Chair: Anne S. Ferro, Motor Vehicle Administrator
Appointed by Governor (who names chair): Howard B. Merker; James N. Vaughan; two vacancies.
Ex officio: Barbara Scherr, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; C. Wayne Kempske, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Ruth A. Phillips, designee of Secretary of Juvenile Justice; John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources; W. Roland Knapp, designee of Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Col. David B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Police; Dennis R. Atkins, designee of State Highway Administrator; John E. Smialek, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner; Eugene Peterson, Administrator, Region III, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Contact: Jennifer L. Higley
c/o Office of Traffic & Safety
State Highway Administration
7491 Connelley Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
(410) 787-4014
Initiated informally by the Governor in May 1987, the Governor's Executive Committee on Drunk and Drugged Driving was established by Executive Order in 1994 (Executive Order 01.01.1994.30).
The Committee coordinates the policies and actions of State agencies regarding drunk or drugged driving. It also recommends ways to deter alcohol- and drug-impaired driving. Periodically, the Committee makes program and policy recommendations to the Governor. To address prevention and education, deterrence and enforcement, treatment, data collection and evaluation, and other issues, the Committee may establish standing and ad hoc subcommittees.
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