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 Maryland Manual On-Line, 2020

July 31, 2020

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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

Robert S. McCord, Esq., Secretary of Planning (410) 767-4510
Sandra B. Schrader, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-3025
[photo, 301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland] Jeffrey F. Cann, Assistant Secretary for Operations (410) 767-4544
Valdis Lazdins, Assistant Secretary for Planning Services (410) 767-0901
Elizabeth A. Hughes, Director, Historical & Cultural Programs (410) 697-9556

301 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2365
(410) 767-4500; 1-877-767-6272 (toll free); fax: (410) 767-4480; e-mail: mdp@maryland.gov
web: http://planning.maryland.gov/

301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Robert S. McCord, Esq., Secretary of Planning (appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent) (410) 767-4510

DEPUTY SECRETARY
Sandra B. Schrader, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-3025
e-mail: sandra.schrader@maryland.gov

[photo, Division of Historical and Cultural Programs, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland]

DIVISION OF HISTORICAL & CULTURAL PROGRAMS

(formerly S00A23, and 37.01.23)
Elizabeth A. Hughes, Director & State Historic Preservation Officer (410) 697-9556
e-mail: elizabeth.hughes@maryland.gov


Division of Historical & Cultural Programs, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Anne B. Raines, Deputy Director & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (410) 697-9584
e-mail: anne.raines@maryland.gov

      MARYLAND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
      Staff: Elizabeth A. Hughes, Director, Maryland Historical Trust (410) 697-9556; e-mail: elizabeth.hughes@maryland.gov

      Chair: Robert S. McCord, Esq., Secretary of Planning

      Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Julia A. King, Ph.D., 2021; Harrison B. Wetherill, Jr., Esq., 2021; Thomas A. Liebel, 2024.

      Ex officio: Ellington E. Churchill, Jr., Secretary of General Services; Kenneth C. Holt, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Gregory I. Slater, Secretary of Transportation.

      MARYLAND HERITAGE AREAS AUTHORITY
      Staff: Jennifer G. Ruffner (410) 697-9586; e-mail: jen.ruffner@maryland.gov
      web: https://mht.maryland.gov/heritageareas.shtml

      Chair: Robert S. McCord, Esq., Secretary of Planning

      Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Donna T. Dudley. Term expires 2014.

      Wayne E. Clark; Donna M. Ware. Terms expire 2020.

      Lisa Challenger; Janice Hayes-Williams; Burton K. Kummerow; Ronald E. (Pete) Lesher, Jr.; Daniel P. Spedden. Terms expire 2022.

      Robert D. Campbell; Natalie K. Chabot. Terms expire 2024.

      Ex officio: Elizabeth F. (Liz) Fitzsimmons, designee of Secretary of Commerce; Amy Seitz, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Peter Morrill, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Martha G. (Marty) Baker, Ph.D., designee of Secretary of Transportation; Lee T. Towers, designee of Secretary of Higher Education; Elizabeth A. Hughes, State Historic Preservation Officer.

      GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON MARYLAND MILITARY MONUMENTS

    MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST
    Elizabeth A. Hughes, Director & State Historic Preservation Officer (chosen by Trust with Governor's approval) (410) 697-9556
    e-mail: elizabeth.hughes@maryland.gov
    web: http://mht.maryland.gov/

    Anne B. Raines, Deputy Director & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (410) 697-9584
    e-mail: anne.raines@maryland.gov

        BOARD OF TRUSTEES
        Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
        Laura Davis Mears, Chair (chosen by Trust in July, 1-year term), 2024
        David W. Alberg, 2021; Albert L. Feldstein, 2021; Sakinah Linder, 2021; Julie H. Ernstein, Ph.D., 2022; Sarah Kunkel Filkins, 2022; Samuel J. Parker, Jr., 2022; Sheila T. Bashiri, 2023; Joshua D. Brown, 2023; J. Rodney Little, 2023; Barbara J. Paca, Ph.D., 2024; Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., 2024.

        Appointed by Board of Trustees to 2-year terms (July): Martin P. Azola; G. Bernard Callan; Dean R. Camlin; W. Dickerson Charlton; Douglass C. Reed; Harry T. Spikes II; Charles A. Stek; Kirsti Uunila. Terms expire 2018.

        Ex officio: Robert R. Neall, designee of Governor; Christopher R. West, designee of Senate President; James W. Gilchrist, designee of House Speaker.

[photo, Red barn at Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, St. Leonard, Maryland]

Red barn at Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, St. Leonard, Maryland, May 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

      Rachelle M. Green, Deputy Director (410) 586-8513
      e-mail: rachelle.green@maryland.gov

          ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE
          JEFFERSON PATTERSON HISTORICAL PARK & MUSEUM
          Ralph E. Eshelman, Ph.D., Chair (chosen by Committee)

          Appointed by Governor: Ralph E. Eshelman, Ph.D., 2023; Lynn Springer Roberts, 2023; one vacancy.

          Donor: Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (deceased)

          Appointed by Donor: Chad Breckinridge, Esq.; Christine D. Minter-Dowd; Samuel N. Stokes.

          Appointed by Calvert County Board of County Commissioners: Hilary Dailey

          Appointed by National Trust for Historic Preservation: Robert Nieweg, Esq.

          Appointed by President, Society for American Archaeology: Torben C. Rick, Ph.D.

          Ex officio: vacancy, designee of Governor; Robert S. McCord, Esq., Secretary of Planning.

OPERATIONS DIVISION

(D40W0101, formerly 23.23.01.01)
FY2020 appropriation: $3,730,437; authorized positions: 22
Jeffrey F. Cann, Assistant Secretary for Operations (410) 767-4544
e-mail: jeffrey.cann@maryland.gov

[photo, 301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland]

PLANNING SERVICES DIVISION

(D40W0104, formerly 23.23.01.04.05)
FY2020 appropriation: $1,730,217; authorized positions: 21
Valdis Lazdins, Assistant Secretary for Planning Services (410) 767-0901
e-mail: valdis.lazdins@maryland.gov


301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Patuxent River with Solomons Island Bridge in distance (from St. Mary's County), Maryland]
          John F. Hartline; Erik Michelsen; Joanna M. Smith; Mark A. Symborski; one vacancy. Terms expire 2018.

          Sandy Spencer. Term expires 2019.

          Robert T. Brown, Sr.; Edward R. (Guy) Curley, III; Steven E. Darcey; Andrew T. Der; Luis F. Dieguez; Mary Gael Dolan; William G. Hubbard, Ph.D.; Scott D. Knoche, Ph.D.; John L. McCoy; Thomas J. Miller, Ph.D.; Barbara T. Sollner-Webb, Ph.D.; Albert J. Tucker, Ph.D.; Frederick L. Tutman; Jason S. Van Kirk. Terms expire 2021.

          James A. Caldwell; Kim I. Finch; Brandy Glenn; Paula Proctor; Steven P. Shofar; John Swartz. Terms expire 2022.

Patuxent River with Solomons Island Bridge in distance (from St. Mary's County), Maryland, May 2000. Solomons Island Bridge links Calvert and St. Mary's counties in southern Maryland. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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