GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR'S COORDINATING OFFICES

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
(410) 697-9260
e-mail: goci.info@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/

100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Winston A. Wilkinson, Chief of Staff (410) 697-9280; e-mail: winston.wilkinson@maryland.gov
Cathy Barba, Executive Assistant (410) 697-9262; e-mail: cathy.barba@maryland.gov
AUTISM STRATEGY
Kathryn (Katie) Gandy, State Coordinator for Autism Strategy (410) 697-9279; e-mail: katie.gandy@maryland.gov
ADVISORY STAKEHOLDER GROUP ON AUTISM-RELATED NEEDS
Chair: Kathryn (Katie) Gandy, State Coordinator for Autism Strategy

Appointed by Governor: Emily E. Arker; Cristine Ann Ceely; Adam S. Jones; Nicole C. LeBlanc; Julie L. Lewis; Peggy A. Pugh, Ed.D.; Devan A. Southerland; Roger E. Thibaudeau, Jr.; Shannon L. West, M.D.; Lisa M. Wiederlight.

Representing The Arc Maryland: one vacancy

Representing Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council: one vacancy

Representing Itineris: one vacancy

Representing Maryland Occupational Therapy Association: one vacancy

Representing Pathfinders for Autism: one vacancy

Representing Maryland Speech–Language–Hearing Association: one vacancy

Ex officio: Mohammed Choudhury, State Superintendent of Schools; Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Janet L. Furman, designee of Secretary of Health; Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Services.

COMMUNICATIONS
Vacancy, Director (410) 697-9269

FINANCE, BUDGET, & GRANTS
Shameka L. Littles, Chief (410) 697-9272; e-mail: shameka.littles@maryland.gov

OUTREACH
Bridgette Lundfelt, Director (410) 697-9279; e-mail: bridgette.lundfelt@maryland.gov

HEROIN & OPIOID OUTREACH
Kenneth E. Ebron, Coordinator (443) 531-1408; e-mail: kenneth.ebron@maryland.gov

INTERFAITH OUTREACH
Jennifer A. Gray, Coordinator (410) 697-9267; e-mail: jennifer.gray@maryland.gov

COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Chanel Compton, Director (410) 216-6190
e-mail: chanel.compton@maryland.gov
web: http://africanamerican.maryland.gov/

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Rev. Tamara England Wilson, D.Min., Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2023
H. Russell Frisby, Jr., Esq., Vice-Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2025

Lynn Groesback Bowman; Marilyn D. Hatza; Cheryl A. McLeod; Kweisi Mfume. Terms expire 2022.

Melvin L. Kelly; Steven X. Lee; Lopez D. Matthews, Jr., Ph.D. Terms expire 2023.

Dion D. Banks; Edwin T. Johnson, Ph.D. Terms expire 2024.

Maya D. Davis; Walter A. Gill, Ph.D.; Janice Curtis Greene; Kayce Munyenah; Barbara J. Paca, Ph.D.; Anthony J. Spencer; Elinor L. Thompson; Reggie J. Turner. Terms expire 2025.

Adi U. Nkwonta, Ed.D.; Torrey J. Snow. Terms expire 2026.

Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, April 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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BANNEKER-DOUGLASS MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Chanel Compton, Director (410) 216-6190; e-mail: chanel.compton@maryland.gov
web: http://bdmuseum.maryland.gov/

Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, August 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

COMMISSION ON LGBTQ AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term)
Sarcia Adkins; Det. Capt. Nicholas R. Augustine; Lee Blinder; Joan B. Bryan; Joseph M. Clapsaddle; Amit Dhir; Kurt B. Doan, Ed.D.; Deborah L. Dunn; Anthony E. Fox; Jabari M. Lyles; Stephen J. Martin, M.D.; Margo Quinlan; Mark D. Ridderhoff; Joseph L. Toolan; Rowan Willis-Powell. Terms expire 2025.

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM
Staff: Nicole M. (Nicki) Fiocco (410) 697-9268; e-mail: nicole.fiocco1@maryland.gov

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term)

Marci Beth Hunn, 2016; William M. Mandicott, 2017; Siobhan H. Davenport, 2018; Bruce A. Goldensohn, 2019.

William J. McCarthy, Jr.; DeAnna Murphy; John P. Neary; Joshua B. Pedersen. Terms expire 2021.

Molly L. Hilligoss; Juan Leo Salazar; Jack Spaulding. Terms expire 2022.

Christopher D. Lidard; John W. Palinski; David M. Slaughter; Carol Ann Smith, Esq. Terms expire 2023.

Mei Cobb; Candyce C. Harris; Brian Kenny Pham; Jerome Tennille. Terms expire 2024.

Wynne S, Briscoe; Henry Coppola; Kelly L. MacBride-Gill; R. Matthew McKinney; Arundhati S. Rao, Ph.D.; Alison M. Vogrin. Terms expire 2025.

Ex officio: Julie K. Ayers, designee of State Superintendent of Schools

Ex officio (nonvoting): Steven J. McAdams, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Community Initiatives; Nicole M. (Nicki) Fiocco, Director, Governor's Office on Service & Volunteerism; Betsy Southall, Director, Maryland-Delaware-New Jersey State Office, Corporation for National & Community Service.

ETHNIC COMMISSIONS
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 697-9264
e-mail: keith.colston@maryland.gov


Vacancy, Coordinator (410) 697-9278


GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Kevin R. Craft, Administrator (410) 697-9265; e-mail: kevin.craft@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/governors-commission-on-african-affairs/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Ngozi C. Irondi-Azubike, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Workman M. Belesse, Vice-Chair (chosen by Governor), 2017


Nathaniel J. Roberts, Pharm.D. Term expires 2017.

Olaolu S. Adewole; Darlene M. Ajayi; Carolann M. Alt; Mohamed L. Bah; Guy P. Djoken; Remi Duyile; Muharija Gadah; Sheila P. Jennifer; Samuel B. Moki; Suna G. Nallo; Kate F. Ndi; Frederick Nnoma-Addison; Joshua M. Nzueni; O. Felix Obi; Cyriacus N. (Cy) Okoro; Henrietta M. Okoro, Ph.D.; Joanne A. Oport. Terms expire 2021.

Yodit Negede Adamu. Term expires 2025.

OFFICE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Christina Wong Poy, Administrator (410) 697-9276; e-mail: christina.poy@maryland.gov

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/governors-commission-on-asian-pacific-american-affairs/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Henry Sangtai Kim, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2023


Bethsaida Amigable-Wong; Hyun-Sook Choi; Elizabeth L. Chung; George P. Dang; Hyun S. Helen Han; Sovan Tun, Ph.D. Terms expire 2019.

May Chan Anderson; Kyong Yol Baik; Mitsuhiro (Micky) Saito Choi; Hung-bin Ding, Ph.D.; Dottie Tiejun Li; Robert M. Manankil; Chau Nguyen; Mi Schill-Kim; Mie Mie Joe Strickler; Meki J. To'alepai, Sr.; Chiling Tong; Edward I. Wan; Lili Zang; Bob X. Zhang. Terms expire 2023.

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS
Kevin R. Craft, Administrator (410) 697-4159; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: kevin.craft@maryland.gov
web: http://caribbean.maryland.gov/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Curtis A. Ward, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2016
Joseph E. Baptiste, D.D.S.; Donald E. Bridgeman; Gabriel J. Christian, Esq.; Karen B. Francis, Ph.D.; Neil Mattei; Shanta Ramson, Esq.; Ludmilla F. Wikkeling-Scott, Dr.P.H.; Suzanne M. Williams. Terms expire 2016.

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
Lorena G. Rivera, Administrator (410) 697-9277; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: lorena.rivera@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/governors-commission-on-hispanic-affairs/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Walkiria E. Pool, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2020
Gabriela Argoti-Fernandez; Francisco J. Ayala; Zaylimar Bocanegra; Juan Caicedo; Lillian C. Castillo-Harris; Maria D'Arcy; Veronica E. Estrada; Angela Franco; Christian Licier; Alexander G. Nunez; Erick A. Oribio; Miguel Romao Palmeira; Maria Lilliana Robeson; Gregory Rodriguez; Liliana E. Rojas; David A. Rosario; Carlos J. Santos, Esq.; Miguel C. Vicente. Terms expire 2020.

Fernando Rodrigo Martinez, 2024.

Office of Governor representative (nonvoting): one vacancy

Ex officio (nonvoting): R. Michael Gill, Secretary of Commerce; Lilly Cubano, designee of Secretary of Health; Rosa Cruz, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Services; Tiffany P. Robinson, Esq., Secretary of Labor; Susan C. Spinnato, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Maria C. Torres, Ph.D., designee of Secretary of Higher Education.

COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 697-9264; e-mail: keith.colston@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/maryland-commission-on-indian-affairs/

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 3-year terms:
Lisa A. Savoy, Chair (chosen by Commission in June, 1-year term), 2017
Chief Donna (Wolf Mother) Abbott, 2017; Leanora E. Winters, 2017; Sherry L. Ayers, 2021; Claude A. Bowen, 2021; Stanley A. Thompson, 2022; Kerry A. Lessard, 2023; Guy G. Wells, 2023; Peter Cabel Brooks, 2024.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ARCHEOLOGY COMMITTEE
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL WELFARE COMMITTEE
HEALTH & MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE
RECOGNITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SWEAT LODGE COMMITTEE


GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON MIDDLE-EASTERN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Kevin R. Craft, Administrator (410) 697-9265; e-mail: kevin.craft@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/governors-commission-on-middle-eastern-american-affairs/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Hesam Khalilzadeh Aghdami, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2023


Rudwan Abu-Rumman; Haitham M. Alkhateeb; John Baddour; Sarit Brosh; Dareen Daniel; Enas Elhanafi; Gunay Evinch, Esq.; Randa Fahmy, Esq.; Nadia S. Hassan; Gilda O. Karpouzian, Esq.; Maher Kharma; Neveen H. Kurtom, Esq.; Mohamad H. Shahine; Suliman Shihadeh; Nesrine N. Taha; Joseph A. (Jay) Taylor. Terms expire 2019.

Tharwat A. Abouraya; Ashraf El Fiky, Ph.D.; Fatma Ismail, Ph.D.; Franz A. M. Katzir-Cozier; Neveen H. Kurtom, Esq. Terms expire 2023.

GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON SOUTH-ASIAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Christina Wong Poy, Administrator (410) 697-9276; e-mail: christina.poy@maryland.gov
web: http://goci.maryland.gov/governors-commission-on-south-asian-american-affairs/

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Chanhok Jasdip (Jesse) Singh, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2020
Kawaljit S. Bhutani; Nipika Borah; Anjana Bordoloi; Mohan L. Grover; Upendra Gupta; Shyam D. Karki; Gurpreet K. Kaur; Ram Mohan Konda; Mayur Mody; ; Sonal Patel; Darshan S. Saluja, M.D.; Rana J. Shaikh; Baljinder Singh. Terms expire 2016.

Arthur P. Bezwada; Ishani Chowdhury; Sharad Doshi; Arundhotee Goswami; Kanishk Sharma; Sajid Nadeem Tarar. Terms expire 2020.

Harshid Shad. Term expires 2024.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM
Nicole M. (Nicki) Fiocco, Director (410) 697-9268
e-mail: nicole.fiocco1@maryland.gov

VOLUNTEER MARYLAND
Nicole M. (Nicki) Fiocco, Executive Director (410) 697-9283
e-mail: nicole.fiocco1@maryland.gov
web: www.volunteermaryland.org

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