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GREGORY S. JAMES
Acting Secretary of Human Resources, 2016-17
Acting Secretary of Human Resources, October 26, 2016 to February 8, 2017. Deputy Secretary for Programs, 2017- (acting deputy secretary for programs, 2016-17). Deputy Secretary for Operations, 2015-. Chief of Staff, 2006-07.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2016-17; Children's Cabinet, 2016-17. Chair, Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2016-17. Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2016-17; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2016-17; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2016-17; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2016-17; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2016-17; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2016-17; Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2016-17; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2016-17; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2016-17; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2016-17; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2016-17; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2016-17; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2016-17; Council on Open Data, 2016-17; Task Force to Study Recording Deeds for Victims of Domestic Violence, 2016-17; Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, 2016-17; Task Force to Combat Habitual Student Truancy, 2016-17; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2016-17; State Board of Victim Services, 2016-17; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2016-17 (executive committee, 2016-17).
Special Assistant for Policy and Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Governor, 2003-06.
Born in Maryland. Attended Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 1992; Marshall Wythe Law School, College of William and Mary, J.D., 1995. Staff attorney, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd and Evans, LLC, 1997-2000 (assistant director, telecom policy & analysis group, 1996-2000). Zoning specialist, LCC International, Inc., 2000-02. Principal lobbyist, The Livingston Group, 2008-15.
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