DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Housing & Community Development
7800 Harkins Road, Lanham, MD 20706
(301) 429-7451
e-mail: kenneth.holt@maryland.gov
fax: (410) 987-4070; tty: 1-800-735-2258 (Maryland Relay)
web: www.mdhousing.org

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2015-. Chair, Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2015-; Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2015-. Member, Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, 2015-; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2015-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2015-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2015-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2015-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2015-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2015-; Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2015-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2015-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2015-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2015-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2015-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2015-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2015-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2015-; Council on Open Data, 2015-; Rural Maryland Council, 2015-; Governor's Commission on Small Business, 2015-; State Center Executive Committee, 2015-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2015-.

Member of House of Delegates (Republican), 1995-99, representing District 6 (Baltimore County & Harford County). Member, Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Appropriations Committee, 1995-99 (education & economic development subcommittee; oversight committee on pensions; oversight committee on personnel); Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-99; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97.

Member, Master Plan Advisory Committee, Baltimore County, 1988; Human Relations Commission, Baltimore County, 1988-94. Member, Task Force on National Association of Stock-Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Motor Sports, 1996-97; Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability, and Partnerships, 1997-98. Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2003-.

Member, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2014-15.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, June 15, 1951. University of Maryland, B.A., 1974. Vice President, Dean Witter Discover Company. President, Baltimore County Police Foundation, 1992-94. Service awards received from Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, 1993; Baltimore County Police Foundation, 1994. Married; two children.

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