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Israel C. (Izzy) Patoka, Executive Director
301 West Preston St., Suite 1500, Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2304
(410) 767-4159
e-mail: kmonath@goci.state.md.us
web: www.community.maryland.gov
301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, March 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Agencies |
Budget |
Historical Evolution |
Organizational Structure |
Origin & Functions |
Reports |
D. Antonio (Tony) Bridges, Chief of Staff (410) 767-0833
e-mail: tbridges@goci.state.md.us
COMMUNICATIONS
Tony White, Director (410) 767-6248; e-mail: twhite@goci.state.md.us
FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES
Mark Byrd, Coordinator (410) 767-1822; e-mail: mbyrd@goci.state.md.us
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Ashley Valis, Deputy Director (410) 260-3886; e-mail: avalis@gov.state.md.us
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Joni L. Jones, Ph.D., Director (410) 216-6190; e-mail: jjones@goci.state.md.us
web: www.africanamerican.maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Theodore H. Mack, Acting Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2011
Anita Neal Powell, 2010; Cheryl J. LaRoche, Ph.D., 2011; Veronica E. Coates, 2012; Evan Richardson, 2012; Kelsey R. Bush, 2013; Charles M. Christian, Ph.D., 2013; Michael G. Miller, 2013; Najah K. Duvall-Gabriel, 2014.
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Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, July 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Agnes M. Smith, Administrative Assistant (410) 767-7491; e-mail: asmith@goci.state.md.us
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Valentina I. Ukwuoma, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2013
Alex A. Agwuna; Kwaku Agyemang-Duah; Ollie P. Anderson, Jr.; Tebabu Assefa; Nicholas N. Azinge, M.D.; Jewru Bandeh; Mumin A. Barre; Sarian S. Bouma; Watchen Harris Bruce; Sylvester Okey Ezeani; Yonnas K. Kefle, Ph.D.; Alfred M. Nkere; Joseph N. Offoha; Chukwuma Godwin Okeke, Pharm.D.; Anthony Mikoyan Okolo; Modupe Rachel Oladapo; Adetoun Olumide; Eva Shaw-Taylor; Mamadou Ibra Sy; Paschal Udumukwa; one vacancy. Terms expire 2013.
OFFICE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
David Wang, Administrator (410) 767-2937; e-mail: dwang@goci.state.md.us
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Office of Governor representative (nonvoting): one vacancy
Ex officio (nonvoting): Jorge I. Austrich, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Lilly Cubano, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Rosa Cruz, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Ted Dallas, Secretary of Human Resources; Alexander M. Sanchez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Susan C. Spinnato, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Genevieve Segura, designee of Secretary of Higher Education.
COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 3-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON MIDDLE-EASTERN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
web: www.asian.maryland.gov
Jane T. Nishida, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Aris Ahmed; Shukoor Ahmed; Katherine (Kitty) Chin; Kwang Choi; Elizabeth Chung; George Dang; Kamala Edwards, Ph.D.; Suresh Gupta, M.D.; Maria Angelita K. Hrabinski; Bruce Lee; Martin Ma, Ph.D.; David S. Pak; Tammy Pantages; Shailesh Patel; Lily Qi; Amjad Riar, M.D.; Nayan Rasiklai Shah, M.D.; Sovan Tun, Ph.D.; Beth Wong; Kui Zhao. Terms expire 2011.
Jessy Mejia, Administrator (410) 767-7857; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: jmejia@goci.state.md.us
web: www.hispanic.maryland.gov
Yolanda Maria Welch, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Elizabeth C. Bellavance; Javier G. Bustamante; Richard V. Cook; Veronica A. Cool; Mariana C. Cordier, Esq.; Christina M. Diaz-Malone; Lydia Espinosa Crafton; Ricardo Alberto Flores; Col. Roberto L. Hylton; Carmen Ortiz Larsen; Elizabeth Ysla Leight; Hector G. Manzano; Ricardo Martinez; Jessy P. Mejia; Sonia E. Mora; Arelis A. Perez; Maria T. Pinto-Johnson; Oscar T. Ramirez; Nicolas H. Ramos V; Lea Ybarra, Ph.D. Terms expire 2012.
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 767-7631; e-mail: kcolston@goci.state.md.us
web: www.americanindian.maryland.gov
Auriel A. Fenwick, Chair (chosen by Commission in June, 1-year term), 2012
Virginia R. Busby, 2009; Guy Granville Wells, 2010; Kathryn E. Robbins Fitzhugh, 2011; Cornelius Allen Red Deer, 2011; Thomas W. Windsor II, 2011; Wanda Y. Lee, 2012; Sherry L. Majors, 2012; Robert F. Killen, 2014.
Iman Awad, Administrator (410) 767-7925; e-mail: iawad@goci.state.md.us
web: www.middleeastern.maryland.gov
Anwer Hasan, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Rudwan Abu-Rumman; Bilal M. Ayyub, Ph.D.; Durriya H. Badani; Zahid H. Bukhari, Ph.D.; Riad Dakheel, M.D.; Dorreya R. Elmenshawy; Bagher Fardanesh, Ph.D.; Ashraf El Fiky, M.D., Ph.D.; Miriam Galston, J.D., Ph.D.; Irma Hafeez; Hoossam Shawki Malek; Majid R. Mirza; Farzaneh Riar; Rafi Rone; Huzeyin Saribasak; Nadia Sawaya; Julian H. Spirer; Michael Tabrizi; Ibrahim Uyar; Khalil Zaied; one vacancy. Terms expire 2011.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM
Barbara E. Reynolds, Director (410) 767-4803
e-mail: breynolds@gosv.state.md.us
VOLUNTEER MARYLAND
Maureen K. Eccleston, Executive Director (410) 767-6203
e-mail: volmd
web: www.volunteermaryland.org
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