tregoning, Secretary of Planning (410) 767-4500
Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services (410) 339-5004
Col. David B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Police (410) 653-4219
John D. Porcari, Secretary of Transportation (410) 865-1000
Thomas E. Bratten, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs (410) 333-4428
Karen R. Johnson, Secretary of Higher Education (410) 260-4500
Lt. Gen. James F. Fretterd, Adjutant General (410) 576-6097
Contact: Major F. Riddick, Jr., Chief of Staff
State House
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 974-3570
e-mail: mriddick@gov.state.md.us
fax: (410) 974-5735
Additional Cabinet Attendees from Governor's Office:
Donna L. Jacobs, Deputy Chief of Staff
Eugene R. Lynch, Deputy Chief of Staff
Jennifer E. Crawford, Deputy Chief of Staff
Anne M. Budowski, Assistant Chief of Staff
Karen M. White, Senior Advisor to Governor
Erin L. Ferguson, Secretary of Appointments
Elizabeth Pyke, Director of Federal Relations
Richard J. Castaldi, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mary Ellen Barbera, Legal Counsel
Joseph C. Bryce, Chief Legislative Officer
Michael E. Morrill, Communications Officer
John W. Frece, Special Assistant for Smart Growth & Neighborhood Conservation
Alan H. Fleischmann, Lt. Governor's Chief of Staff
The Governor's Executive Council originated as the Governor's Advisory Council in 1922. It reorganized in 1969 as the Governor's Executive Council. Today, the Council is known as the Governor's Cabinet. Meeting weekly, it coordinates, directs, and supervises State government.
The Council is comprised of twenty-two ex officio members. They include the Governor, who chairs the Council; the Lieutenant Governor; the Secretary of State; the secretary of each principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; the State Superintendent of Schools; the Secretary of Higher Education, the Director of Planning, and the Adjutant General. The Governor may appoint an executive secretary for the Council (Code State Government Article, secs. 8-101 through 8-105; State Finance and Procurement Article, sec. 5-202).
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