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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Boyd K. Rutherford, Maryland Secretary of General Services] BOYD K. RUTHERFORD
Secretary of General Services, 2003-06

Associate Administrator, Office of Enterprise Development, 2001-03, and Associate Administrator, Office of Performance Improvement, 2002-03, U.S. General Services Administration.

Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Construction Advisor, Board of Public Works, 2003-06. Chair, Government House Trust, 2003-06. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-06; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2003-06; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-06; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2003-06; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2003-06; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2003-06; General Professional Services Selection Board, 2003-06; Hall of Records Commission, 2003-06; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2003-06; State Information Technology Board, 2003-06; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-06; Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, 2003-06; Pricing and Selection Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment Programs, 2003-06; Procurement Advisory Council, 2003-06; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2003-06; Maryland Security Council, 2003-05. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2003-06. Member, Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003 (chair, organization of procurement system subcommittee); Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2003-04; Governor's Task Force on Centralized Bidder Registration for Minority Business Procurement, 2004-05; Advisory Committee on the Naming of State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges, 2005-06.

Associate Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration, 2001-03. Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2006-09.

Born in Washington, DC, April 1, 1957. Howard University, B.A. (economics & political science), 1979; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, M.A. (communications management), 1990; J.D., 1990. Admitted to California Bar, 1990; District of Columbia Bar, 1993; Maryland Bar, 1997. Attorney. Analyst, Energy Group, World Corporate Department, Bankers Trust Company, 1979-81. Marketing representative, Control Data Corporation, 1981-86. Senior account executive, Telenet Communications Corporation, 1986-87. Litigation associate, Carlsmith Wickman Case Mukai & Ichiki, 1990-91. Attorney, Daihatsu America, Inc., 1991-92. Counsel, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc., 1992-94. Associate, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1994-98. Associate, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, 1998-2000. Director of business development, Kelly Law Registry, 2000-01. Chief Administrative Officer, Republican National Committee, 2009-11. Managing member, Eastwide Strategies, LLC, 2010-. Of Counsel, Benton Potter & Murdock, P.C., 2012-. Member, Howard County Republican Central Committee, 1996-2002. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Republican National Lawyers Association; Howard County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1998-2000; Baltimore City Brownfields Redevelopment Council, 1998-2000. Board of Directors, Corridor Transportation Corporation, 1999-2000; Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce.

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