GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (CABINET)

Parris N. Glendening, Governor (410) 974-3901
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lt. Governor (410) 974-2804
John T. Willis, Secretary of State (410) 974-5521

Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture (410) 841-5880
Frederick W. Puddester, Secretary of Budget & Management (410) 974-2114
James T. Brady, Secretary of Business & Economic Development (410) 767-6301
Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools (410) 767-0462
Jane T. Nishida, Secretary of the Environment (410) 631-3084
Eugene R. Lynch, Secretary of General Services (410) 767-4960
Martin P. Wasserman, M.D., J.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene (410) 767-6505
Patricia J. Payne, Secretary of Housing & Community Development (410) 514-7005
Alvin C. Collins, Secretary of Human Resources (410) 767-7109
Jack A. Nadol, Acting Secretary of Juvenile Justice (410) 780-7878
Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation (410) 333-6200
John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources (410) 260-8101
Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services (410) 339-5004
Col. David B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Police (410) 653-4219
David L. Winstead, Secretary of Transportation (410) 865-1000
Patricia S. Florestano, Ph.D., Secretary of Higher Education (410) 974-2971
Sue Fryer Ward, Director on Aging (410) 767-1102
Ronald M. Kreitner, Director of Planning (410) 767-4500

Cabinet Attendees:
J. Joseph Curran, Attorney General
Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury
Richard N. Dixon, State Treasurer
Lt. Gen. James F. Fretterd, Adjutant General
Steven B. Larsen, Maryland Insurance Commissioner
Linda S. Thompson, Special Secretary for Children, Youth & Families
Beatrice M. Rodgers, Director, Office for Individuals with Disabilities
Marvin H. Masterson, Esq., Director, Office of Minority Affairs

Additional Cabinet Attendees from Governor's Office:
David S. Iannucci, Deputy Chief of Staff
Donna L. Jacobs, Deputy Chief of Staff
Karen Johnson Simpson, Director of Administration & Constituent Services

Eleanor M. Carey, Senior Counselor to Governor
Susan Smith-Bauk, Senior Advisor to Governor
Anne Budowski, Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff's Office
Jennifer Crawford, Special Assistant, Cabinet and Board of Public Works
Lyle Fowlkes, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs
Andrea Leahy-Fuchek, Director, Legal and Policy Affairs
Joseph C. Bryce, Chief Legislative Officer
Judi Scioli, Press Secretary
Stephen M. Heyman, Director of Federal Relations

The Governor's Executive Council originated as the Governor's Advisory Council in 1922. It was reorganized in 1969 as the Governor's Executive Council. 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 on Aging, and the Director of Planning. The Governor may appoint an executive secretary for the Council.

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